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 […]

iStar [the city’s master waterfront developer] and the City, announced in a joint news statement that an agreement has been reached on how to move forward with the reconstruction of the north end boardwalk. “With the cooperation of iStar, we are ready to bring a new boardwalk to the north end,” Mayor John Moor said. […]

Siren Arts’ Into The Mystic summer art series continues 7:15 pm tonight [July 18] on the Second Avenue beach in Asbury Park.  Curated by Victoria Reis, executive and artistic director of Transformer – a 17-year-old DC-based visual arts’ non-profit, Siren Arts is the local expansion of their mission to connect and promote emerging urban visual […]

The controversial but now successful Monmouth County property assessment program, implemented locally by Asbury Park’s County appointed Tax Assessor Erick Aguiar, has been recognized by the International Association of Assessing Officers [IAAO] – the Pulitzer of assessing awards. Known officially as the Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program [ADP], the procedural program was signed into law […]

AP Triangle, a 48-unit townhome project, is being proposed by iStar, the City’s master waterfront redeveloper. Named for the triangular-shaped block bordered by Heck Street, Cookman and Asbury avenues, iStar proposes three buildings on two acres of land.  While the structures will measure four stories in height, the two end units of each structure will […]

The City of Asbury Park released its Summer 2019 transportation updates Friday. “This summer, the City launches an electric scooter program, downtown receives a valet parking service, an additional parking payment app becomes available, and the new Guest Parking Permit program was introduced,” a written news statement said. Electric Scooter ShareThe City’s new electric scooter […]

[Scroll down to read Mayor John Moor’s response.] Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, This is going to be short and to the point. While the shooting on July 4th was a harrowing experience to many, how many shootings have taken part in Asbury Park prior to that? Have we ever seen the Council address the […]

The 13th Annual Surfrider Foundation: Jersey Shore Chapter Family Day on the beach in Asbury Park returns Saturday.  The free noon to 5 pm beach day features food, surf lessons, beach volleyball, a scavenger hunt, live music from Stringbean Blues, and a beach clean-up aimed at sharing the importance of coastal preservation, said Mike Castellano, […]

During last night’s Council Meeting, we addressed the shooting that occurred last week on July 4th. The incident took place on Asbury Park boardwalk in the area of 1st and Ocean Avenues after the fireworks, injuring two people. Luckily, the injuries were non-life threatening. City Council would like to thank the first responders, police and firefighters […]

DC-based artist Kunj will open the return of Siren Arts, a weekly performance art exhibit kicking off 7:15 pm tonight [July 11] along the waterfront.  Questioning and rebelling against institutional ideas of race, gender and queerness, Kunj uses ritual performance and structure to explore the notion of no-identity versus new-identity, according to a statement about […]