The Asbury Park Music Foundation has added a concert to their free weekly Levitt AMP Asbury Park Music Series. Classic R&B dance band the Sensational Soul Cruisers will headline 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Springwood Park stage, organizers said. Founded in 1992, the 11-member ensemble is known for their classic Philly and Memphis Soul sounds. […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive session discussions include contract […]

The Levitt AMP Asbury Park Music Series organizers have announced that Monday night’s free concert at Springwood Park will feature west side performer JT Bowen, the legendary singer of Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers. Bowen and his new band – The Mighty Kings of Soul – will headline, with an opening performance by […]

Thanks to a Monmouth Conservation Foundation grant, stalled development of the west-side Springwood Park is back on track, Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton said. “We are going out to bid in two weeks and should have shovels in the ground by June 1,” Clayton said. City Council members learned in February that the project had not only […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, prior to comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: A presentation by Madison […]

Seeing a park built on the West Side of Asbury Park is at the top of the to-do list for city council members. Following a presentation City Engineer Joe Cunha gave at the Jan. 28 council meeting on the status of the project, council members stressed there is no reason, after over five years in […]

The Monmouth Conservation Foundation is hosting a fundraiser at Porta restaurant on Sunday to help the city and Interfaith Neighbors develop the Springwood Avenue Park, according to a release from the foundation. The park, proposed for a 1.3 acre vacant lot on Springwood Avenue between Union and Atkins avenues, is purported to be the first […]