A steady stream of Gov. Chris Christie supporters made their way through Asbury Park’s historic Convention Hall  into the Paramount Theater Tuesday night. Having paid anywhere from $250 to $5,400 to attend the 2016 presidential candidate’s kick off fundraiser, they gave resounding applause for the second term New Jersey governor. For most of the evening […]

Gov. Chris Christie sets out Tuesday on an uphill battle to claim the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential race. He’ll begin by kicking off fundraising with a return to Asbury Park’s historic Convention Hall. Christie celebrated his second term win at Convention Hall and hosted President Barack Obama’s May 2013 visit there after Superstorm […]

The Asbury Park Police Department charged arrested and charged a Neptune man Friday night with the stabbing of a 25-year-old city man, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday. Anthony J. Butts, 21, is charged with first-degree attempted murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a […]

This weekend’s Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office gun buyback program yielded 428 weapons that resulted in over $30,000 pay out, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday afternoon. The program, held in Asbury Park and Keansburg, was a success, he said. “There was an overwhelming response to the gun buyback program this year,” Gramiccioni […]

This year’s National Night out will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Parking Lot along Main Street. “National Night Out brings the community together to increase awareness about police programs in the city, such as drug prevention, town watch, neighborhood watch, and other anti-crime efforts,” said Tom Gilmour, Director of Economic Development. Attendees […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential will propose a luxury hotel and condominiums in a sixteen story building to rise from the long moribund Esperanza site on the central waterfront, according to a report posted on line by the New York Times. IStar Chairman Jay Sugarman says that the new building will have 130 condominiums and […]

This week, the Asbury Park Sun received additional Letters to the Editor regarding the appointments of new library board members and the sudden resignation of its president Don Stine. Below are those three letters in their entirety. Dear Editor, I am writing about the recent changes, and outcry by the vocal minority, to the Asbury Park […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is conducting a gun buy program this weekend, according to news release. Monmouth County residents can opt to anonymously surrender weapons 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Prosecutor’s Office satellite office at 710 Main Street in Asbury Park. Guns are also being accepted at the New […]

NBA free agent JR Inman will return Monday to host a basketball clinic for the city’s youth at the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County in Asbury. Inman is a former Rutgers forward who is now a free agent and D League player with the National Basketball Association [NBA].  “We are so grateful to […]

The third annual pool party to support The Center will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Hotel Tides. The event features complimentary grill items as well as side dishes donated by Chat & Nibble; subs provided by Vintage Subs; desserts donated by Confections of a Rockstar; an iced coffee station provided by Asbury Park […]