Just over 6 months after unexpectedly closing the award-winning Robert Legere Design is back. The creative duo behind the brand Steve Troy and Robert Legere [shown at right during a recent trip to Africa] will reopen Friday with a back to their roots brand. “It’s very much focused on our interior design clientele,” Troy said. […]

Kay Harris is an Asbury Park business owner who remains active with the local school district from which she graduated in 1970. She was among those who accompanied the students’ recent mission to Ghana, giving them personal journals to reflect on their experiences.   And while her personal journey and history led her from Clark […]

An Asbury Park man was sentenced Monday to 16 years for the December 2015 shooting death of a city man, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written news statement. Diquan Speights, 23, was sentenced by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley. Speights pleaded guilty in February to killing Jamal Small […]

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. […]

A Carteret teen was arrested on weapons and drug charges following a motor vehicle violation stop early Saturday morning, Ocean Township Police officials announced via a news statement. Jonathan S. Flores, 18, was charged with marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession, and possession of a hidden kitchen knife, officials said. Officers pulled Flores over near 12:03 […]

Feed Your Soul Konscious Youth Development and Service [KYDS], a holistic youth support nonprofit, will host an information session from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at Monday at Kula Café, located at 1201 Springwood Ave. The event is being held to garner volunteers and support for program facilitation, events, marketing, administration and social media. The event […]

Fifty years ago a group of musicians redefined rock at one of those rare moments in history – The Monterey International Pop Festival. It was beautiful June weekend at the height of the Summer of Love and the festival drew crowds of 25,000-90,000 over the course of three days for a lineup of rock, pop, folk, […]

The State’s largest LGBTQ support organization will hold its largest fundraising event Saturday in Asbury Park. Garden State Equality, which moved its headquarters to Main Street in the city last year, will hold the Eighth Annual Equality Walk starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, rain or shine. “This event is an important reminder to folks visiting […]

The public is invited to attend the next step meeting in the City’s Master Plan reexamination process currently underway in Asbury Park. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The administration held meetings in February and March that sought the public’s input […]

Family, friends, and a few local dignitaries came together last weekend to celebrate the official grand opening of the state’s first commercial downtown distillery, located at the Jersey Shore. Asbury Park Distilling, an over 3,500 square foot vodka, gin, and soon to be whiskey and bourbon distillery, opened its adjacent Tasting Room doors on Memorial […]