Charles Gurrera, manager of Georgies bar in Asbury Park, will be remembered at multiple memorial services and benefits held in Asbury Park. Proceeds of all the events will be donated to Gurrera’s family, to help ease the financial burden in their time of need. On Sunday, Aug. 31, Georgies Bar will host a memorial tribute […]

The Township of Ocean Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating a missing person. On July 7, 2014 Nicholas Johnson was reported missing from the Gateway Treatment Center located on Center Street in Ocean Township, according to a news release from township police. Nicholas is a 26-year-old male who stands 6’05” tall, weighs […]

Asbury Park youth who participated in a week long summer jazz camp will perform Friday, Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Asbury Park High School auditorium. This is the fourth year The Jazz Arts Project, a Red-Bank based nonprofit organization, has conducted their Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the […]

On Thursday, Sept. 4, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will discuss the challenges men and women face in understanding the “unwritten rules” of communication that exist between genders at a seminar held at the ShowRoom Cinema, according to news release from the city’s Business Development Center. How men and women […]

Watermark, an upscale bar and lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, has donated a total of $21,500 to support a full music program at the city’s Hope Academy Charter School. At a benefit held Tuesday, Watermark owner Russell Lewis presented Asbury Park’s Musical Heritage Society with a check for $20,000 and, by the end of […]

Ocean Township police are on a hunt for a man who allegedly attempted to lure two juveniles boys into a van in the Oakhurst section of the township late last week. At approximately 8:19 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, police responded to an area near the intersection of West Park Avenue and Whalepond Road after being […]

Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has yet to decide whether to seek re-election in November, but she will be submitting the required nominating petitions by the Sept. 2 deadline to allow herself more time to make a final decision. She would run alone without a ticket of council running mates, she said. “I was elected […]

Asbury Park’s Central Business District, otherwise known as the downtown of the city, has been named a finalist by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association in the 2014 People’s Choice Awards for outstanding downtowns in New Jersey, according to a news release from the city. The public is invited to vote online […]

Asbury Park Councilwoman Sue Henderson will not seek one of the five open City Council seats in the November election. “I will not be seeking reelection in November,” Henderson said in a statement sent to the Sun. Recalling colleagues who served with her on the past administration, she said it’s “been an honor and privilege […]

New ownership has taken over at Baca Sports Bar and Lounge. Two partners in the Asbury Festhalle and Beergarden, Andrej Ivanov [above, at right] and Ladiflav Sebestyen [left], along with James Avery [center], a New Jersey native and sous chef, have closed purchase on the sale of Baca, a sports bar located in the Steinbach’s […]