The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The closed executive session begins at 4 p.m. and is followed consecutively by the 6 p.m. public workshop and 7 p.m. regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive session discussions pertaining to City Manager’s performance review, contract […]

Cookbook author and television personality James Beard was a staunch champion of American cuisine who mentored generations of professional chefs and food enthusiast. His legacy lives on through his writings and a Foundation that annually honors the culinary arts. The James Beard Foundation’s mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making […]

The 9,000 square foot Junction Hall celebrates the merging of business and community from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. Located at the corner of Main Street and Springwood Ave, the venture is a collaboration between two established business owners – Second Life Bikes and Cowerks. The merger came together when building owners Robert and April […]

Interfaith Neighbors’ Food Entrepreneur program returns Nov 15. Designed for those home brewers, hot sauce gourmets, keepers of the family’s pastry recipe,  the Interfaith Neighbors Business Development Center [BDC] walks budding entrepreneurs through the steps. “Creating a successful food business is more than just having a good idea or recipe,” BDC Director and program creator […]

Former Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen Chef Terrence Stewart has been hired to take on the culinary charge and training at Interfaith Neighbor’s Kula Café on Springwood Avenue, officials announced in a written news statement.   The South Jersey native said he moved Asbury Park back in 2004 because his father and other family members lived […]

A call to all creatives who want to participate in the AP IN 3 has been issued. The 72-hour long whirlwind film-making challenge asks participants to capture the spirit of Asbury Park through a theme of ‘Rolling Streetscapes.’ Sparked through a collaboration between The ShowRoom Cinema and Interfaith Neighbors, the contest runs from Nov. 3 […]

The Better Block movement is coming to Asbury Park by way of an all day celebration that envisions Springwood Avenue’s potential, city officials said in a written statement. “This event is part of a nationwide initiative to show what redevelopment and planning can mean for a neighborhood,”  Asbury Park Director of Planning and Redevelopment Michele Alonso […]

A Tuesday report revealing JAMS Performing Arts Center is based on an old submission, officials said. The online report by a New York newsletter showed images of a plan submitted years ago, which has since been pulled from consideration. The Interfaith Neighbors project was designed by Ocean Grove-based Shore Point Architecture but its founder Stephen […]

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation officials attended Monday night’s free concert at Springwood Avenue Park to make a special announcement – Interfaith Neighbors is the recipient of a $93 thousand planning grant. The funding brings the bank’s charitable organization’s financial commitment in the city up to $1.3 million since 2007, officials said. “We’ve worked with Interfaith […]

Former Housing Authority and municipal court employee Rosalie Skinner is known around as ‘Judge Judy,’ due in part for 93-year-old’s life long tenacity for protecting her Asbury Park neighborhood. The 93-year-old was the first to speak up during this week’s Asbury Park West Side Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan meeting. “That building didn’t used to be […]