A new management team — the Denver-based Sage Hospitality Group — will operate waterfront redeveloper iStar’s two Asbury Park hotels and the Asbury Lanes, according to a news release issued by Sage and iStar. The Asbury hotel and the Asbury Ocean Club Hotel will join the Sage Independent Hotel Collection, a growing portfolio of more […]

The long-awaited R Bar on Main Street is ready for its opening. “Our grand opening is this Thursday May 6th!” said Kelly Victor in an email to the Sun. Victor and Lindsey Taylor are partners in R Bar and will operate it. “Reservations will be available on Open Table beginning on Wednesday the 5th,” Victor […]

Continuing a practice that started last year during the pandemic, the city will open Cookman Avenue to pedestrian and bicycles to create a “Downtown Pedestrian Zone” on weekends, which includes the expansion of dining and retail onto the sidewalk and street. Starting this Friday, vehicular through traffic will be prohibited from Fridays until early Monday […]

The posting of a racist sticker in the Casino building is being investigated by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Police. The City Council issued the following statement: “The City of Asbury Park is home to one of the most diverse communities in the State of New Jersey. As Mayor and […]

A referendum on a rent control ordinance sponsored by a group of residents who got enough signatures to get the proposal on the ballot was defeated by a nearly 2-1 margin. The City Council unanimously enacted their own rent control ordinance on March 10. Had the referendum passed, it would have replaced the council’s rent […]

Asbury Park residents vote today, April 20, in a referendum to decide whose rent control ordinance will govern rentals in Asbury Park. On March 10, the city council unanimously approved their rent control ordinance. The referendum’s ordinance was submitted by a group of petitioners who got enough signatures for their plan to be on the […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: I have been an attorney for a nonprofit legal services organization for the last 15 years. In my professional capacity I represent people trying to obtain, being denied, or facing termination from a public entitlement. Most of our work centers around Social Security, Medicaid, food stamps, and landlord/tenant hearings. […]

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 2021 at the Asbury Book Cooperative [ABC} on Saturday, April 24 from 11 am to 7 pm. ABC is located at 623 Cookman Avenue. The following is the announcement of the event by ABC and a scheduled of events for the day: Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Asbury Book Cooperative  Join […]

The League of Women Voters of Southern Monmouth County have prepared a fact sheet regarding the rent stabilization referendum in Asbury Park scheduled for Tuesday, April 20. The following is the text of the fact sheet: Question Shall the Ordinance submitted by initiative petition be adopted so that, generally: rent increases on residential property may […]

The Asbury Park Property Owners Association issued a statement this morning regarding the passage of a rent control ordinance by the City Council last night. The following is the statement: Sadly, and without thorough investigation, the City Council today passed rent control in Asbury Park, a moment that will be remembered for its genesis in […]