County freeholders conducted their June 26 meeting in front of a packed council chambers in Asbury Park who urged freeholders to assist the city with the preservation of an open tract of land on the city’s northern beach front. The tract comprises roughly .6 acres of beachfront in the Ocean Avenue right-of-way along Asbury Park’s North […]

Four years ago, Frank’s Deli & Restaurant at 1406 Main Street began to donated unsold bread, pastries and rolls to Interfaith Neighbor’s Need to Feed program — that practice continues today. Need to Feed provides soup and pastries in the winter and sandwiches in the summer to residents in need. Franks is a longtime Asbury Park […]

Patrons of The Anchor’s Bend bar may be able to keep their toes in the sand and their faces in the sun while simultaneously sipping cocktails as early as this summer. Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted to introduce an amendment to one of the city’s general licensing ordinances at their June 18 […]

The Asbury Park Republican Committee has elected Charles P. Smentkowski, Sr. as their new chairman. “I’m honored that the committee has selected me to represent such a great group of dedicated republicans,” Smentkowski said in a statement sent to the Sun. Smentkowski is a former Asbury Park Police officer and retired lieutenant from the Monmouth […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Rally to Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development will be held Thursday, June 26th, 7 pm at Asbury Park City Council chambers. Freeholder Burry recently sent an email to all who submitted comments in support of the county’s involvement on the Bradley Cove issue. She claims in the […]

In response to concerns voiced by fishermen, environmentalists and surfers, the Army Corps of Engineers will notch only three jetties, instead of the six originally planned, as part of the Loch Arbour to Elberon beach replenishment project, according to a news release from Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. The announcement came after a meeting held yesterday […]

After four years in Asbury Park, Asbury Comicon founders Robert Bruce and Cliff Galbraith are moving next year’s convention to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. The move was announced on the Asbury Comic Con Facebook page on Monday night. “Yes, we’re leaving Asbury Park for 2015 and heading north to the Meadowlands, just 10 […]

Local environmental activists seeking to preserve a section of the North Asbury beach area from development are calling for the public to attend a meeting of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders on Thursday in Asbury Park. The meeting — a regular session of the freeholders who make it a practice to hold some of […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board granted site plan approval for a set of 28 townhomes national homebuilders K. Hovnanian Homes plans to build on the western waterfront at a special meeting held Thursday. The vote was 6-1. The development, called “South Grand” brings 28 two- and three-bedroom residential units to the western side of the […]

Pieces of the old Palace Amusements building that were saved when the site was demolished ten years ago will be looked at once again by an independent conservator Thursday. The inspection will be conducted by Paul Himmelstein, an independent, professional conservator who specializes in preventative conservation and paid for by the nonprofit group Save Tillie. Himmelstein […]