No Fee Increase But Changes Include New License-Plate Recognition System, Pay-by-Plate Parking, Virtual Permits, & Updated Zone  City officials have announced changes ahead of the 2019 permit parking season. Among them will be the launch of a new license-plate recognition system aimed at easing parking issues in the 1.4 square mile community. But what motorists […]

The Asbury Park City Council announced Friday the beginning of a public comment period for the North End Boardwalk Project. Comments from concerned residents, visitors and businesses for proposed improvements to the North End Boardwalk area will be collected via online and by handwritten submission through Dec 23, according to a written statement on the […]

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Editor, Asbury Sun, On behalf of Save Asbury’s Waterfront [SAW], I wish to respond to three statements made in the Asbury Park Sun’s Dec 5th article regarding iStar’s beach club plans. 1) “During the design process, iStar met with members of the local community to discuss the project…” The last public-wide meeting where information about […]

Three Jersey Shore residents are charged with weapons possession following a Wednesday evening motor vehicle stop but one suspect, considered to be dangerous, remains at large, Chief David Kelso has announced in a written news statement. Imirrah Bouie, a 20 year old female from Asbury Park; Nailah Hines, a 19 year old female from Neptune […]

iStar, Asbury Park’s master waterfront redeveloper, will move forward with plans to build an oceanfront beach club, according to a news statement released Wednesday afternoon. The publicly traded company submitted plans to the City Wednesday for its one-story club to be located on Ocean Avenue between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The project will boast a […]

Coffee With A Cop will return from 9 am to noon Dec 12 at Kula Cafe on Springwood Avenue. First launched in Hawthorne, Calif. in 2011, the event became a national occurrence in 2016 when the Honolulu Police Department began hosting meetups, thereby making Coffee with a Cop an event in all 50 States. The […]

Asbury Park resident Joanne Matthews makes a point to stop by the annual Spring Lake-Brielle Rotary Club holiday giveaway at Kula Cafe on Springwood Avenue. A part of Interfaith Neighbors social enterprise programs, Kula Cafe is an on the job hospitality training program.  “I like coming here because they make it comfortable,” she said. Shirley […]

The annual beach badge holiday gift certificates are now on sale, city officials have announced. Each year, the City offers discounted rates to those interested in purchasing the seasonal beach badges as a holiday gift. This year, gift certificates are being offered at the 2018 seasonal rates: $70 for adults, $20 for seniors over 62 […]