Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi returned to Asbury Park Sunday night to stomp for friend and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy. “It’s amazing to see what’s happened in Asbury Park,” he said. “I’m happy to spend this night in the city that gave me so much when I was starting out.” Calling the Murphy family, […]

The Asbury Park The Complete Streets Coalition was honored this week during the State’s Complete Streets Summit at Rutgers University. The Summit Taskforce, comprised of  the NJDOT’s New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center, chose the local group as the recipient of this year’s Complete Streets Champion Award. Formed during the summer of 2015, the […]

The Walk to School Day initiative continued Friday morning as school and city officials came together to walk a few lucky student raffle winners to Thurgood Marshall Elementary school. The initiative, which began in 1994 in Great Britain, has grown into an international movement, celebrated by over 40 countries. According to the NJDOT, the state […]

It was a ceremonial celebration that was a long time coming – four years of planning, fundraising starts and stops, and a last minute administrative Hail Mary by Monmouth County officials. At 11 a.m. Tuesday, those behind the scenes, from local and county officials to state and federal assists, came together to mark the launch […]

A couple lucky Bradley Elementary Elementary School students had a few special aides during their walk to school Thursday morning. First-grader Allison Martinez-Valle and preschooler Louis Velasquez-Moreno were the winners of this year’s walk to school day raffle.  A part of the Mayor’s Wellness Committee initiative, the event is organized in collaboration with the Asbury […]

For many people the dash into a bodega or corner store is done to purchase an item of immediate need or to pick up a snack to stave off a hunger pang. But this often not the case for those living near small shops. According to a 2015 Community Health Needs Assessment, over 62 percent […]

A municipality’s Master Plan is often referred to as a living document because of its continual need to be edited and updated; a measure the City of Asbury Park is currently undertaking by way of a Master Plan Reexamination Report. But after proposed changes were presented by consulting firm Clarke Caton Hintz of Trenton during […]

A team of Northwest Indiana business and community leaders will be heading to town next month to see first hand what Asbury Park has to offer. Organized by Leah Konrady of One Region and Vanessa Ide of the Vanide Group, the 20 to 25 group will be on a fact finding mission to help develop […]

Former Deputy Police Chief Anthony Salerno has filed a civil action lawsuit, claiming the City and members of the governing racially discriminated against his advancement. Salerno began service with the Asbury Park Police Department in July 1988. He served as a patrolman prior to advancement in 1995 to the Detective Bureau where he worked on […]

The first day of school in the Asbury Park School District came with a new theme at Barack Obama Elementary. “This is a new super school year,” Principal Reginald Mirthil said. “The theme for this school year is HERO – helpful, engaged, respectful and on task.” To further the new directive, the faculty wore superhero […]