Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Asbury Park Zombie Walk returns on Oct. 7 with a full lineup of offerings. The annual fall event was launched in 2008 by Jason Meehan, the local walk has garnered the Largest Gathering of Zombies by Guinness World Record. A potential cancellation in 2015 due to difficulty coordinating the needs of […]

The Zombie Walk and city-wide yard sale events, postponed due to last weekend’s inclement weather will be held Saturday. The yard sale, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will benefit two local Animal Rescue Groups – Wag on Inn and Rescue Ridge. Pet food, cages, blankets, leashes, and toys are being accepted at […]

Organizers have opted to postpone the Zombie Walk in lieu of this weekend’s unpredictable inclement weather. “We have gone ahead and postponed the Zombie Walk to next,” Chamber of Commerce President Jackie Pappas said. The Chamber is organizing the event in conjunction with John McGillion, who bought the event rights, and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department has issued a Heavy rain and Wind advisory for the weekend. Tropical Storm Joaquin is being watched closely, Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Garrett Giberson said. “In preparation of this weekend’s storm the City is lowering the lakes and clearing debris from storm drains in trouble areas,” Giberson said. “Please […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The public participation session takes place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • Special event […]

Zombie Walk organizers have submitted an application to move forward with the annual event here in Asbury Park, Mayor John Moor said. “They put in an application two days ago,” Moor said in a telephone interview. “They will be making a presentation to the Special Events Committee on Thursday.” In an open letter to the […]

This year, New Jersey Zombie Walk participants will be seeing red — fireworks, that is. The Asbury Park City Council Wednesday approved an all-red fireworks display to take place Saturday night, October 4, after the 2014 walk. The “blood red” fireworks show will set off after sunset on the oceanfront near the Third and Fifth avenue […]

Forget about brains, the hoard of zombies headed to Asbury Park this weekend are in search of one thing — a Guinness World Record. On Saturday, Oct. 5, zombie enthusiasts will gather on the Asbury Park beach to be counted by an official Guinness World Record adjudicator before they shuffle down the boardwalk and invade the […]

This fall, the “living dead” will invade the Asbury Park boardwalk once again for the annual New Jersey Zombie Walk. Now in its 6th year, event organizers will seek to regain the Guinness Book of World Records title of “Largest gathering of zombies” on Saturday, Oct.5, according to Tom Gilmour, the city’s special events coordinator. […]

The city of Asbury Park is preparing for its fifth annual Zombie Walk. The Zombie Walk started at the VFW on Lake Avenue downtown five years ago, according to Pasqualina DeLucia of boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. The year after it began, it moved to the Carousel building and eventually to Convention Hall. The event is […]