The Asbury Park African American Music Heritage Project, launched by the Asbury Park Public Library, will be featured at this year’s New Jersey History Forum and at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, city officials announced Tuesday.   The ongoing project aims to shine a light on Asbury Park’s African American music heritage, specifically […]

Voting changes enacted by law in August by Gov Phil Murphy has prompted the Asbury Park Democratic Committee to release a vote-by-mail procedural how to ahead of the Nov. 6 elections. The new law involves allowing a voter to request a mail-in ballot for one election or for all elections every year until the he/she […]

The League of Women Voters of the Township of Ocean [LWV] has put together a nonpartisan vetting of the Asbury Park Municipal Ballot questions ahead of the Nov. 6 elections. “LWV member Kerry Butch was the driving force behind the ballot question explanation, urging the League to get involved and recruiting experts to help out,” […]

In response to the mass shooting Sunday by surrendered gunman Robert Bowers, 46, that claimed the lives of 11 people and wounded six at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey, based in South River, has released a list of vigils throughout Monmouth and Middlesex counties. […]

In the midst of an opiod crisis that claimed a record number of lives last year, the local NGO Help Not Handcuffs will host three events featuring discussions with Portuguese Drug Czar Dr. João Goulão on how his country’s drug decriminalization policy succeeded in greatly reducing overdose deaths and improving other health outcomes. Among the […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, This Election Day, Asbury Park voters will have a unique opportunity to exercise direct and significant influence on the future governance of our city. The opportunity comes in the form of three questions that will appear on the local ballot. 1 – Assigning some City Council seats to ‘wards,’ rather than electing all […]

The Annual Toast Pancake Run will return 8 am Sunday. This year, the charitable 5K run/ 2K walk will be held in support of Root to Rise, a local nonprofit that provides free health-based resources, services, and support to those in recovery and with mental health issues. Kicking off at St. James Place and Lake […]

Power to the Polls: A Feminist Halloween Party with the goal of empowering through a nonpartisan platform will be held 5 pm Sunday at The Asbury, located at 210 Fifth Ave. The dress as your favorite women in history event is organized by those behind two of the city’s most empowering feminist events in recent […]

 The City of Asbury Park will be hosting its Second Annual Halloween Trunk or Treat event from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Oct 31 in the City Hall Parking lot, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The event, produced by the City’s Recreation Committee, is a safe, fun, and free option for Asbury Park youth to celebrate Halloween. In […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I am a member of the committee in support of the short-term rental petition, municipal ballot question #3. In a recent article, the City Council continued its singular narrative that short-term rentals are the cause of higher rents and of a reduction in affordable housing in this city. The Council, however, […]