Local Chef Bilal Mohammed will open the westside’s Kula Café for “Dinner with Chef Bilal at Kula Café” beginning Tuesday, November 13, and each Tuesday following. Normally open for breakfast and lunch from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, the Kula Café will now stay open Tuesdays until 9 p.m. for a specially […]

Environmental concerns along Asbury Park’s waterfront have taken center stage once again.  A recently launched north end infrastructure improvement project by iStar – the city’s master waterfront redeveloper, resulted in the Friday morning launch of a petition to halt the redevelopment. Save Asbury Park, the grassroots group behind the fight to preserve a swath of […]

The Asbury Park Homeowner’s Association Sunday meeting at The Complex became the last public opportunity for candidates and the public to speak about the issues ahead of Tuesday’s election and the municipal ballot questions. President Jordan Modell opened the discussion with a summation of each of the municipal ballot questions. Regarding the question to shift […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, As usual with Asbury Park elections, controversy reigns supreme. So while the Mayor runs unopposed and a hard working community female is running against an incumbent, what has changed? Nothing has changed. Incumbents tell us to vote no on ballot questions that would keep the status quo in power. The same […]

Braving the icy Atlantic ocean waters in support of charitable endeavors has become a tradition along the Jersey Shore. On Saturday, that tradition kicks off with the annual Thanks4Giving Plunge to benefit the Special Olympics New Jersey [SONJ] along the shore just north of the Convention Hall in Asbury Park. Organized by the Law Enforcement Torch Run [LETR], […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, Whomever I speak with has a different take on the three municipal questions on the Ballot. My questions is, what will separating Asbury Park into three wards accomplish, and who’s prepared to deal with consequences if passed?   A letter to the editor author states unreasonable rent increases in Asbury Park almost […]

The Monmouth County Driving While Intoxicated [DWI] Task Force will conduct a checkpoint to detect drivers under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, task force coordinator Chief Michael W. Palmer of the Brielle Police Department said. The checkpoint will be run from 9 p.m. Friday through 1 a.m. Saturday along Route 71 [Main Street] in […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, Mr Kendle’s opponent in Asbury Park’s City Council race is allied with the ‘ward/partisan elections’ faction. This group, despite the ticket’s ‘For all the People’ title, seeks in reality only power for themselves. An agitating force, which if this person is elected, will import tension into the presently team-oriented council, this faction […]

A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with the Oct 15 shooting of two people in Asbury Park, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced. Marcus Paschal, 19, of Neptune, is charged with two counts of first degree attempted murder, second degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second degree possession of a weapon for an […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The City of Asbury Park prides itself on being one of the most welcoming communities within the State of New Jersey, and the country. A recent news article paints us in the opposite light – counter our beliefs, our thoughts, and our mindset in being an open and tolerant city, accepting […]