The Conover Pavilion restoration may be complete, but now through a Superstorm Sandy Federal Emergency Management grant, the bill will be paid. The coastal borough, like many communities along the Jersey Shore sustained massive damages to its waterfront structures and beaches. In the weeks and months following Superstorm Sandy, the Borough took immediate recovery actions, […]

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day and in the Asbury Park School District all 1,995 students begin the day with the morning meal. On Tuesday morning Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. [NJ-06] stopped into a few Thurgood Marshall Elementary School classrooms as students readied for the school day.  “I’m here […]

The State’s largest LGBTQ support organization will hold its largest fundraising event Saturday in Asbury Park. Garden State Equality, which moved its headquarters to Main Street in the city last year, will hold the Eighth Annual Equality Walk starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, rain or shine. “This event is an important reminder to folks visiting […]

One week before the world unites in protection of our oceans, President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw the United State’s commitment to the Paris Climate Accord. “It put our country at a very, very big disadvantage,” Trump said in his announcement. But, 25 companies including Microsoft Apple, Google, and Intel purchased a full page […]

Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. will join Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker at 11:15 a.m. on the north side deck of Taylor Pavilion located at Fifth and Ocean avenues in Belmar to stress opposition to the Trump administration’s exploration of offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The three led the fight to remove dangerous […]

The Asbury Park City Council will look to create an advisory committee comprised of residents, business owners and city officials Wednesday to help vet its ongoing survey of Brownfield sites, particularly those on its main thoroughfares and along Springwood Avenue.  US Congressman Frank Pallone [D-NJ] announced in August that the city had become the recipient […]

The Monmouth County Democrats County Committee unanimously elected David G Brown II as its Chairman Monday night. The Long Branch native takes over the position left open by former Chair Vin Gopal, who stepped down to run for State Senate. Brown, who has been a Long Branch Democratic Party volunteer for over a decade, served […]

A viewing and tribute service will be held Friday for Pastor Porter S. Brown of Faith Baptist Tabernacle in Asbury Park who died unexpectedly last week. Located at 1209 Bangs Avenue, friends and family will receive condolences from 7 to 9 p.m. An additional visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, at […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department is set to receive a $24,700 grant through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant [AFG] program, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., announced Wednesday. The AFG program is part of a coordinated, ongoing effort by the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] and the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration […]