Oceanfront Preservation Coalition, activists working to save a parcel of waterfront land in the north beach area from development are organizing a rally. “The City of Asbury Park wants to negotiate a deal to save its north end beach from development and create an oceanfront park,” the written announcement for the June 24 event said. […]

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 p.m. closed executive session prior to the 6 p.m. public workshop session and 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board unanimously approved the reconfiguration of The Asbury’s outdoor pool and deck area, thereby doing away with the outdoor beer garden. The decision to expand the deck area surrounding the pool was based on feedback from the guests, said David Furgal of iStar Financial, the waterfront redeveloper that owns the Fifth […]

In the annual State of the City address delivered Wednesday, City Manager Michael Capabianco [below right] cited highlights from 2016 and laid out a framework for the year ahead and beyond. He acknowledged continued work with partners, like the Asbury Park School District and its Board of Education, the Asbury Park Housing Authority, Interfaith Neighbors, […]

A picture may be worth a thousand words but for Danny Clinch [below right], a thousand images of music icons has translated into the launch of a gallery space at The Asbury, the city’s newest boutique hotel and entertainment venue. Entitled Transparent, well defining the glass encompassed box space that features eerily insightful looks at […]

The Asbury has claimed top ranking in a national polling of the 10 Best hotel openings this past year. Administered by USA Today,  a panel of hotel experts hand picked the 20 best hotel openings of 2016 before turning the voting over to the public for a four week long online polling. “We are thrilled […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet 7 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. Public participation will take place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Procedural votes on budgetary matters, a renewal of the community nursing service contract with […]

Asbury Park’s newest hotel and entertainment venue is currently topping the leaderboard in a national best of readers’ choice competition administered by USA Today. A team of editors, along with a panel of hotel experts, hand-picked 20 of the best hotel openings across the nation this year in order to create the 10Best Readers’ Choice […]

Final project approvals were granted Wednesday by the Asbury Park City Council for iStar’s 1101 Ocean Avenue mixed use development. In its role as the municipality’s redevelopment authority, the City Council unanimously granted the master waterfront redeveloper a subsequent developer’s agreement that includes a Payment in Lieu of Taxes [PILOT] structure that will allay the […]

In an unprecedented move, waterfront redeveloper iStar will launch a construction industry workforce development program next week. Aimed at including local contractors in the work needed to build the 1101 Ocean Avenue project at the failed Esperanza site [shown in feature photo],  iStar will host an open bid event from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday […]