Choosing board members and officers won’t be the only item on the agenda when the Asbury Park Historical Society (APHS) holds its reorganization meeting on Thursday, January 16 in the Asbury Park Public Library. There’s also the subject of when Asbury Park banned rock and roll. Specifically, the response to what happened after the 1956 […]

Last week’s call for residents to participate in the Springwood Avenue Park Naming was immediately met with suggestions made via social media that included everyone from Danny DeVito to Walter Read and Pastor Derinzer Johnson of St. Stephen AME Zion Church. “It’s a decision we didn’t want to make in a vacuum,” said City Council […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society invites the community to an open house reception at their new headquarters located in the Stephen Crane House on Fourth Avenue. The event, being held from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 1, honors Crane’s birthday as well as the Society’s recent acquisition of the 137-year-old home, believed to be the […]

The former home of American author and journalist Stephen Crane is now the property of the Asbury Park Historical Society. “For the first time in the society’s 14-year history we now have our own home and a headquarters from which to operate,” Society President Don Stine said. The house was sold free-of-charge to the Historical […]

Two additional appointments to the Asbury Park Library Board of Trustees has propelled its president Don Stine to offer his letter of resignation, effective Aug. 1. The appointments were made without ‘due process’ or the consultation of the sitting board, Stine maintains in a written letter to the public published Thursday in local newspapers. Stine […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society will hold their annual reorganization meeting Thursday and one of the first items on their agenda will be the announcement of an initiative to see Convention Hall’s missing copper panels replaced. In March of 2012, the public discovered 27  — or six tons of — original, antique copper panels that […]

Between 1910 and 1970 — long before Asbury Park became known for rock music — the city’s African American community rocked the sounds of jazz, gospel, and rhythm and blues on Springwood Avenue. An upcoming gallery exhibit that highlights Asbury Park’s black music scene, from Count Basie to Billy Brown, is on its way to […]

An open house will be held at the historic Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park on Sunday, August 10, in an effort to raise public awareness and increase donations for a major fundraising campaign to purchase and restore the location, according to a news release from the Asbury Park Historical Society. The house, located at 508 […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society will hold their annual reorganization meeting Thursday, Jan. 16 at the city’s public library beginning at 7 p.m. Restoring the historic Stephen Crane House, a five-year plan of objectives, and increasing membership for 2014 will be some of the subjects discussed, according to a news release from the organization. Charlie and Pam […]

A news cart that was used to deliver copies of the Asbury Park Evening Press and the Sunday Press to homes and business in Asbury Park around 1897 will soon be returned to the city it served over a century ago. Originally owned by J. Lyle Kinmouth, the publications later became the Asbury Park Press. […]