It’s time – The Cold War surfing competition that will bring 16 professional surfers from New Jersey and New York to the Asbury Park shores is set for Friday. The 4-hour event will kick off some time after 11am at First Avenue beach, organizers say. The start time is flexible but will not start before 11a.m. The […]

The most creative and fashionable will vie for top honors Sunday at the city’s 81st Annual Easter Pageant Parade. “It’s an important community event, and not just for Asbury residents,” pageant Co-Director Cassandra Dickerson said in a written news release. “We attract people from as far as Red Bank, Long Branch, Tinton Falls, Freehold, Neptune […]

[A previous version of this story referred to the park as Bradley Park] Waterfront redeveloper iStar kicked off a set of projects this week that will bring improvements to Atlantic Park. The list also includes sidewalk and roadway upgrades troughout Asbury Park’s oceanfront region.  Re-grading work began this week in the park, located just north […]

The initial call to Asbury Park Police Department regarding the Thursday afternoon vandalism of a vehicle was reported as a large fight involving juveniles, Asbury Park Police spokesman Michael Casey said. “Upon police arrival, no fight was observed and juveniles were dispersing from the area,” Casey said. What followed was the report from a resident […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Ancient laws from the time of the Roman Empire held that the seas, the shores of the seas, the air and running water was common to everyone. This law became the internationally accepted Public Trust Doctrine. It is a law that requires all governments to hold in trust all public lands with universal public […]

The Asbury Park Music in Film Festival [APMFF] has announced a lineup that includes the screening of “Miles Ahead,” directed and staring Don Cheadle. The “House of Lies” star will take part in a Q&A about his directorial debut on April 8 at the Paramount Theatre. Running from April 8 to 10, the Festival ‘is […]

Former Asbury Park City Councilman Jim Keady [above] is in the race for a seat in the U.S. Congress, having filed to run as a Democrat in the Third Congressional District, which stretches across the state from coastal Ocean County to the Delaware River in Burlington County. First-term Republican Tom MacArthur currently holds the seat. […]

The City Council voted this week to move forward with a NJ Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response [SAFER] grant application that could bring two new firefighters to the Asbury Park Fire Department’s squad at no cost to the municipality for the first two years of a three-year agreement. Chief Kevin Keddy said the […]

Just days after the Asbury Park Fishing Club held its 24th Annual Fishing Flea Market at Convention Hall, organizers donated $4,000 to city organizations during the Wednesday night City Council meeting. The oldest saltwater fishing club in the United States, the nonprofit group donated $1,500 to the Asbury Park Little League and Veterans of Foreign […]

It’s a daunting task that was readily embraced by two dozen of Asbury Park’s most adventurous teens. These Asbury Park middle school aged students signed on in December for Interfaith Neighbor’s 14-week Junior Entrepreneur Training [JET] program, meeting afterschool on Thursdays since February in the Springwood Center. Under the direction of volunteer business mentors, students […]