Loch Arbour’s beach club won’t be ready for the summer season this year, Commissioner Alfred J. Cheswick announced at the governing body’s Jan. 2 meeting. “The pavilion is not going to be built in time,” he said. “We don’t want to rush it. We want to do it right.” The beach club’s pavilion, located at […]

The city council last night approved a resolution allowing free three-hour parking to be extended until March 1. The measure applies to all spots that are normally metered, along the waterfront and in the central business district [CBD]. Parking restrictions have not been enforced since Hurricane Sandy struck on Monday, Oct. 29, because 57 of […]

Because of damage from Hurricane Sandy, free three-hour parking in metered areas of the city has been extended until ruined pay stations can be replaced. “We need to extend it,” city manager Terence Reidy said at the Dec. 19 council meeting. Free parking usually begins around Thanksgiving and extends until the beginning of January. This […]

The status of Asbury Park post-hurricane was a subject on the Brian Lehrer show this morning on NPR affiliate WNYC. Lehrer’s guests were Asbury Park restaurant owner Marilyn Schlossbach, local clergyman Rev. Sony Augustin and triCityNews and Asbury Park Sun publisher Dan Jacobson. “This city dodged a bullet, and we’re very fortunate and lucky because […]

The New York Times published an article today reporting that while many places on the Jersey Shore suffered devastation from Hurricane Sandy, others — such as Asbury Park, which the Times highlighted — largely escaped the destruction. “When you first revisit the Jersey Shore, the damage is shocking,” wrote Times reporter Helene Stapinski. “But amid […]

While efforts continue apace to help those directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy, another push is taking place to get the word out that Asbury Park and other areas of the Jersey Shore are open for business. And that led Marshall Twinam and his marketing firm Marshall,Jackson&Partners to produce a video that portrays Asbury business owners […]

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], […]

Hairdressers from Salon Concrete in Red Bank will be cutting hair at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel today in exchange for a $40 donation to hurricane relief. From noon to 8 p.m., stylists will participate in the Scissors for Sandy Cut-A-Thon, which includes guests artists, giveaways, music, refreshments and entertainment. Stylists will also give free haircuts […]

Asbury Park’s Paramount Theatre has been selected as a simulcasting venue for the 12.12.12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Tickets are free and will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis at the Stone Pony box office, which will be open on Monday from noon to 5 pm. No […]

Cleanup and repairs to city property in the wake of Hurricane Sandy are estimated to cost $12 million, and city manager Terence Reidy explained the breakdown of those costs at the Dec. 5 council meeting. The city will likely be reimbursed by insurance companies and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] for most of the […]