New shore hotel to feature beer garden, ‘drive-in’ movies, rock-n-roll

ASBURY PARK – When the city’s first new hotel in more than a half century opens in 2016, it could set a new standard for beach hotels on the Jersey Shore. Work is steadily progressing to turn the derelict seven-story brick former Salvation Army building on Fifth Avenue into The Asbury Hotel, a 110-room boutique hotel…