The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

A new liquor license for iStar Financial’s 110-room boutique hotel will be voted on Wednesday by the City Council. The city’s special development counsel Jennifer Credidio said the liquor license award is conditional, requiring a background check. Municipal background checks to investigate the source of funds used to purchase the license as well as state […]

Meteorologists say we have a cool 70 degree forecast with a low chance of precipitation in the cards for Asbury Park’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Sponsored by iStar Financial and Madison Marquette, respectively the waterfront and boardwalk redevelopers, the fireworks are set to launch at 9 p.m. along Monmouth County’s top-rated beach. On […]

Asbury Towers residents Gail Brisson, Sister Celest Farley, and Ginny Randolph [shown above] were among the first to line up Thursday morning for North Eats’ offering. “This is exciting,” Brisson said. “I’ve been watching the development  and I think it’s great.” The food truck court’s soft opening kicked off at 11 a.m. with a mix […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential will kick off the summer season with attendance at the city’s grand reopening ceremony 3 p.m. Friday at Asbury McLoone’s Grill, located at 1200 Ocean Avenue. The city-sponsored, ribbon cutting event officially opens the beaches and boardwalk for the 2015 summer season. iStar officials say The Crew [shown above] will be […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular session meeting. Items […]

Three temporary parking lots approved during Monday night’s Planning Board meeting are expected to launch in time for the summer season. Presented by waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, the parking lots are meant to help alleviate parking constraints brought on by the city’s revitalization. This winter, residents and business owners voiced concerns about increasingly limited parking […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

A local developer may be open to talks on using undeveloped land as a tempory parking lot. “iStar is always open to discussions regarding how to improve the Asbury Park experience, including the use of this land as a temporary parking lot,” said Brian Cheripka,  iStar Residential Senior Vice President. “The discussion would need an […]

Motorists venturing down to the Asbury Park waterfront this weekend were met with a slight shift in vehicular traffic along Kingsley Avenue. Instead of the normal through traffic they were stalled by an enclosed fenced in area that included large cylindrical storm drains, yellow bulldozers and cranes. The road closure, between First and Third avenues […]