Winter will not go gently as the sun crosses the celestial equator. The consolidation of a pair of low pressure systems culminating in major coastal storm Toby late Tuesday into Wednesday has prompted local advisories of schedule changes and closures. According to the Asbury Park Police Department, this will mean mixed precipitation today and tonight, […]

In preparation of the Asbury Lanes reopening hotelier David Bowd and the city’s master waterfront redeveloper iStar have announced a third installment of the Salt School Program. The free hospitality training program launched in 2016 in preparation for the opening of The Asbury, the city’s newest hotel and entertainment venue, located at 210 Fifth Avenue. […]

City elder Rev. Gil Caldwell is most known as a civil rights activist; marching along Rev. Martin Luther King Jr who he first met in 1958, having been jailed for publicly supporting equal rights, and being turned away from a Pennsylvania hotel during his honeymoon with wife Grace. The retired United Methodist Church minister, who […]

The 83rd Easter Pageant Parade returns 1 to 3 p.m. April 1 in front of the historic Paramount Theatre at Convention Hall on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The annual event is a popular best of contest with prizes given for everything from most creative bonnets to best dressed men, women, boys, girls, and families. “The […]

Des and the Swagmatics will headline the April 19 return of the Mayor’s Rodeo For Recreation, being held at the Stone Pony. First held in 2016, the event is the brainchild of Mayor John Moor, who has said he decided to opt out of the traditional Mayor’s Ball for a less casual evening in supports […]

Herline Valcin, 29, realized a 15-year-long dream Thursday when she was sworn into duty; becoming Asbury Park’s first female Haitian native to serve on its 91-member police force. The 1.4 square mile community is known for its sizeable Haitian population. “I just wanted to give back to my community and to try to make a […]

Three to five year olds at Alphabets Preschool Center on Grand Avenue invited a few special guests to lunch Friday. The guest list consisted of state, county and local dignitaries, as well as members of the media. “Would you like to sit here,” 5-year-old Akim said to the Sun reporter as the guests entered their […]

Superior Court Judge Linda Grasso Jones has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the City of Asbury Park’s Short Term Rental ordinance, which took effect in November. Brought forth by Jon Biono and Timothy Horman [as individual members of a committee of petitioners], the suit aimed to bar enforcement of the local laws governing how Airbnb type […]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] funded Main Street Road Diet will bring over $19 million in needed improvements to the corridor between Allenhurst and Ocean Grove, city officials announced Thursday. “The goal of the road diet is to decrease travel time through the Main Street corridor and create a safer, more efficient traffic […]

The Asbury Park City Council introduced a 2018 budget Wednesday that comes with a lowered tax rate and, for the first time in years, calls for no Transitional Aid support from the state. “That’s a huge, huge thing for Asbury Park,” Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn said. Capabianco said while they requested no transitional aid dollars, […]