For over 10 years and counting, 83-year-old Ken Roth has greeted those who descend from the southbound NJ Transit train at Asbury Park’s Transportation Center. A lifetime member of the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, Roth said greeting visitors from 11 am to 2 pm Saturday and Sunday from Memorial Day weekend through Labor began […]

In celebration of National Bike Month recognition, the Mayor’s Wellness Committee and its community partners have announced a series of educational and safety awareness events. The community partners include the Asbury Park School District, Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition, EZ Ride, High Voltage Cafe & Grocery, Second Life Bikes, words! Bookstore, and Zagster. The events […]

Food trucks, a public art gallery and new vendors are all a part of an immediate plan to revamp the municipal-owned Transportation Center, located at the corner of Main Street and Springwood Avenue. In a presentation to the City Council Wednesday, Planning and Redevelopment Director Michele Alonso said the plan was launched in part because […]

High Voltage Café is the latest victim in a spate of burglaries occurring in Asbury Park. Officers were called to the Asbury Park boardwalk venue, located at 800 Ocean Ave, near 6:27 a.m. Wednesday, Asbury Park Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Michael Casey said. “Entry was gained through a broken glass door on the boardwalk,” Casey […]

Sprudge, Portland’s publication on all things coffee, spotlighted Asbury Park’s own High Voltage Seafront Cafe in a feature by Jenn Hall released Thursday. In the feature, co owner Sonia Jozajtis shares how her Polish background inspired the expanded offerings at the Asbury Park Boardwalk pop up turned permanent venue, now located in the First Avenue […]

City residents Sonia Jo and Jason Thomson have drawn national attention once again. The couple’s Wanderland Popup in New York’s Catskills is among the 10 luxury camping destinations featured in a May 11 National Geographic article: Don’t Call It Glamping: 10 Amazing Luxury Camping Adventures WANDERLAND POPUP IN THE CATSKILLS, NEW YORK In spring of […]