The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [STEM] program at Asbury Park’s Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School [OLMCS] has been selected as a featured program by the United States Department of Education, according to a news release from the school. Recognition comes through the 21st Century Community Leaning Center Virtual Showcase. A professional video crew […]

Kits that contained doses of the life-saving drug Naloxone were given away, gratis, at a training session in Asbury Park Wednesday night to about 20 area residents. Naloxone is a less expensive version of the anti-opioid drug Narcan. Both reverse the effects of opiates when administered to someone experiencing an overdose. The training session, held […]

Fresh, local produce and artisan goods are on their way back to Kennedy Park this summer. The Asbury Fresh Kennedy Park Market has announced the 2014 season will start June 22. Applications are now available for vendors to apply for space in their first ever “producers only” market, which means if you didn’t make it […]

Before the Bamboozle festival grew into the biggest music festival in the state, there was Skate and Surf. While it doesn’t appear Bamboozle will return to the shores of Asbury Park, or anywhere else, in the next-to-near future, founders of the event are making a bid to bring the Skate and Surf Festival back to […]

Members of the Wesley Lake Commission held a press conference Wednesday to ceremoniously break ground near the site of the sunken retaining wall and to update the thermometer that tracks funds secured toward the completion of the $12 million project. “We’re looking forward to bring it back to be a healthy, environmental asset to both […]

After a year hiatus, the Asbury Park Jazz Festival will be back in the city this June. Jazz Fest originator Dina Parker Todd is heading up this year’s event, which marks the 25th year the festival will be held in Asbury Park. The festival is set for June 28 and 29. It will be a mixture of […]

A local non-profit live theatre group will soon embark on its 26th season, this year operating out of a new location in Asbury Park. The Premier Theatre Company has signed a long-term lease with the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] and is the midst of making enhancements to the VFW building’s […]

The City Council meeting scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed to next week. “Because a number of council members have conflicts, everyone thought it would be best — considering it was a light agenda — to move it to next week,” said City Manager Jack Kelly. All business scheduled for tomorrow’s meeting will be addressed at a […]

From March 11 to 18 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: MARCH 11 • A 33-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension at the intersection of Asbury and Atkins avenues. • A 41-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the 1200 block […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, On Saturday, March 15, 2014, Barbara Lesinski and I [Team Mounds Abound] had a fundraiser for the Avon Foundation’s Walk for Breast Cancer at the Wonder Bar. Several businesses donated and friends and local residents came to show their support. We raised $1,165 from Saturday night’s event. We’d like to thank […]