An estimated 1,000 students from middle school through college pitched in to plant dune grasses and install snow fencing at North End beach this week. Starting on Monday, 200 to 300 college students from Rutgers University, Montclair University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the United States Naval Academy joined organizer Tim Donnelly and other […]

College students and local volunteers will work to replenish the dunes on the North End beach at the end of the month. The dunes were decimated by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012. The volunteers need to work fast — the unofficial deadline for planting new dune grass is April 1 each year, according to […]

The city plans to rebuild dunes at the north and south ends of town, but will not build dunes elsewhere on the beach front. Head lifeguard Joe Bongiovanni and city engineer Joe Cunha advised the city council on what to do about the dunes at last night’s council meeting. Before Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • An update on the beach dunes during the workshop session. The dunes at the North […]

Hurricane Sandy levelled the dunes at North End Beach when the storm rolled through the city on Oct. 29, and locals are now examining how to replenish the sand. North End is used by fishermen, surfers and dog owners, as well as regular beachgoers. Tall dunes separated the parking lot from the sand [pictured above], […]

A group of volunteers and students spent Saturday morning installing an acre of American beach grass at the North End beach. Preliminary work for this event started in October 2011. The dune grass planting was a collaboration between the American Littoral Society [ALS], the Asbury Park Environmental and Shade Tree Commission, the Asbury Park Department […]