The Asbury Park Museum, the brainchild of longtime city creative Kay Harris, opened Saturday on the AP Boardwalk. Harris, a Neptune resident, is the owner of Asbury Galleria, also located on the AP Boardwalk. She thanked those in the community for their help and support. “This is really just a temporary exhibit, through mid-March,” she […]

Iron Whale – a new seafood restaurant by Executive Chef Michael Dolan will open in the soon to be completed Fifth Avenue Pavilion redesign along the Asbury Park Boardwalk, Madison Marquette officials have announced. Dolan, who served as the executive chef at Tim McLoone’s Robinson Ale House, as well as other Jersey Shore restaurants, began […]

A hint of what is to come is now on display in the Casino breezeway on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. Against a backdrop of seasonal snapshots, boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette has hung an exhibit of its Fourth and Fifth Avenue Pavilion transformations, expected to be complete by summer 2018. The two pavilions are the latest […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board unanimously approved Madison Marquette’s Fourth Avenue Pavilion redesign Monday. The approval puts the boardwalk redeveloper in line with its goal to complete the pavilion and its neighboring Fifth Avenue Pavilion transformation by next summer, Development Manager Kevin Patterson [at right] said. “We are trying to create a more vibrant Ocean Avenue […]

Final approval for the Fifth Avenue Pavilion and band shell reconstruction along the Asbury Park was granted Monday by the Planning Board. In a unanimous vote, the Planning Board approved boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette’s plans to reconstruct the long shuttered band shell and build a neighboring restaurant on the rooftop of the structure that houses […]

The Asbury Park City Council Wednesday approved boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette’s plans for the Fifth Avenue Pavilion, which includes rebuilding the long shuttered band shell. The Pavilion currently houses McLoone’s Supper Club and Asbury Grille in the historic Howard Johnson’s structure. The once public Arthur Pryor band shell will be rebuilt to include a raised […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. The 7 p.m. Regular Council meeting is preceded by a 5 p.m. closed executive session. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. City officials warn that air conditioning in council chambers is not working and […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The public participation session takes place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the meeting’s agenda include: • Special event applications for the annual […]

New plans to move forward with reconstruction of the Fifth Avenue Pavilion band shell will go before the City Council before it can move on to the Planning Board. Outlined during Wednesday afternoon’s Technical Review Committee [TRC], plans call for two new eating venues and a revamp of the previously proposed band shell space. This […]

The filing of a formal application to rehabilitate the Arthur Pryor Band Shell is still a few weeks away but the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC] got its first glimpse of the project Wednesday night. Representatives of boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette came before the TRC to present conceptual plans. The bandshell is located above the […]