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🌱 Patch AM: How you can help redesign Asbury Park’s most dangerous streets next week
And on the Asbury Park Patch calendar - Asbury Park Lives

Cheers Asbury Park! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How you can help redesign Asbury Park's most dangerous streets next week
Also on today's calendar: Asbury Park Lives and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Very windy; mainly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.
- Thursday: Very windy; mostly cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 56.
- Friday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 72 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Asbury Park Invites Residents to Help Design Safer Streets (tapinto.net) — Asbury Park is inviting residents to directly help redesign local streets at a Traffic Safety Design Charrette on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6:30–8 p.m., at the Senior Citizen Center on Springwood Avenue. Neighbors can share problem intersections, discuss crash data, and work with planners on the city's Traffic Safety Action Plan and Vision Zero goal to eliminate serious roadway injuries by 2040.
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📸 Around Asbury Park
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Asbury Park
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★ Featured events ★
- Asbury Park Lives →
West Park Recreation Center, 615 W Park Ave, Ocean Township
7:00 pm - Harvest Victorian Afternoon Tea →
Mathis House a Victorian Bed & Breakfast and Tea Room, 600 Main St, Toms River
3:00 pm - Ranney School Fall Open House →
235 Hope Rd, Tinton Falls
9:00 am
Thursday September 24
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Asbury Park Walking Club →
Asbury Park NJ
6:00 pm - Botanical Printmaking for TEENS →
Kula Urban Farm, 115 Atkins Ave, Asbury Park
3:00 am - Asbury Park Middle & High School Art Opening + Drop-In Activities →
Over the Moon Art Studios, 808 Springwood Ave, Asbury Park
3:00 pm - Anime Workshop for TEENS →
Parlor Gallery, 717 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park
4:00 pm - Asbury Park Fall Bazaar 2026 →
Asbury Park Convention Hall, 1300 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park
12:00 pm - Author Event: The Midlife Plot Twist by Lindsay Goldwert & Gabrielle Moss →
Asbury Book Cooperative, 644A Cookman Ave, Asbury Park
5:00 pm - Cycling for The Center Launch →
Paradise, 101 Asbury Ave, Asbury Park
6:00 pm - Soft Rock of the '70s & '80s at Wonder Bar →
Wonder Bar, 1213 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park
8:00 pm - Cycling for The Center: Ride to Support Housing, Health and Hope →
Center In Asbury Park, 806 3rd Ave, Asbury Park
8:30 am
Wednesday September 23
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Saturday October 10
📣 Asbury Park Shout Outs!
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Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Asbury Park PatchAM possible:
- Blossom (Divorce) Coaching, LLC — (201) 903-0240
- Brookdale Community College — (732) 224-1857
- Mathis House Bed & Breakfast and Victorian Tea Room — (732) 818-7580
- The NJ Paddock Car Storage Facility INSURED — (732) 278-3255
- RoBeans — (732) 947-6323
- Muller Insurance — (201) 659-2403
Click here to show your appreciation! 💚
Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.
🪧 Patch Classifieds
- String Cheese Incident tickets
For sale 2 tickets to String Cheese Incident October 28 Red Bank. Ochestra. Row CC. Seats 11 and 13. Make an offer (More info)
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The LWV Organizes Virtual Forum For Monmouth County Surrogate & Monmouth County Commissioners Monday, Sept 28 —Marianne Kligman Read on Patch
- The LWV Organizes Virtual Forum for the Asbury Park Board of Education Tuesday, October 6 —Marianne Kligman Read on Patch
- Serious question, not being a wise a** has anyone ever seen any workers on that scaffolding on convention hall?
I walk by multiple times a week and have yet to see anyone on it. maybe my timing is off. thank u. (Nextdoor Asbury Park)
- The Salvation Army Eastern Territory posted a job opening for ESL Instructor in Asbury Park. Apply here.
- Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Neptune, New Jersey in Neptune. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Asbury Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ocean Grove
- Avon Historical Society Spotlights Lifeguards and Their History (thecoaster.net)
- What happened to Wall family after year in Habitat for Humanity home? (courierpostonline.com)
- New Jersey's 33 best small towns for perfect fall day trips, ranked for 2026 (nj.com)
Bradley Beach
- Fall Happenings (thecoaster.net)
Ocean
- Trader Joe's Halloween mini totes coming to stores soon (app.com)
- Hospital boss of one of Jersey Shore's biggest employers calls it quits (app.com)
Ok Asbury Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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