An open area of land on the city’s West Side is set for a major upgrade. A conceptual rendering of Asbury JAMS — an acronym for jobs, art, music and science —  has already won accolades from the New Jersey Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, with a Merit Award in the “unbuilt” category. The […]

Tickets for the second annual Asbury Park Restaurant Tour go on sale Tuesday, April 1. The tour is sponsored by the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce and features more than 25 eating establishments in all sections of the city. The event costs $30 and will be held on Sunday, April 27, from noon to 4 […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, All of the land east of Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, our beaches and boardwalk,  is public land. In other words, the land belongs to all the people in Asbury Park. All public lands are held in trust for the American people by the federal, state, and local governments. The oceans belong to all […]

Residents, business owners and other Asbury Park stakeholders came together to march from the city’s West Side to the beachfront on March 22, symbolically uniting both sides of the city. The “Rebuild One City” parade was organized by members of the Rebuild by Design competition created by President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Task Force. By the end […]

Several Asbury Park students were honored by the Asbury Park/Wall Elks Lodge No. 128 for their participation in the club’s Americanism contest. District students with special needs between the ages of nine and 14, were asked to color a poster, write an essay or record their thoughts on why they are proud to be an American, according […]

The only thing separating Asbury Park beachgoers from access to free wireless internet could, in the near future, be a simple 15 second advertisement. City manger Jack Kelly is exploring ways to bring free Wi-Fi to the beachfront modeled after what San Jose, Calif. has accomplished, he said. “They have this super-fast Wi-Fi in a […]

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Township of Ocean Police Department is stepping up efforts to persuade drivers to put down their phones as part of a national texting enforcement crackdown. Starting April 1 and continuing throughout the month, the department will be conducting a spring traffic safety initiative, “U-Drive, U-Text, U-Pay,”  according […]

Mayor Myra Campbell has selected a member of the city’s clergy to be her representative on the Asbury Park Planning Board. City resident Rev. Kenneth Mitchem, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Cookman Avenue, will join the board as the mayor’s designee. Mitchem is a retired Marine, she said. He keeps an element […]

A recent protest held at the site of the Deal Lake flume house against an upcoming beach replenishment project has earned protesters the ear of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps prolonged the public comment period for the upcoming Loch Arbour to Elberon replenishment project, effectively allowing citizens more time to express their opinions, […]

A 76-year-old woman was transported to a nearby hospital after a fire broke out in her apartment Thursday. Member of the Asbury Park Fire Department [APFD] responded to a call at 10:47 a.m. notifying them of a fire that broke out in one of the apartments in the Munroe Towers apartment complex, said Garrett Giberson, spokesman […]