The delivery this week of a 35 foot Douglas Fir tree inside Asbury Park’s historic Convention Hall marks the tallest indoor live Christmas tree in the state, according to organizers. It took a dozen people a day to set the tree in place at the north end of the boardwalk venue. It will take over […]

Braving the icy Atlantic ocean waters in support of charitable endeavors has become a tradition along the Jersey Shore. On Saturday, that tradition kicks off with the annual Thanks4Giving Plunge to benefit the Special Olympics New Jersey [SONJ] along the shore just north of the Convention Hall in Asbury Park. Organized by the Law Enforcement Torch Run [LETR], […]

A call to creatives with a story to tell or an idea worth spreading is now open. Applications are being accepted for the Seventh Annual TEDxAsburyPark conference, returning May 18 at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. This year, the theme is chaos: the void, the unknown, the absurd, the mess, the mystery; […]

With Labor Day on the horizon, it means the end of the popular Music Mondays at Springwood Park Concert Series. The Sensational Soul Cruisers headlines this collaborative City of Asbury Park sponsored series, with the Mayors Players opening the Tuesday night show. “The Asbury Park Music Foundation created this concert series with a commitment to […]

From bathroom to Convention Hall façade upgrades, there are a few new offerings, shifts, and developments underway along the Asbury Park Boardwalk.   Improvements to the legendary Convention Hall, originally constructed in 1929, gets underway this month, according Madison Marquette spokeswoman Pasquelina DeBoer said. The boardwalk redeveloper will begin by focussing on steel and brickwork […]

Iron Whale – a new seafood restaurant by Executive Chef Michael Dolan will open in the soon to be completed Fifth Avenue Pavilion redesign along the Asbury Park Boardwalk, Madison Marquette officials have announced. Dolan, who served as the executive chef at Tim McLoone’s Robinson Ale House, as well as other Jersey Shore restaurants, began […]

Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette, headquartered in Washington, D.C.,  are in talks to merge with Houston based PMRG, according to news statements released Thursday.  The real estate development firms, two of the largest in the nation, expect to close a deal in the next 30 days. The merger, being done to expand Madison Marquette’s reach […]

Parents and adults who came to drop off and support the community’s students ended up being a part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater tutorial program held Saturday morning at the Asbury Park High School on Sunset Avenue. Among them were school district’s Bibi Bennett and Genise Hughes, as well as Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton. […]

Ahead of the 2018 summer season, Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper, Madison Marquette has announced a new addition to the local team and that all of its container pop up tenants will return.  Project Director George Ladyman announced the hire of Jennifer Star, who will take on the role of senior leasing representative. “As a Monmouth […]

Food trucks, a public art gallery and new vendors are all a part of an immediate plan to revamp the municipal-owned Transportation Center, located at the corner of Main Street and Springwood Avenue. In a presentation to the City Council Wednesday, Planning and Redevelopment Director Michele Alonso said the plan was launched in part because […]