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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Asbury Park's public works chief just earned a safety award
  • How an Asbury Park author took West Side stories nationwide
  • How Jon Bon Jovi's new lottery game could benefit Asbury Park

Also on today's calendar: Mathis House Speakeasy Dinner Show Pop-Up Speakeasy Jazz Night Dinner and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunshine and pleasant, temps: high: 78, low: 57.
  • Friday: Sunny and beautiful, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Asbury Park Public Works Director Receives Award for Leadership (thecoaster.net) — Asbury Park residents should know their public works director, George Phipps, just earned a statewide risk management award for making worker safety a daily priority. City leaders say his focus on training, accountability, and hazard awareness has strengthened the department's safety culture and better protects both employees and the community they serve.
   

• Asbury Park Author Kelly Walker Edwards Takes Her Story to iHeartMedia's 'Building Black Biz' (TAPinto.net) — An Asbury Park native author is taking stories of the city's West Side and her family's local history to a national audience through iHeartMedia's "Building Black Biz" podcast. Kelly Walker Edwards, an Asbury Park High School graduate, has self-published eight books, many rooted in neighborhood memories that document Black life at the Jersey Shore and preserve a vital part of the city's past.
   

• NJ Lottery launches Jersey Legend scratch-offs with Jon Bon Jovi (app.com) — Asbury Park residents can look forward to a future JBJ Soul Kitchen at the Mercy Center's new Main Street headquarters, thanks in part to proceeds from the New Jersey Lottery's new "Jersey Legend" Jon Bon Jovi scratch-offs. While the launch event took place in Red Bank, city officials have already amended a local redevelopment plan to allow the restaurant, which will expand food support services in the neighborhood.
   

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  • I just found a cat here in the yard at my office - 1508 Main Street, Asbury Park, across from McDonalds and 7-11.
    A grey striped tabby, looks young. It was crying, seemed hungry. I gave it food and water. Has a collar, but no tag on the collar. Well-groomed and… (Nextdoor Asbury Park)
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