Members of the winning Asbury Together ticket are scheduled to be sworn in to service Thursday at noon. Mayor-elect John Moor (shown above, at far left) will be sworn in to a four-year term as the city’s first directly-elected mayor. The remaining council-elect members, incumbent Amy Quinn, Jessie “Coach K” Kendle, Joe Woerner, and Barbara […]

No owners have come forth to recover a boat that ran aground on Asbury Park’s First Avenue beach Christmas Eve, Asbury Park Police confirmed Monday. The empty vessel, approximately 22-24 feet long and named “Braveheart,” was found Wednesday morning and towed by the city’s public works department to the North Asbury beachfront near the Loch […]

On New Year’s Day, hundreds of people will bear the cold and jump into the Atlantic in Asbury Park. The 12th annual Sons of Ireland Polar Bear Plunge is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2015, with registration at 10 a.m.; a bagpipe march to the beach at 12:45 p.m.; and the plunge itself at 1 p.m. […]

The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] will again play a critical role in helping the community understand the Affordable Care Act and seeks volunteers to assist as certified application councelors. Certified Application Councelors [CACs] provide information about the full range of plan options to caplitalize on marketplace opportunities, assist individuals in applying for […]

From Dec 16 to 23, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: DEC 16 • A 58-year-old male from Union Beach was arrested and charged with shoplifting in the 900 block of Main Street. DEC 17 • A 30-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and contempt of court in […]

A city resident sustained a gunshot wound to the leg in the 500 block of Prospect Avenue Thursday evening, according to police. Asbury Park Police responded to the call 6:11 p.m., said Asbury Park Police Officer Mike Casey, the department’s communications officer. The man, reportedly in his 40s, was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Rabbi Zalman Schater-Shalomi at 85 says this: “When you’re in the December of your years and you know you are coming to the end of your tour of duty, what is the spiritual work of this time, and how do you prepare for the mystery?” He is talking about death and dying. I, at […]

Oceanfront bar and restaurant Langosta Lounge will again partner with community ally Pat Sherman of Trinity Church to host its annual Christmas Community Dinner. Open to the public and free of charge, the dinner will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Christmas Day, Thursday, Dec. 25.  Anyone in need of a free hot […]

The 2013 Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall for the last time before new members are sworn in Jan. 1 at noon. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 […]

Asbury Park-based Smith hospitality group has transformed their former Goldie’s vegan restaurant space into a new restaurant, the Happiness Luncheonette. The concept of the restaurant  “is pure fun and a little trippy,” Smith junior partner Mark Hinchliffe said in an email correspondence with the Sun. The restaurant and hospitality group is “taking food that makes […]