An old shopping center that fronts Memorial Drive between Fifth and Sunset Avenues is expected to get a major facelift. Representatives of property owners Ron-Vin LLC. made a presentation to the Asbury Park Planning Board Monday that outlined their intention to redesign the structure. A new complex would house nine businesses, including two anchor businesses [...]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for [...]

Asbury Park Police are still investigating the death of a prominent city real estate agent who fell from the The Santander condominium building Sunday. Jay Bernstein, a local Realtor with the Conover Agency, fell from a fire escape that was connected to the penthouse unit he lived in on the ninth floor of the historic structure, Asbury [...]

A resident of the Santander condominium building fell to his death today from the ninth floor, and police are investigating whether the incident was an accident or suicide, according to Detective Lt. David DeSane of the Asbury Park Police Department. The victim was Jay Bernstein, a local realtor, according to Councilwoman Amy Quinn, a friend [...]

From Nov 12 to 19 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: NOV 12 • A 28-year-old male from West Long Branch was arrested and charged with shoplifting in the 900 block of Main Street. • A 44-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats in the 1500 [...]

About 35 city residents incensed by the state monitor’s recent decision to reject the board’s choice for superintendent showed up to the Board of Education meeting Wednesday, several of whom openly voiced their frustrations in a public hearing session that lasted close to two hours long. Members of the Asbury Park community who spoke out criticized the [...]

The fifteen handcrafted wooden tables local artist Molly Gaston Johnson created for her “Table Talk” community art initiative will be on display together at an art reception and exhibition this Saturday. Since the summer, Johnson has worked with residents, business owners and other members of the Asbury Park community and surrounding area, gathering insight to [...]

Organizers of Asbury Park’s downtown artisan market Asbury Fresh will host a winter “pop-up”market on Small Business Saturday. The market will run from 12-6 p.m. at 639 Cookman Ave., which once housed the Russo Music store and local record shop Holdfast. Live music and entertainment will take place throughout the day, according to a news release [...]

Asbury Park has scored next-to-last among the eight cities surveyed in New Jersey that measures the LGBT “friendliness” of cities across the nation, according to a report released by the Human Rights Campaign [HRC]. Nearby Ocean Grove ranked second, along with New Brunswick. The HRC’s Municipal Equality Index scrutinizes the laws, policies, and services of [...]

A Millburn-based clothing designer has plans to open a new location in Asbury Park. Nita Novy, owner of “Nita Ideas” has signed a lease with building owner Patrick Fasano to occupy the old “Bizzare Bazaar” space located at the corner of Cookman and Mattison avenues [shown above], she confirmed with the Sun. Novy would not comment [...]