A member of the Asbury Park community was fatally struck by a New Jersey Transit train in the early Monday morning hours. Brian Holland, 37, was struck and fatally injured near 2:20 am Monday at the Sunset Avenue crossing, NJ Transit spokesman Nathan Rudy. There were no passengers aboard the Long Branch bound train. “This […]

It is only week two of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation Summer Learning Experience program, a part of the Asbury Park School District Summer Camp offerings, and third-grade students have had the opportunity to not only see an osprey up close and personal but to visit a local nest and learn to simulate building the predatory […]

Asbury Park’s master waterfront redeveloper iStar has released a closer look inside its Asbury Ocean Club Surfside Resort & Residences. The images and new website falls in line with what was a planned Summer 2018 sales launch and, for the first time, we hear directly from award-winning global architect Gary Handel and designer Anda Andrei. […]

Allison Kolarik, 34, a former Asbury Park resident who now resides in Long Branch, said she was called to action after researching the highly publicized Festival of Life, a six-day evangelical gathering, sponsored by Revival Today. Billed as a live music event with contests, giveaways and activities for kids, the 6 p.m. nightly gathering is […]

It’s been five years since Interfaith Neighbors’ Kula Café opened its doors on the corner of Springwood and Atkins avenues. A year later, the on the job 16-week training program aimed at helping the area’s younger generation obtain jobs in the hospitality industry, launched Kula Urban Farm. Located on neighboring land at 115 Atkins Ave, […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, It is time to wake up the true spirit and the rock and roll grit that is the true Asbury Park and rally against the Lieutenant Brannigan’s that march all over us each and every year. And, you can ask any local, they get ruder and ruder when it comes to […]

The summer season kicks off this weekend with a few new additions and changes aimed at making the beachgoing experience more pleasurable, according to Beach Manager Garrett Giberson Sr. First and foremost, there will be no smoking on any of the Asbury Park beaches but smoking will be permitted along the boardwalk. “Our ultimate goal […]

Juilliard honors students will headline a 7 pm Saturday classical music concert at Trinity Episcopal Church on Asbury Avenue, being held in support of a local youth choir making the transition into becoming an independent nonprofit. The Azure Quartet, comprised of violinists Brenden Zak and K.J McDonald, violist Hannah Geisinger, and cellist Yisei Li, are […]

City elder Rev. Gil Caldwell is most known as a civil rights activist; marching along Rev. Martin Luther King Jr who he first met in 1958, having been jailed for publicly supporting equal rights, and being turned away from a Pennsylvania hotel during his honeymoon with wife Grace. The retired United Methodist Church minister, who […]

The Mayor’s Wellness initiative to advance a healthier lifestyle for members of the community is picking up steam. Having launched this summer, a committee comprised of residents and health professionals have joined forces with existing programs and organizations to further their mission. Among them is the NJ Healthy Corner Store Initiative, done in partnership with […]