Of the 320 vote by mail ballots voided in the Asbury Park City Council race — enough to change the election results — the Monmouth County Board of Elections rejected 236 for failure to disclose who assisted voters in filling out the initial application for the ballot, according to records obtained by the Sun. The [...]

President Barack Obama will make an address from the Asbury Park boardwalk on Tuesday as part of his visit to the Jersey Shore to view recovery progress from Hurricane Sandy, according to a news release from the White House Office of the Press Secretary. The President will be joined by Governor Chris Christie, the release [...]

The longstanding skeleton of the Esperanza building will be partially covered with a decorative scrim this summer. Waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners is planning to bring bath houses and lockers to the waterfront area through the proposed Summer Experience, and placing a scrim on the Esperanza is part of that plan, said Brian Cheripka at the [...]

After months of research and meetings, the dog park committee is proposing a location for a place in the city where dogs can run off-leash. The committee, which was formed in August 2012, has picked the stretch of Sunset Park between Bond and Emory streets for the dog park, city manager and committee member Terence [...]

Police arrested a man yesterday after receiving a call of shots fired in the 100 block of Atkins Avenue, between Mattison and Springwood avenues, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said. The police received a call that shots were fired at 9 a.m., Salerno said. Police responded and found a victim who had been struck, [...]

Police apprehended a man who was in possession of a handgun following a report of shots fired on May 17, but they found that he was not involved in that incident. “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when the shots were fired,” Police Captain Anthony Salerno said. Police Officer William [...]

Waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners is pitching a new plan to keep visitors in the city longer on hot summer days. The initiative, dubbed “Summer Experience,” would temporarily bring bath houses, changing rooms and hammocks to the city’s waterfront redevelopment area. Visitors would buy seasonal memberships to use the stations. Asbury Partners is seeking the city’s [...]

A board of education meeting last night was cancelled when less than half of the board members showed up at the designated start time. The meeting was schedule to start at 7 p.m. Board president Angela Ahbez-Anderson [pictured], board vice president Geneva Smallwood and board member Qzeena Taylor were present. Ahbez-Anderson acknowledged the lack of [...]

The PNC Bank on Sunset Avenue was robbed yesterday and police have made an arrest in connection with the incident, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said today. The bank robbery took place at approximately 12:20 p.m. when a subject entered the bank, produced a written note threatening the teller, and left with money, Salerno [...]

Downtown Asbury’s Cafe Volan is expanding to the boardwalk this summer with a kiosk located outside the new Asbury Yacht Club. The kiosk will serve iced coffee and iced tea, as well as some “light treats and cafe merchandise,” according to owner Doug Parent [shown above, left with co-owner Paul Cali]. The kiosk will be [...]