Asbury Park Mayor John Moor, along with City Council, and waterfront master redeveloper iStar celebrated the unveiling this morning of the reconstruction project of the north end boardwalk. With a design that was years in the making, the new boardwalk on the north end includes 1,200 linear feet (LF) of straight wooden boardwalk measuring from […]

Governor Chris Christie celebrated the completion of post-Sandy repairs made to the Asbury Park boardwalk and welcomed tourists to the city for one of the biggest holiday weekends at the Jersey Shore at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Friday afternoon on the south side of the boardwalk near Convention Hall. It was his third ribbon cutting; prior […]

[Update: The original release issued incorrectly stated the city’s annual Memorial Day service in Veteran’s Park hosted by VFW Post #1333 would commence at 11 a.m. The services will begin at 10 a.m. This article has been updated to reflect that change.] Governor Chris Christie will make a stop on the Asbury Park boardwalk May 23 […]

A contractor has been selected to begin work repairing the remaining 600 feet of the South boardwalk but questions over whether the job will be fully reimbursed by FEMA and how much the work will affect several boardwalk businesses still remain. Reicon Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Reinauer Transportation Companies, LLC, was awarded the contract at […]

Restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach’s business ventures within Asbury Park’s Second Avenue Pavilion are finally all back in business. The re-opening of Pop’s Garage, an authentic Mexican restaurant with an American restaurant feel, completes the rebuilding efforts undertaken after the pavilion suffered a hard hit from Hurricane Sandy. Schlossbach and her partners now own and operate the majority […]

The results are in for this year’s beach badge design contest, and Billy Mecca and Vivian Taormina have been named the winners. The Arts Council of Asbury Park [ArtsCAP] oversaw this year’s contest. Head lifeguard Joe Bongiovanni and Marshall Twinam of Marshall Jackson Partners, a local advertising agency, helped judge the 10 entries this year. […]

Work that began during the weekend to reopen most of the Asbury Park boardwalk was completed Tuesday. All of the fencing on Ocean Avenue has been removed, as well as the fences blocking access points to the boardwalk between Convention Hall and the Casino. There are two construction repair zones that remain — one north […]

Hurricane Sandy roared through the region almost three weeks ago, demolishing boardwalks from Coney Island to Atlantic City. Despite destruction north and south of Asbury Park, the city suffered minimal damage compared to most waterfront towns. And although the boardwalk saw some missing planks and most businesses received one to three feet of water inside […]

Asbury Park is set to receive a $50,000 grant for boardwalk reconstruction, according to a state Department of Transportation [NJDOT] press release. The grant is one of 25 bring administered by the NJDOT through the Local Aid Infrastructure Fund program, according to the release. Other municipalities are receiving grants to help with street repairs, drainage […]

Madison Marquette is set to test a lighting system on the boardwalk that is “more than just lights,” according to its director of retail services Carrie Turner. Turner attended last week’s council meeting to pitch the lighting system to the governing body with the help of city engineer Joe Cunha and iStar Financial vice president […]