World Aids Day will be celebrated Friday in Asbury Park with a Candlelight Walk and Memorial Service. This year, events across the globe will be centered on a unified theme tagged – Let’s End It, aimed at ending isolation, stigma, and transmission, according to the official website. Launched in 1988 at the height of the […]

A business venture that grew from a daughter’s love of pinball has become one of the Jersey Shore’s most popular destinations. And now Rob Ilvento, founder of the Silverball Museum and Arcade on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, will be honored for his continual support and work as a parent-advocate for autism awareness by The Arc […]

Ocean Township Police arrested a 27-year-old Neptune man Tuesday in connection to a spate of burglaries that occurred at various township, Neptune and Tinton Falls locations, officials announced via a written news statement. Kyle A. Terry has been charged with four counts of burglary, four counts of theft and nine counts of credit card related […]

A group of city residents and churches have come together to form the Women’s Hospitality Network – an initiative aimed at housing single women experiencing homelessness. “One thing to note is that the reason the network is using experiencing homelessness instead of referring to people as homeless is to be more humanizing,” founding organizer Derek […]

Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette has announced a continued partnership with Live Nation. “The continuation of this relationship is representative of both party’s commitment to expanding and evolving the legendary performances that have long been synonymous with Asbury Park,” Project Director George H. Ladyman Jr [at right] said in a written statement. “We are […]

A new 501c3 non-profit has landed in Asbury Park. Entitled, the Asbury Park Transformative Justice Project, founders Jennifer Lewinski, Kris Hlatky, and Derek Minno-Bloom aim to aid those returning from incarceration. “We put our belief that people are not the worst thing they ever did into action by providing intentional housing, empowering organizing training, job […]

Three people are charged with attempting to bribe a witness in a pending robbery case, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written statement. James Williams, 32, of Red Bank, Hideia Bouie, 21, and Ameer Washington, 27, both of Neptune Township, face 10 years for the second degree witness tampering charge. Williams, who […]

A proposed residential project with ground floor retail will serve as an example of what affordable housing in Asbury Park could look like moving forward, Asbury Park Director of Planning and Redevelopment Michele Alonso said. “This is a precursor for when [or if] we adopt a citywide affordable housing plan via ordinance for  inclusionary housing,” […]

Hundreds gathered Saturday for the annual tree lighting ceremony in the Grand Arcade at Convention Hall on Saturday. The event, which was streamed live, featured an appearance from Santa and  array of live entertainment, including Nicole Atkins, holiday beach sounds of Uke and Drum, DJ Atom Worth and DJ Foggy Notion spinning Christmas classics, Kristian […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, When we settled in Asbury Park, over 10 years ago, we were unaware of the vibrant presence of Haitians in the Asbury Park and Neptune community. But soon we discovered First United Methodist Church, its Pastor Sony Augustine, his wife Mona, and its Haitian members. I became an Assistant Pastor at […]