In celebrating Exhibit No. 9’s fourth anniversary, the collaborative husband and wife team behind the gallery will debut It’s A Shore Thing on Saturday. “We sincerely thank all of our patrons and clients for four wonderful and successful years,” Lois and Tom White [shown in feature photo] wrote in a joint statement. “It’s a joy […]

A few local musicians making a their mark in the Asbury Park music scene will make their debut on The Stone Pony stage Thursday night. Organized by Joe Henderson of The Burns [at right], the Summer Swelter Kick Off Party will also feature Modern Crowds, Avery and the Man Devils, We’re Ghosts Now, and The […]

A Neptune City woman was arrested Tuesday evening after police found her in Asbury Park. Christine Howland, 44, was charged with shoplifting, being a defiant trespasser, and possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Officials said Det Michael Legg and Sgt Greg Tongring located Howland, who was the accused in a previous shoplifting investigation, near […]

Asbury Park Day returns Saturday at various locations across the the 1.4 mile community and organizers have themed it as a day to ‘Keep The Conversation Going’ from the West to the East side. Although recently named the coolest small town in the nation by Budget Travel and the Jersey Shore’s hippest town by The […]

No need to wait for hitting the deck on that cruise, Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette is launching Upper Deck Shuffleboard Club on Friday. Located on the northern upper level of Convention Hall [1300 Ocean Ave] above Anchor’s Bend, the new shuffleboard club “promises to luxuriate with leisure turning the pastime favored by septuagenarians […]

Just over 6 months after unexpectedly closing the award-winning Robert Legere Design is back. The creative duo behind the brand Steve Troy and Robert Legere [shown at right during a recent trip to Africa] will reopen Friday with a back to their roots brand. “It’s very much focused on our interior design clientele,” Troy said. […]

Kay Harris is an Asbury Park business owner who remains active with the local school district from which she graduated in 1970. She was among those who accompanied the students’ recent mission to Ghana, giving them personal journals to reflect on their experiences.   And while her personal journey and history led her from Clark […]

An Asbury Park man was sentenced Monday to 16 years for the December 2015 shooting death of a city man, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written news statement. Diquan Speights, 23, was sentenced by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley. Speights pleaded guilty in February to killing Jamal Small […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, On Saturday June 24th we will meet at 11:00 am in front of Asbury Tower to rally and march to iStar’s Asbury Park office to deliver the same message we delivered to the past City Council, the County Freeholders, and the State DEP: Asbury Park’s north end beach must be preserved. […]

A Carteret teen was arrested on weapons and drug charges following a motor vehicle violation stop early Saturday morning, Ocean Township Police officials announced via a news statement. Jonathan S. Flores, 18, was charged with marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession, and possession of a hidden kitchen knife, officials said. Officers pulled Flores over near 12:03 […]