Below is a list of community related news, announcements and events. The file will be updated as new events, announcements and news arise. Asbury Park Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn and Councilwomen Yvonne Clayton and Eileen Chapman launched their Asbury Together campaign this week. The three incumbents will vie for the three open seats in the November […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce has organized Cabernet for Canines, a fundraiser for the 276 dogs rescued from a Howell home on June 3. The Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [MCSPCA] was called in by the local Animal Control after complaints of a stray dog running around the neighborhood sparked concern about […]

In a written statement, the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday morning that Executive Director Jacqueline Pappas will be leaving her 8 year tenure with the nonprofit by summer’s end.  Pappas, who will be relocating to Wilmington, NC, joined the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees in 2008 as a co-chair of the […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce turned the city pink this month with the help of a few businesses. The local Paint the Town Pink campaign is part of a national Breast Cancer Awareness recognition held throughout May to remind women over age 40 to get a mammogram. Asbury Park joined shore towns from Aberdeen […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the 2015 Business Holiday Window Decorating Contest during this weekend’s downtown Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Press Plaza. Top honors went to grand prize winner TAKA on Cookman Avenue, with DJ’s Delights, Robert Legere Home and Langosta Lounge taking the large windows prize and Lush, Beautiful […]

It’s an unlikely partnership, one that stemmed from an idea and grew into a partnership between the Veterans of Foreign Wars Harold Daley Post 133 and the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce. The result – new office space for the Chamber and a Community Conference Room and meeting space, unveiled Tuesday during a grand opening […]

Realtor Paul Vail first moved to Asbury Park in 2002. While he began a local career working at area real estate agencies, by 2010 he’d opened the independent Vail Realty on Mattison Avenue. On Tuesday, Vail celebrated joining the national landscape – his 33 member agency has become a member of the California-based Berkshire Hathaway […]

Tickets for the Fourth Annual Restaurant Tour are now available on line, said Jacqueline Pappas, executive director of the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce. Held this year from noon to 4 p.m. April 26, the Chamber of Commerce sponsored event showcases each eatery’s cuisine via small bites, samplings and demos. “Restaurants are the leading industry […]

A few dozen zombies lumbered down the boardwalk in the rain Saturday morning, but the time the sky cleared and the sun came out the few were joined by their “undead” counterparts. Deputy Police Chief Anthony Salerno puts crowd estimates at 20,000 spectators and participants —  the same number of people that attended last year’s […]

UPDATE: The start of the NJ Zombie Walk has been changed to 5 p.m., due to rain Saturday morning. This article has been updated to reflect the new start time. The 2014 New Jersey Zombie is scheduled to take place in Asbury Park Saturday at 5 p.m. and thousands of zombies are expected to crawl […]