Editor, Asbury Park Sun, As usual with Asbury Park elections, controversy reigns supreme. So while the Mayor runs unopposed and a hard working community female is running against an incumbent, what has changed? Nothing has changed. Incumbents tell us to vote no on ballot questions that would keep the status quo in power. The same […]

Braving the icy Atlantic ocean waters in support of charitable endeavors has become a tradition along the Jersey Shore. On Saturday, that tradition kicks off with the annual Thanks4Giving Plunge to benefit the Special Olympics New Jersey [SONJ] along the shore just north of the Convention Hall in Asbury Park. Organized by the Law Enforcement Torch Run [LETR], […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, Whomever I speak with has a different take on the three municipal questions on the Ballot. My questions is, what will separating Asbury Park into three wards accomplish, and who’s prepared to deal with consequences if passed?   A letter to the editor author states unreasonable rent increases in Asbury Park almost […]

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 W. Palmer of the Brielle Police Department said. The checkpoint will be run from 9 p.m. Friday through 1 a.m. Saturday along Route 71 [Main Street] in […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, Mr Kendle’s opponent in Asbury Park’s City Council race is allied with the ‘ward/partisan elections’ faction. This group, despite the ticket’s ‘For all the People’ title, seeks in reality only power for themselves. An agitating force, which if this person is elected, will import tension into the presently team-oriented council, this faction […]

A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with the Oct 15 shooting of two people in Asbury Park, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced. Marcus Paschal, 19, of Neptune, is charged with two counts of first degree attempted murder, second degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second degree possession of a weapon for an […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The City of Asbury Park prides itself on being one of the most welcoming communities within the State of New Jersey, and the country. A recent news article paints us in the opposite light – counter our beliefs, our thoughts, and our mindset in being an open and tolerant city, accepting […]

The Asbury Park African American Music Heritage Project, launched by the Asbury Park Public Library, will be featured at this year’s New Jersey History Forum and at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, city officials announced Tuesday.   The ongoing project aims to shine a light on Asbury Park’s African American music heritage, specifically […]

Voting changes enacted by law in August by Gov Phil Murphy has prompted the Asbury Park Democratic Committee to release a vote-by-mail procedural how to ahead of the Nov. 6 elections. The new law involves allowing a voter to request a mail-in ballot for one election or for all elections every year until the he/she […]

The League of Women Voters of the Township of Ocean [LWV] has put together a nonpartisan vetting of the Asbury Park Municipal Ballot questions ahead of the Nov. 6 elections. “LWV member Kerry Butch was the driving force behind the ballot question explanation, urging the League to get involved and recruiting experts to help out,” […]