Whether your motivation is to buy local art, jump start your own collection or find that perfect gift, chances are Sunday afternoon’s No Starving Artists Auction at Hotel Tides can meet your needs. Organized by area artists Ellen Martin and Sandy Taylor, the 2 p.m. event will feature works from 18 Jersey Shore [and beyond] […]

Asbury Park Mayor John Moor has switched his political affiliation from unaffiliated to Democrat, according to the local Democratic Organization Chair Giuseppe Grillo. “In a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 6 to 1, it’s only fitting that the mayor of Asbury Park affiliates himself with the progressive and inclusive values that make […]

SantaCon’s return to Asbury Park on Saturday is being met with a cautionary welcome by city officials. This will be the fifth year the holiday themed bar crawl will be held in Asbury Park, and given past complaints, City officials are going on the record to ask the thousands who visit to be respectful. Acting […]

The Asbury Park City Council is soliciting volunteers for its Boards and Committees with open vacancies. Asbury Park residents interested in applying for any of groups listed below may do so by filling out an application, available via the City’s website here. The applications will be due by end of day Monday, Dec. 19, according to City […]

Santas will be descending on Asbury Park en masse Saturday for the inaugural Santa Run. Organized by Brooklyn based event management company Peak Projects in support of Red Bank based food support nonprofit Lunch Break, the 5k run/walk will set off and end in Bradley Park at Kingsley Street and Fifth Avenue. Co founded by […]

The historic community of Ocean Grove will hold its 24th Annual Victorian Holiday House and Inn Tour event Saturday and Sunday. Sponsored by the Ocean Grove Chamber of Commerce, the self guided tour event offers an inside look at not only its homes and inns but some of its knew and historic venues. From 10 […]

Local artist Ruben will debut a new collection as well as some old favorites from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday at Mister C’s Bistro, located at Allen Avenue and Ocean Place in Allenhurst. The Los Angeles native is known for capturing Asbury Park’s iconic architecture as well as the Jersey Shore’s natural landscape, and its […]

Asbury Park based nonprofit, The Charity Kings will bring back Santa’s Toy Shoppe on Dec. 17. Currently collecting donations for boys and girls up to age 16 and their families, coordinator Sherrice Lyles [below right] said everything from toys, clothing, books and gift cards, to electronics, gift baskets for parents, artificial Christmas trees, lights, decorations, gift wrapping […]

When you walk into Dean’s Natural Food Market from Dec. 12 to 18, it may seem as if thought you’ve entered into a time warp. Staff will be donning the best of 1990s fashion and working against a backdrop of the decade’s music in recognition of the organic and natural food store’s 20th anniversary. Dean […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, While walking on Cookman Ave. last Sunday, I noticed the abundance of restaurants, shops and cafes.  Lots of competition there, I hope they succeed. What I didn’t see was a store offering necessities like groceries.  As far as I know, the nearest full service store is on Memorial Parkway.  So if […]