VFW post plans relocation in January By ED SALVAS The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce holds its annual Holiday Party at the VFW Armory on Lake Ave. Dec. 13 and in addition to celebrating the season, the business organization is honoring the members of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars as they prepare to vacate […]
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After 50 Years Holy Innocents School to End Classes
By ED SALVAS Holy Innocents School in Neptune will graduate its last class of eighth graders next year, ending more than 50 years of providing a Catholic education for children in the township and surrounding towns. The decision to close the school was announced to the faculty of the West Bangs Ave.school on Fri., Nov. […]
Continue readingCan You Solve it Sherlock? Escape Room Challenge
By ED SALVAS Grab a group of friends, family members or co-workers and try your hand at solving the puzzle at the new Escape Room located in building next to Perkins Restaurant on the Asbury Circle. The Escape Room is called “Solve It Sherlock” after the legendary master detective Sherlock Holmes, but this is […]
Continue readingNew Restaurant Opens at Berkeley in Asbury Park
By ED SALVAS Chef John D’Amelio is looking forward to a busy summer at the new AP Chophouse restaurant in the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park. The restaurant has actually been open for several weeks under the direction of D’Amelio. He and his staff had a quiet opening to get things right in […]
Continue readingCity Businesses Hear Details of Revitalized Urban Enterprise Zone
By ED SALVAS Asbury Park has a lot to gain from participation in the state’s Urban Enterprise Zone Program. That was the message this week delivered to about 45 members of the business community at breakfast meeting held by the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce with Sen. Vin Gopal and James Simmons, Business Development […]
Continue readingFamily-Owned Neptune Insurance Agency Marks 40 Years
By ED SALVAS When Ruston “Rus” Sitren opens the Dirus, Inc. Insurance Agency on June 1, it will mark the start of the 41st year in business for Sitren and his wife Diane. The agency they started in 1978 continues to operate at the same location, 1142 Corlies Ave, Rte. 33 in Neptune. […]
Continue readingFire Marshal Giberson Receiving Spirit of Asbury Park Award
By ED SALVAS Asbury Park Fire Marshal Garrett Giberson has been named recipient of the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Asbury Park Carousel Award. Giberson will receive the award at a Gala Dinner on May 11 in Convention Hall. His immediate response on learning about his selection was how honored he is to receive the […]
Continue readingBiergarten Owner to Receive Chamber’s Visionary Award
By ED SALVAS Jennifer Lampert says she is a true “Jersey Girl,” but her career has taken her from the Garden State to many places around the world before she settled in Asbury Park as the managing owner of the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten. Lampert will receive the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce Visionary […]
Continue readingCity Business Owner Named One of the Best Women in Business
By ED SALVAS Jennifer Schulman, president of Fortune Web Marketing in Asbury Park, has been named one of the Best 50 Women in Business in the Garden State by NJBIZ.com. Schulman is head of the ten-year-old company that has grown from a two-person web design firm into a major Internet business with a staff […]
Continue readingIn Ocean: Residents Angry Over Proposed Development
By ED SALVAS The Mon., Nov. 27 meeting of the Ocean Township Planning Board drew a near capacity crowd anticipating the board’s review of an ordinance amending the township Master Plan which would allow for the development of a large property at Route 35 and Deal Road. The meeting was held in the large […]
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