Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I feel the need to respond to [the YOUNG NEW JERSEYANS CAN SAY “NO” TO CHRIS SMITH] Letter to the Editor posted on Jan 8, as I feel it misleads your readership to promote an alternate agenda . The letter strongly implies that residents of Asbury Park, particularly the youth, will […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Chris Smith has been the representative for New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District for 37 years. That means the people I live with, hang out with, and the majority of people on my social media do not actually know what it’s like to live without Chris Smith as [a] representative. We’ve just […]

dEditor, Asbury Park Sun, We are concerned that we have seen more rip currents this year and more people have died as a result. [Rip currents have killed eight people at New Jersey beaches this year — the most since the National Weather Service began tracking rip current-related fatalities in 1998. The second-highest was six […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Street construction began earlier this season on Park Avenue. What was surprising was that unlike other times when there was street repairs, the historic red bricks lining the sides of the street and the blue slate that acted as a curb was being unceremoniously trashed. Just to add insult to injury, […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The College Achieve Charter School, recently approved to open in Asbury Park, and for whom our school board has had to carve out $3.5 million of our budget, is currently seeking approvals before the Zoning Board of Adjustment so it can open in the basement of a church. If its application is approved […]

My family laughs at me when they realize that on many mornings I wake up early with a thought, an idea, a suggestion that I feel compelled to share with others. This morning it is 4:15 a.m. as I begin this letter. I hope my Asbury Park family does not laugh at me and dismiss […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, On Saturday June 24th we will meet at 11:00 am in front of Asbury Tower to rally and march to iStar’s Asbury Park office to deliver the same message we delivered to the past City Council, the County Freeholders, and the State DEP: Asbury Park’s north end beach must be preserved. […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The only deterrent to creating a much desired oceanfront public community park at the North End beach in Asbury Park is iStar Financial/Residential. iStar has the development rights to build townhouses on the Ocean Avenue public right-a-way in front of Asbury Tower to the Loch Arbor border. This development […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I support the candidacy of Joe Grillo for the Asbury Park Board of Education. But, I agree with the letter of Daniel Jacobson as he wrote “…not to factor in the unjust indictment against James Famularo in your [election] decision.” I was surprised as I read a reprint of […]

As the Asbury Park School Board President, I rarely get political. My sole mission is to guide the Asbury Park School Board in the right direction for the benefit of our students. Our children are intelligent, talented and eager to learn, and because of the hiring of Dr. Lamont Repollet, Superintendent of Schools, they are […]