Coined Black Friday Iced Tea and Holiday Market, weekend ice skating launches Friday at The Asbury. The free launch event features a noon to 4 p.m. performance by The Audra Mariel Jazz Ensemble, followed by DJ Tyler Valentine’s sounds from 4 to 8 p.m. There will be holiday market vendors on hand, and a food […]

Guidelines that will open new construction along the waterfront will be introduced during the 7 p.m. Asbury Park City Council meeting Tuesday. Known as lot by lot development, the changes allow master waterfront redeveloper iStar to build new projects on land parcels rather than the current block by block development mandated by the waterfront redeveloper […]

I’ve heard it said before – only in an Asbury Park – and had the chance to experience such a moment on Thursday night at Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery at The Asbury, located at Fifth Avenue and Kingsley Street. This art-meets-music space has become known for its impromptu after hour shows, that is reminiscent of […]

The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4:30 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at […]

Madison Marquette’s Fourth Avenue Pavilion redesign was unveiled Tuesday before the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC], an advisory subcommittee comprised of Planning Board members charged with vetting application within the waterfront redevelopment zone. Located across the street from 1101 Ocean, waterfront redeveloper iStar’s current 17-story high rise project, the boardwalk redeveloper presented a plan that […]

Outpost, an immersive rest stop for touring artists has opened in Asbury Park. Developed by The Participation Agency, an experiential marketing firm based in New York City, Outpost is a gratis haven for those touring creatives visiting town to recharge, produce, and just hangout before and/or after a gig. This month North Jersey electro pop […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4:30 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes […]

Two Fourth of July weekend events were announced Monday. While the Remember Jones July 4th EP Release show at The Asbury has sold out, organizers have added a second show, to be held 7 p.m. July 3 at the Baronet rooftop bar. The local 15-piece band will debut Tranquilizer, a follow up to the highly acclaimed […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, On Saturday June 24th we will meet at 11:00 am in front of Asbury Tower to rally and march to iStar’s Asbury Park office to deliver the same message we delivered to the past City Council, the County Freeholders, and the State DEP: Asbury Park’s north end beach must be preserved. […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The only deterrent to creating a much desired oceanfront public community park at the North End beach in Asbury Park is iStar Financial/Residential. iStar has the development rights to build townhouses on the Ocean Avenue public right-a-way in front of Asbury Tower to the Loch Arbor border. This development […]