Book Signing With Kay Harris Local Author Kay Harris will join Deerest Minnie Author Leslie Compton for a book signing event 5 p.m. Friday at Barnes & Noble Book Store in Eatontown. Harris, who self published From Amistad to the White House: Teachable Moments From 1839 to Within My Lifetime, is the owner of Asbury […]

A new real estate office has opened at 49 Main Ave but many will know the familiar face. Carol Dunleavy, a seven year Ocean Grove resident, has opened Sunrise Coastal Properties in the very office she worked in for three years. The former Vail Realty broker said she left the company after her former bosses […]

Two end of summer events are being held in support of The Center in Asbury Park, an HIV/AIDS support nonprofit. At 7 p.m. Thursday Jillian Giacchi, Joe Moffitt and Alexandra Hancock will headline Music For The Center On Deal Lake. Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and cocktails will be served and the $40 tickets are available […]

Tuesday night’s screening of I Am Not Your Negro, the Oscar-nominated documentary by Raoul Peck, and the Q&A discussion that followed is but the start of an ongoing forum on race relations in the city and the world, organizers said. Presented by the Racial Justice Project, the free event featured an after screening discussion led […]

The two groups working in tangent with one another to bring Sunset Lake back to its natural beauty and environmental health will host public events this month.   On Saturday the City’s Sunset Lake Commission will hold a 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. cleanup. Those interested in volunteering can meet at the Sunset Avenue side […]

Saturday Night Live alum Sasheer Zamata is headed to the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, Madison Marquette spokesman Adam Nelson has announced. The October 13 event is a part of their Paramount Theatre Backstage series, where the audience and the comedian share the historic stage. Zamata, who raised in Indianapolis, is a University […]

Asbury Park Toy Drive Founder Connie Breech said a larger community responded to the needs of a mother of four who lost everything in last week’s house fire. Sherrice Lyles and her children were displaced after a charging hoverboard sparked and caused fire, smoke and water damage to her Prospect Avenue home. The Jersey Coast […]

A reminder that fall is in sights cams as two local organizers announce the return of their collaborative event with the Asbury Park Boardwalk.   The Fourth Annual Asbury Park Fall Bazaar and Indian Summer Music Festival will be held September 22 to 24 at Convention Hall, located at 1300 Ocean Ave. The weekend event […]

Asbury Park’s Harold Daley VFW Post No. 1333 and Manasquan VFW Post 1838 came together Sunday to offer support to the Belmar Historical Society’s fundraising campaign to repair its Spirit of the American Doughboy statue damaged by vandals. WWII Veteran Lou Parisi and Vietnam War Veteran Wayne Jackson joined Commander Frank Brogna in delivering a […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, “President Trump is rarely reluctant to express his opinion, but he is often seized by caution when addressing the violence and vitriol of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and alt-right activists…” [New York Sunday Times 8/13/17] President Trump’s reluctance and caution regarding racism is shared by many Americans and it seems to be […]