To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Asbury Park Planning Board will be meeting virtually on Monday, September 14, to come to a final decision about Istar’s application to build their ‘pool club’ across the street from our North Beach community on Ocean Ave. As a North Beach resident for 13 years, I have given […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The building of a membership-based private pool club on the north end Asbury Park oceanfront next to a public boardwalk and beach creates damaging environmental consequences to our fragile, changing natural resource coast. In addition the development shows disrespect to our predominantly African American and Hispanic population who cannot […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, The Alliance for a Healthier Asbury Park launched its first annual “Asbury Park ALIVE!” event on Saturday, May 4, 2019 with the goal of promoting healthy living while connecting and strengthening the community. The event was a tremendous success. This year’s event will take place 1 to 5 pm on Saturday, May […]

To the Editor: I wanted to ask if you were interested in volunteering for a few hours for Code Blue this winter at Trinity Church. Essentially, when a Code Blue is called, Trinity Church is designated by Monmouth County to be an available warming center. The church opens its gym doors to ensure community members […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, It is with the heaviest of hearts, I am announcing the untimely passing of Detective April Bird. We are in deep mourning over the loss of our Sister in Blue.  On Friday, Aug 2, Det Bird was on-duty and assisting with the investigation into a recent shooting that occurred in the […]

[Scroll down to read Mayor John Moor’s response.] Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, This is going to be short and to the point. While the shooting on July 4th was a harrowing experience to many, how many shootings have taken part in Asbury Park prior to that? Have we ever seen the Council address the […]

During last night’s Council Meeting, we addressed the shooting that occurred last week on July 4th. The incident took place on Asbury Park boardwalk in the area of 1st and Ocean Avenues after the fireworks, injuring two people. Luckily, the injuries were non-life threatening. City Council would like to thank the first responders, police and firefighters […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, Asbury Park’s waterfront developer iStar Financial, Inc. will present its plans for a membership-based beach and pool club 6 pm May 29. The beach club is being marketed as an amenity to the recently developed high-rise luxury condo and hotel, The Asbury Ocean Club. Hundreds of concerned residents, environmental advocates […]

To the Editor: Asbury Park is one of New Jersey’s hottest emerging cities. Tagged by one publication as the “Coolest Small Town in the Country,” the City has been the subject of articles by national and international publications, which have noted its comeback and growth of wealthy residents. Asbury Park has a high population of […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, Late last night, we learned of the passing of transgender activist and icon Barbra ‘Babs’ Siperstein. Babs was a towering figure in the LGBTQ community who worked tirelessly to advance the rights of transgender and all LGBTQ people. She was an architect of our movement, pioneering critical civil rights legislation here in […]