Asbury Park News

Beach badge fees are the bane of Shore tourists and residents alike, but municipalities in Monmouth and Ocean counties love the money, raking in $4.3 million in surplus revenue last year.

The long-dreaded "zombie apocalypse" may already be underway in Miami, where a human zombie -- a mindless naked man -- was encountered by police officers who found him literally feasting on the face of another naked man.

The results are in. Belmar beaches are the best in Monmouth County and fifth best in the entire state, according to Thursday's results of a state-wide survey of New Jersey's top-ten beaches.A Manasquan beaches finished in seventh place on the state survey's top-ten list .A A This is the first year in the history of the survey that both towns were ... (more)

A grand jury last week indicted an Asbury Park man on several charges including heroin distribution stemming from an arrest in Belmar last October, documents show.A Anthony Dortch, 44, of Comstock Street, faces seven counts in Superior Court tied to his Oct.

Foo Fighters had quite the wild Saturday: they headlined The Bamboozle in Asbury Park, NJ just hours before backing Mick Jagger on " Saturday Night Live ". And yet they still had enough energy to serve as the house band for " SNL "'s late-night cast party at Rockefeller Center.

When New Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem decided to film a new music video for their new single "45," Asbury Park's the Stone Pony was the only option they considered.

Asbury Park's The Amboys will perform at Maxwell's with Brooklyn's O'Death and Tim Fite on Saturday, May 26.

The three-story retail and condo building set to be constructed on Fifth Avenue and Main Street will be no more, as the owners of the building have pulled out of the project.

Asbury Park is the undisputed music capitol of New Jersey, and not just because it was ground zero for the start of Bruce Springsteen's career in the early Seventies.

The Bamboozle Festival took place this past weekend from May 18-May 20thA in Asbury Park, NJ.

A perfect storm of three major spectator events - a Devils hockey playoff match in Newark on Saturday and the Electric Daisy Carnival electronic dance music festival in East Rutherford and the Bamboozle music fest in Asbury Park from Friday to Sunday - boosted the 33-year-old statewide transit agency to its second-busiest weekend on the rails.

Main Avenue, Ocean Grove's main strip, introduces the best of entertainment in the street.

This weekend the quaint beachside town of Asbury Park, NJ was transformed into a musical feast for the eyes and ears as this year's Bamboozle Festival rolled into town and took over the boardwalk.

The two rappers have long since buried the hatchet after their famous feud in the early '00s. But that hasn't stopped them from taking headlining slots in competing festivals -- one in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, and the other at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

Bands, with enough practice, may be able to achieve musical precision, harmonic unity, and all around rocking-ness, but how many can claim intergalatic travel and elaborate masks? Probably, only The Mystery Men.

Singer Lenny Welch was born Leon Welch on May 15, 1938 in Asbury Park, NJ. He started singing as a youngster, assembling groups and participating in talent shows.

When you hear of the success of Bamboozle in Asbury Park, it sort of makes you wonder why Pt Pleasant has so much trouble serving alcohol past midnight .

Asbury Park, NJ -- The class of 2012 is leaving U.S. colleges with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs.

Talk about a memorable weekend. Whether you love or hate the acts that performed at this year's Bamboozle festival, there is no denying the positive impact the three-day concert had on our state, and more specifically, Asbury Park.

Bamboozle 2012 Lineup Rocks Day 2, See All American Rejects, Foo Fighters and Jimmy Eat World Take Asbury Park [PHOTOS] Each year, fans of pop-punk, metal, rock and roll, and more flock to New Jersey for the annual Bamboozle Festival.