An evening of music and fundraising will kick off at 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Asbury in support of Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas. “We all decided, at Salt Hotels and at The Asbury, that we needed to do anything we could to help Texas and those suffering from Harvey, in any way we could,” […]

This weekend Trinity Episcopal Church will resurrect its Annual Thrift Sale. “Trinity’s last Thrift sale was October 2013,” Warden Bill Pearson said. “Prior to that date it had been an annual event for five years.” This time around, the Asbury Avenue Church known for its missions to feed the hungry, will relaunch the fundraising event […]

Watermark owners have raised $20,000 to support the Lakehouse Music Academy’s effort to bring a full music curriculum to Hope Academy Charter School. The money will be donated to the “Play it Forward” foundation, a philanthropic program launched last year by Lakehouse Music Academy administered by the Asbury Park Musical Heritage Foundation. Funds were raised […]

On Wednesday, July 9 from 6 to 10 p.m., The Lakehouse Music Academy will host a red carpet fundraiser screening of The Beatles’ 1967 film “A Hard Day’s Night” to benefit students at Asbury Park’s Hope Academy Charter School. Tickets to ‘A Hard Day’s Night for Hope’ are $75 per person and include dinner, dessert […]

Several members of the public made on-the-spot donations at Wednesday’s council meeting to help ease the burden of municipal fees for a community party. By the end of the meeting, a total of $330 dollars was collected to help mitigate a $250 street closure fee for a “Stop the Violence” block party. A request to […]

Due to a lack of funds and a recent change of municipal leadership, the 11th annual Asbury Park Mayor’s Ball has been postponed. “There were no funds in the Mayor’s Ball account for this year from the previous year,” said Mayor Myra Campbell [shown at right, at swearing-in ceremony]. As well, the change of leadership […]