Asbury Park’s own restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach will be honored during next month’s New Jersey Small Business Development Center [NJSBDC] event at the legendary Stone Pony. Schlossbach, the Executive Chef and Owner of Langosta Lounge, Pop’s Garage, Asbury Park Yacht Club, Labrador Lounge, What’s Your Beef and Marilyn Schlossbach Catering and Events, will receive the Humanitarianism […]

For five local high school seniors, college enrollment this fall will be free of tuition and fees.   The Asbury Park High School seniors will transfer to Brookdale Community College through the collaborative Asbury Park College Promise program, initiated this past school year. The students were recognized on June 6 alongside seven Asbury Park High […]

The Asbury Park School district set out on a mission to build a brighter a future for its students two years ago. Today, the school district is hosting a 6 p.m. Town Hall meeting at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, located at 600 Monroe Avenue. A flier sent to homes across the 1.4 square mile community, […]

Community Events: Master Plan Community Input Meeting The second Master Plan Community Input Meeting will be held from from 6 to 8 p.m. March 15 at Trinity Church gymnasium, located at 503 Asbury Ave. Input from the event will be used in crafting the city’s Master Plan Reexamination Report. Residents are asked for input on […]

Three Asbury Park community leaders are among those being honored next month at Brookdale Community College’s 32nd Annual Wilbur Ray Awards Dinner. Asbury Park School District Superintendent Lamont Repollet, Konscious Youth Development Service [KYDS] founder Mychal Mills, and Sportz Farm founder Diteko Hammary are among the nine Monmouth County community leaders and volunteers being recognized. […]

The collaboration between the Asbury Park School District and Brookdale Community College continues with the new year launch of a free general education development [GED] certification and career training program, officials announced Monday. Entitled the Youth GED and Career Pathways Program, teens and young adults will receive comprehensive training for the GED exam as well […]

The inaugural Grown in Monmouth Culinary Competition was held Monday at the Culinary Education Center of Monmouth County on Drury Lane in Asbury Park. The center is a collaboration between Brookdale Community College and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. The contest, a part of the Monmouth County Freeholder’s Grown in Monmouth program initiated earlier […]

As the fall semester approached, Asbury Park resident Sam Gue took to social media in a quest for an alternative method of obtaining textbooks needed for two Brookdale Community College courses. Working toward an associate degree in applied science, Gue was falling short of money needed to purchase Health Information Management Technology textbooks. A call […]

Brookdale Community College students across Monmouth County should have more ease traveling via public transportation this fall. During the college’s Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday at the Lincroft campus, officials announced that bus route adjustments will be made in order to improve commutes. “We are grateful to our partners, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen […]

By now, most have caught on to the beauty of the one-square mile community that has rejuvenated itself into a cultural arts mecca by building upon its rich music history to offer varied festivals, gallery exhibits, and dining venues. But in a neighboring town, 21-year-old playwright named Matthew Yee [at right] is doing his small […]