Parking restrictions in effect for music festival
The city police department says special parking restrictions will be in effect near the oceanfront from Sept. 16 through 20. [MORE]
Heartbreaking loss for Bishops
With just nine seconds left in the game, Shore Regional quarterback Jamie Mazzacco scored on a 7-yard run on fourth and goal before running in the two-point conversion as the Blue Devils beat the Blue Bishops of Asbury Park 21-20. Mazzacco scored all three of Shore's touchdowns. The Bishops are now 1-1 on the season. Asbury Park hosts Point Pleasant Boro Friday night at 6 p.m.
Six-story mixed-use building eyed
Oceanfront developer iStar is proposing 206 residential units and street-level retail on a 112,000-square-foot property directly west of the Asbury Ocean Club. The project is being reviewed by the Asbury Park Planning Board. [MORE]
Festival adds vax, mask rules
Attendees at the sold-out Sea.Hear.Now Festival will be required to show proof of a full COVID-19 vaccination or recent negative COVID-19 test results. In an e-mail, concertgoers are instructed to "comply with the Sea.Hear.Now Fan Health Pledge, each day, bring a printed copy of your vaccine card, vaccine record, or negative COVID-19 test and a mask." [MORE]
Movies returning to Cookman Avenue
The ShowRoom Cinemas in Asbury Park has a new owner and movie fans can look forward to seeing first-run films on the big screen again. [MORE]
Hurley comes to Main Street
Hurley, a major beach lifestyle retailer, opened a store in Asbury Park this summer. Previously, the closest Hurley owned store was the one in Myrtle Beach, S.C. [MORE]
NO 63%, YES 37%
Asbury Park voters rejected a radical rent control proposal by a 27-point margin. The plan backed by failed political candidates and far-left community activists would have replaced a rent control ordinance recently passed by the City Council. [MORE]
City hires first female firefighter
Nicole Golden is the first female firefighter in Asbury Park history. [MORE]