On Saturday, June 30 at 11 a.m., residents of Asbury Park, and surrounding areas will gather at Springwood Park to protest the federal policy of forcibly separating children from their parents and demand that separated families immediately be reunited. The non-partisan event was spear-headed by the Asbury Park law firm of Hunnell and Breitowich and is […]
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The Challenge of Summer Parking in Asbury Park
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI Asbury Park is bracing itself for a summer onslaught of visitors, following two previous summers when parking became scarce on weekends as beaches, downtown businesses and restaurants thrived. The installation of parking meters in the city has been very successful. Over the last five years more than $5 million has […]
Continue readingAsbury Park Officials Discuss Banning Plastics on Beaches
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI Plastic pollution is being targeted up and down the Jersey Shore and Asbury Park may be the next beach town banning items made of plastic materials including straws and plastic bags. Two employees of the Surfrider Foundation, John Weber, regional director and Andrew Chambarry, chair of the Jersey Shore chapter, […]
Continue reading$12,400 Distributed by Community Hope Fund
The Community Hope Fund of Ocean Township, a 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to promoting youth development and supporting charitable needs in the township and surrounding communities, recently awarded eight grants totaling $12,400. The grants will help to financially support the efforts of shore area groups that strive to provide youth with programs and […]
Continue readingInterfaith Gala Event Honors Founder and Hospital Chief
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI A gala celebrating the 30th anniversary of Interfaith Neighbors drew a crowd of 400 to Monmouth University’s OceanFirst Bank Center to honor two luminaries of the Jersey Shore: Joseph Mamora and John K. Lloyd. Memora is founder and executive director of Interfaith Neighbors and Lloyd is the co-chief executive officer […]
Continue readingNew Look for City’s West Side Community Center
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI There is a transformation happening on DeWitt Avenue in Asbury Park as the West Side Community Center gets a new coat of paint, new landscaping and fencing and a new gymnasium floor. Volunteers from such diverse organizations as Neighborworks, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch came to the center on Fri. […]
Continue readingCity Woman Raises $6,000 for Beach Badges for Asbury Park Families
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI Family beach days are a tradition up and down the Jersey shore but in Asbury Park where 37 percent of families are living under the poverty line, paying for beach badges is just not possible. Asbury Park resident Lisa Marie Cramp said after listening to neighborhood children telling her, as […]
Continue readingMAX WEINBERG IS THINKING INSIDE THE (JUKE)BOX
By TOM CHESEK (Click here for Tom’s weekly round-up of area Arts & Entertainment events.) In a seven-day Asbury interlude that boasts no less than Bruce Springsteen among its headlining musical attractions, why opt to spend Saturday night hovering over a jukebox stocked with very-well-played 1960s and 70s hits? Why? Because the hit-dispensing device in question […]
Continue reading3 Arrests and a Plea for Help from County Prosecutor
By JOANNE L. PAPAPAINNI Law enforcement officials arrested three Asbury Park men for the murder of Denzel Morgan-Hicks on Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 22, outside of the Frederick Douglass housing complex in Asbury Park. Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said a comprehensive investigation involving the prosecutor’s office Major Crimes Unit, the Asbury Park Police […]
Continue readingCity Developer May Begin Work on 60-Unit Apartments Along Lake Avenue
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI A 60-unit apartment complex by Sackman Enterprises may begin construction at 545 Lake Ave., Asbury Park even though state permits are pending. At this week’s Planning Board meeting the developer’s attorney, Andrew Karas, said he has been given verbal affirmation that the permits will be granted within six weeks. An amendment […]
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