The Asbury Park Planning Board unanimously approved updated plans for the Asbury Lanes renovation, currently underway by waterfront redeveloper iStar. The Tuesday night meeting provided a first look at what will be local artist Porkchop’s second mural [shown below] on the iconic 1960s era façade. And while the contract with the artist has yet to be […]

City Manager Michael Capabianco said City Council campaign signs removed Tuesday were done under his direction. Close to 20 Citizens for Asbury Park signs were removed Tuesday, said Daniel Harris, who is running with BOE members Kenneth Saunders Jr and Stephen Williams during the local Nov 8 election. They are challenging incumbents Eileen Chapman, Yvonne Clayton and Amy Quinn, […]

With the state gubernatorial race still over a year away, political chess came into fruition Thursday as Senate President Steve Sweeney announced he would not throw his hat in ring. His announcement came just one week after Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced he would be pulling out of the race. Then came the announcement […]

Mayor John Moor and Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton announced Thursday afternoon funding has been approved for the Boston Way and Michaels Organization housing projects located in the Springwood Avenue Redevelopment zone, west of Memorial Drive. “This is great a day for Asbury Park,” Moor said in a telephone interview. “I am so happy. These are two […]

In the backdrop, Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” boomed from the speakers, as neighborhood residents enjoyed a cookout, cotton candy, playground, and fountain during the Springwood Avenue Park grand opening Saturday afternoon. The first park built by the city on the west side of town, the opening coincided Second Baptist Church’s Pre-Father’s Day Festival and […]

At the end of the near two hour-long special Tuesday night meeting to address noise and music violations, increased by the popularity and growth of the downtown’s entertainment venues, Planning Board member Garrett Giberson Jr played a quick snippet of Starship’s “We built this city on rock and roll,” via cell phone. The meeting was […]

The two bridges crossing Deal Lake, shuttered this year for replacement and repair, will officially open Friday morning, in time for the holiday weekend traffic, Mayor John Moor said during Monday night’s City Council Workshop. “Main Street and Sunset Avenue are both major roads that lead in and out of Asbury Park. Not only are […]

Changes to the City’s proposed sound rules in the downtown will come before the Asbury Park Planning Board 5 p.m. May 24, officials said Monday night. The special meeting, being held in lieu of the Board’s June 6 meeting, is an attempt to fast track changes to an existing law that has stopped the music […]

Workforce development became a part of the municipal conversation almost as soon as the Mayor and Council took office last year. On Saturday, a part of that conversation was realized when as 110 area residents – 90 percent of them from Asbury Park and Neptune, graduated from hotelier David Bowd’s Salt School. “I want to […]

Those who drove around the Asbury Circle Friday were met with a jarring visual. Hundred year-old oak and pines trees were being cleared from the perimeter. “The great looking tall trees around the Asbury Circle are being cut down one after the other,” was Don Brockel’s first message. “Yes some should go down…..but the ones […]