The Ocean Township Police Department has launched Report It, an app that lets smartphone users instantly make reports directly to its dispatch center. Based on the ‘If you see something, say something,’ campaign, Chief Steven R. Peters [at right] said the Geo-based platform allows participants to make anonymous non emergent tips and send photos. “This […]

The Ocean Township High School Marching Band led a group of over 100 spectators to the ocean across the street from the Berkeley Hotel early Saturday morning for the 9th Annual Asbury Park Rotary Polar Plunge. But it was close to 60 who opted to brave the mid 30 degree weather and run into the […]

When Bernie Costello, a retired investment banker from Allenhurst, took up the guitar a few years back he had no inclination to perform on stage before a live audience. But perform he did – opening the three-day Lakehouse Music Academy Big Gig at the House of Independents, the downtown’s  newest entertainment venue known to draw […]

Robert Legere Design Center and Robert Legere Home on Cookman Avenue will reopen its doors for two consecutive weekends, starting Saturday. “This is a court ordered liquidation sale that will present a wonderful opportunity for the thousands of customers who have shopped at Robert Legere Design for the last 15 years,” owner Steve Troy said […]

Two 18-year-old men were rushed to hospitals after attempting to ignite a fire inside a fire pit, Ocean Township Police Department announced Thursday night. Officers, responding to a 6:22 p.m. reported fire in a wooded area between Fairway Lane and Weston Avenue, discovered the the blaze originated from a fire pit in the rear of […]

The Asbury Park City Council has announced Community Input Meetings that will help to craft a Master Plan Reexamination Report. Based on New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law [MLUL], established in 1975, a municipality’s Master Plan is not only a road map for planning and development but ultimately establishes the foundation for what is a […]

The Asbury Park City Council recognized the 2016 Asbury Park High School Varsity Football team for its Central Jersey Group 1 Championship title at the start of the Regular Session Wednesday meeting. In reading the proclamation, Councilwoman Eileen Chapman said as the team faced a season filled with many peaks and valley, they met every […]

Asbury Park’s Move For Hunger is among 25 nonprofits across the nation vying in The Atlantic magazine’s Renewal Awards competition. The Asbury Avenue based nonprofit, which works to end food hunger via a national network of relocation companies, was chosen among a pool of 500 nominees to compete for the $20,000 award. “It’s an honor […]

The woman behind the Stone Pony’s success since 2003 has been named the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal. “I knew immediately after the start of last year’s event that Caroline should be the next grand marshal,” event founder Garrett Giberson Jr. said. “Everyone on the Board agreed.” Giberson, who has known the Wall […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, We are still absorbing the historic outpouring of support, passion, commitment, and gratitude that the greater Asbury Park community brought to the Women’s March of Asbury Park on Saturday, January 21st. We are catching our breath, getting sleep, and making much needed trips to the grocery store. We want to acknowledge […]