The artist behind the unmistakable new mural that lives on the Kingsley Street side of Asbury Ocean Club, the city’s newest boutique hotel and luxury homes from master waterfront redeveloper iStar, is Ocean Township’s George Bates. A spokesperson for iStar said Bates was tapped to create the large mural, “ representative of all the diversity […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, It is with the heaviest of hearts, I am announcing the untimely passing of Detective April Bird. We are in deep mourning over the loss of our Sister in Blue.  On Friday, Aug 2, Det Bird was on-duty and assisting with the investigation into a recent shooting that occurred in the […]

Family and friends will come together 7 pm Aug 16 at the legendary Stone Pony to celebrate the life of city native Jimmy Bruno. Daughter Christie Bruno said while her father’s ongoing battle with Multiple Sclerosis has left him wheelchair-bound, the family strives to maintain his level of independence. “He fights every day,” she said. […]

Wednesday proved a day for celebrating anew in Asbury Park. The day began with a tutorial event ahead of the official Friday launch of the City’s scooter-share program and culminated with a grand opening ceremony for the newly refurbished Gazebo Park located on Bangs Avenue just west of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle […]

The Monmouth County Driving While Intoxicated [DWI] Task Force will conduct a checkpoint to detect drivers under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, Task Force Coordinator Chief Michael B. Schneider of the Allenhurst Police Department announced in a written news statement said. The checkpoint will be run from 10 p.m. Saturday through 2 a.m. Saturday […]

Asbury Park Superintendent Sancha K. Gray held her first stakeholder meeting Wednesday to engage community partners in a discussion about the framework for Vision 2020 Next Level Asbury Park School District.  The meeting, held in the Asbury Park High School Media Center, involved approximately 50 attendees including district administrators, staff, parents, elected officials, business owners, […]

A closing reception will be held from 7 to 11 pm for Carrie & Morgan, the current exhibit at The Collective Art Tank at 529 Bangs Ave.  The show features new sculptures by Asbury Park creative Carrie Ruddick and ink drawings by Brooklyn based artist Morgan Daly.  For the first time, Ruddick, who has spent […]

Tickets are now on sale for the inaugural Asbury Park Dance Festival, which will bring world-renowned companies, choreographers and dancers from the stages of Lincoln Center, Broadway, the Kennedy Center, Paris Opera, the Met and beyond, all in support of Arts Ed NJ. The event will take place on September 14 at the House of […]

Members of the public voiced concerns over the two fatal shootings that occurred in the city during the prior night at a regularly scheduled Asbury Park City Council meeting Wednesday.  The State’s Attorney General’s Office Shooting Response Task Force is investigating the police-involved fatal shooting that occurred near 10:19 pm Tuesday at a multi-unit home […]

From the mayor to heads of churches and community organizations, Cedrica Mitchell and Shontice McKenzie have spent the past month meeting Asbury Park’s most influential leaders. The DC natives are on a self-funded mission to spread mental wellness awareness in all 50 states, by way of a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer home.  McKenzie, a former elementary […]