The Coaster

[caption id=”attachment_3936” align=”alignright” width=”157” caption=”Asbury Park Fire Captain Frank DiLello”][/caption]By TOM SHORTELL
Asbury Park Fire Captain Frank DiLello ran in a five kilometer run/fund-raiser over the weekend that follows the steps a New York firefighter took in rescue efforts on 9/11.
Over 20,000 people participated in the seventh annual Tunnel to Tower Run, DiLello said.
“It was really a moving experience,” he said.
Though it was pouring rain, he said he was too caught up in the moment to care.

Downtown merchants in Asbury Park will celebrate Rocktober, a tribute to the city’s musical heritage on First Saturday Night Oct. 4.
The event will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. and beyond.
“The city of Asbury Park has very deep musical roots” said Michael Evans, Chairman of the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce’s Special Events Committee. [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Metro Homes, developers of the now defunct Esperanza on the Asbury Park beachfront, hopes to unveil the project’s redesign soon.
According to Dean Geibel, a managing partner of Metro Homes, his company and city officials are in discussions about what the new project will look like.
Geibel did say, however, it will remain a [...]

By TOM SHORTELL
Asbury Park’s City Council narrowly approved Asbury Partner’s plans for 15 beachfront townhouses approximately 60 feet east of Asbury Towers on the north end of the beachfront.
The townhouses, called Bradley Cove, are planned for a .6-acre lot on the 1700 block of Ocean Avenue, across the street from Asbury Towers. Architectural drawings [...]

By TOM SHORTELL
The Asbury Park Blue Bishops trounced the Mater Dei Seraphs 42-0 at Asbury Park Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Blue Bishops defensive unit dominated from the start. The Seraphs didn’t cross the 50-yard line until 3:42 in the fourth quarter, and they lost possession on a fumble the next play. Mater Dei mixed in halfback [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Organizers of Sunday’s Guinness Oysterfest in Asbury Park had the kind of problem all businesses wish they had – too many customers.
Ruthanne Harrison, city resident and event producer, said organizers expected 8,000 to attend but close to 15,000 showed up.
“That’s a great problem to have, isn’t it?” she said. “I’m walking on [...]

What does Asbury Park mean to you? Can you imagine your images of Asbury Park appearing as pole-mounted banners hanging throughout this fair city?
Local artists are invited to submit up to three designs for banners by Monday, Nov. 3 to the “Imagine Asbury Park” contest, sponsored by the Arts Coalition of Asbury Park (ArtsCAP), the [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
The Asbury Park School District’s School Business Administrator, who has only been at her post for three weeks, is quickly adapting to her new professional home.
“I love it here,” said Corey Lowell last week.
Lowell comes to the district from the Freehold Regional High School District where she served for six and [...]