With only one year remaining in both of their individual terms, Asbury Park Board of Education members Gregory Brewington and Gregory Hopson, Sr. resigned during Tuesday night’s board meeting. Within the next few days, Board Secretary Geoff Hastings will submit a notice through local newspapers asking candidates wanting to fill the vacancies to write letters of […]

A 53 foot double-expandable trailer that houses a museum-like display of notable Jersey natives is en route to the boardwalk outside of Convention Hall. On Friday and Saturday, the Asbury Park boardwalk will host the “mobile museum” [photo at right] — an extension of The New Jersey Hall of Fame [NJHOF] —  as it kicks […]

From June 19 to 25 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JUNE 19 • A 28-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. • A 44-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension and possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS]. • A 26-year-old male from Asbury […]

Rachel D’Avino, a victim of the Newtown Connecticut shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, will be forever memorialized in a playground dedicated to her on Asbury Park’s 7th Avenue beach [pictured above]. Fire Chief Kevin Keddy and Leesha Floyd, a program development aide for the city’s recreation department, formally presented details of the project to […]

Locally-based Rook Coffee Roasters co-founder Holly Migliaccio is slated to speak at a Cowerks University event Wednesday night. The theme of the local entrepreneur’s talk is “Evolution of a local brand,” according to a press release from Cowerks University. Based out of Cowerks shared meeting space, the goal of Cowerks University is to provide a […]

An Asbury Park man is one of three suspects who remain at-large as wanted fugitives in connection with the bust of an alleged $1 million-a-week gambling operation, according to a news release issued today by acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. The suspect is Nuno C. Oliveira, 38, of Asbury Park, described as a […]

Police have determined that an incident involving a stabbing victim early Saturday morning on the beachfront was not connected to the Beach Bar in Convention Hall. The information provided yesterday to the Sun by police was that a fight initially starting in the bar led to the incident. Police now say that the fight started […]

A mix of Asbury locals and visitors to the city gathered on Cookman and Bangs avenues for the first “Vibe in the Streets” event Thursday evening. The first two Vibe in the Streets events — originally part of a series scheduled for each Thursday in June — were cancelled due to rain. For what was […]

A key appointee in the city government — City Attorney Frederick C. Raffetto — appears set to continue in his post when the City Council and its new majority are sworn in on July 1. New majorities on a municipal governing body often change their outside professionals, such as attorneys, engineers and auditors. But Raffetto [above] […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: I have always been a big supporter of Madison Marquette and many of the progressive things the company did in Asbury Park over the past 5-6 years. However, it is amazing what a little friendly “competition” [or collaboration] can accomplish! Over the past year, Madison Marquette has pretty much “pulled […]