Editor, Asbury Sun, Late last night, we learned of the passing of transgender activist and icon Barbra ‘Babs’ Siperstein. Babs was a towering figure in the LGBTQ community who worked tirelessly to advance the rights of transgender and all LGBTQ people. She was an architect of our movement, pioneering critical civil rights legislation here in […]

The Asbury Park Bazaar 4th Annual Valentine’s event Can’t Buy Me Love returns noon o 6 pm Saturday inside the Grand Arcade at Convention Hall, located at 1300 Ocean Ave. The event features a specially curated marketplace showcasing the best in independent local and regional vendors, cofounder Jenny Vickers Chyb said. “We’re so excited to […]

A presentation of iStar’s beach club plans, to be located at 1500 Ocean Ave, has prompted city officials to change its next meeting venue. The Asbury Park City Council Feb 13 meetings will be held inside the Asbury Park High School Auditorium, officials announced today. “With iStar’s expected presentation of the beach club, we are […]

The American Littoral Society has filed a lawsuit against the Borough of Deal aimed at protecting public beach access in the 1.2 square mile community, according to a news statemet issued by Executive Director Tim Dillingham. The lawsuit comes on the heels of a Board of Commissioners’ approval to vacate the Neptune Avenue access to […]

Asbury Park saw a 13 percent drop in crime last year, according to an annual report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]. The national Uniform Crime Report, launched in 1929, is a measurement to standardize crime per municipality. It outlines aggregated statistics on everything from violent crimes to property offenses, such as arson, […]

Starting in February, you’ll be using your license plate to pay for parking in Asbury Park instead of entering a space number — a system called “pay-by-plate.” If you pay for parking at a pay station, you’ll be inputting your license plate number. You can also save your license plate information in the city’s mobile […]

Applications will be accepted from January 24 to February 5 for the Salt School, a multi-week program developed by The Asbury hotel’s management company to provide an introduction to the hospitality industry and recruit Asbury Park residents as employees.  This year the Salt School is geared toward recruiting city residents as employees for the expected […]

As part of an effort to preserve a parcel known as Bradley Cove on Asbury Park’s northern beachfront, the city council appears ready to approve a resolution Wednesday night to hire a firm to do an appraisal of the land. Waterfront redeveloper iStar has the development rights to the .6 acre parcel, which stretches along […]

The Dave Matthews Band and the Lumineers will headline this year’s Sea. Hear. Now festival on the Asbury beach on September 21 and 22, according to a statement issued by the festival. Tickets will go on sale on January 23 for the festival at 10 am, the statement said. Visit the Sea. Hear. Now festival […]

Senators Vin Gopal [D-11] and Declan O’Scanlon [R-13] will host Ending Divisiveness Without Abandoning Principles, a panel discussion that will address public discourse and politics during the 14th Annual Celebration Event of the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, being held 7:30 pm Wednesday at Congregation Torat El [301 Monmouth Rd]. The […]