Asbury Park homeowners will host a citywide yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Everyone signed up to host a yard sale has agreed to donate at least 10 percent of their gross sales to local animal rescues, Rescue Ridge or Wag On Inn, according to a post on an […]

Two Asbury Park restaurants owned and operated by Asbury-based Smith Group are on a path to achieve accreditation from the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness in gluten-free food service training. Gluten-Free Resource Education and Awareness Training, or GREAT kitchens, provides restaurants with training for all front-of-house and back-of-house personnel on safe gluten-free food preparation and handling […]

The 80th anniversary of the famous 1934 S.S. Morro Castle maritime disaster [shown at top] and the 160th anniversary of the 1854 New Era disaster will be commemorated at ceremonies in September, according to a news release from the Asbury Park Historical Society. The New Era disaster occurred exactly 80 years prior to the Morro […]

Another restaurant has opened up on the Asbury Park boardwalk. Owners of Cubacan and Stella Marina are now operating a third venture in the First Avenue Pavilion, Blu Nami, a Japanese restaurant with an American bar atmosphere, according to co-owner Nick Oliveri. As of Thursday, August 21, the restaurant will be open seven days a […]

This year, New Jersey Zombie Walk participants will be seeing red — fireworks, that is. The Asbury Park City Council Wednesday approved an all-red fireworks display to take place Saturday night, October 4, after the 2014 walk. The “blood red” fireworks show will set off after sunset on the oceanfront near the Third and Fifth avenue […]

The City has been awarded $926,070 from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority [NJEDA] for light fixtures to be installed on the boardwalk. The funds will be used to replace the “cobra head” conventional highway style poles and light fixtures with new energy efficient LED lights throughout the entire length of the boardwalk, from Asbury […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Recently, the Asbury Park City Council declined to approve a proposal from master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial to add additional curb extensions, or “bump-outs”, to intersections along Kingsley Avenue in Asbury Park.  However, city officials should take another look at the benefits of these valuable, pedestrian-friendly amenities. City officials provided a […]

From August 12 through 18, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 12 • A 58-year-old male from Union Beach was arrested and charged with shoplifting in the 100 block of Memorial Drive. AUG 13 • A 19-year-old from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of CDS [marijuana under 50g], possession with […]

Kids enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club summer camp were treated to a special basketball clinic run by two minor league members of the National Basketball Association Friday. Former Rutgers player J.R. Inman [above, at left] and former University of Pittsburgh player Tyrell Briggs [third from left] taught basic basketball skills and relayed the […]

Asbury Park’s first fully gluten-free bakery and cafeteria-style restaurant is set for a soft opening Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. My Momma’s will sell a variety of affordable food choices geared to people with celiac disease or who may have gluten [a protein found in wheat, rye and […]