A Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to bring a full-service organic grocery store to Asbury Park’s Main Street has been successful. Cara Pescatore and Alex Mazzucca [above at the site], who own the From Seed to Sprout vegan cafe in Avon, set a fundraising goal of $25,000. That was reached by the Oct. 30 deadline and came in […]

At 7:30 a.m. Friday, Asbury Park will see the doors of Dino’s on Main Marketplace open for the first time. The market will offer mostly Italian items like fresh homemade ravioli, mozzarella, gravies, brick oven pizzas and preserves—but shop owner Dino LaSasso [shown above] loves food so much, he doesn’t want to be limited to only […]

Members of the Asbury Park chapter of the Stop the Violence Action Committee paid their respects to parents who had lost children to violence in the city at a memorial banquet Saturday night. The committee announced an Asbury Park chapter during a rally held in September. Stop the Violence has chapters throughout the state, including Camden and […]

Community stakeholders met at St. Stephen AME Zion Church Saturday morning to discuss the issue of violence in the city at a “Summit to End the Violence.” The summit, organized by St. Stephen’s Pastor Derinzer Johnson and Retired Asbury Park Police Lt. George Corbin, brought law enforcement officials, politicians, business owners and other city stakeholders […]

Several community stakeholders will meet at Asbury Park’s St. Stephen AME Zion Church Saturday to engage in a discussion of long- and short-term solutions to mitigate the issue of violence on the city’s Westside. George Corbin and St. Stephen’s Pastor Derinzer Johnson have organized the “Summit to End the Violence in Asbury Park.” The summit […]

The Asbury Park school board election returns are in. According to the unofficial results from the Monmouth County Clerk, newcomers Connie Breech and Corey Lowell will join the board in January while three incumbents will retain their seats. Incumbent Nicolle D. Harris was re-elected to a full three-year term. Current board members Kenneth Saunders, Jr. and Felicia Simmons […]

Ocean Avenue from Fourth to Sixth avenues has been blocked off as members of the national media get set to cover Governor Chris Christie’s election night speech at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall. News vans line the parking spaces along the south end of the hall. Local, county and state police vehicles occupy the spaces north […]

Members of the Asbury Park planning board voted Monday to amend the preliminary and end site plan agreements for the Vive townhome complex. The amendment addresses the number of trellises that will be installed on the upper balconies of the units and how many windows will feature a Bahaman-style shade, which had been at issue […]

When the city’s voters go to the polls tomorrow, they’ll be making decisions on the local, regional and state levels. Along with choosing a Governor, U.S. Senator, two Members of the General Assembly, a Sheriff and two Freeholders, Asbury Park voters will select five residents for the board of education—a majority of seats on the […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: The charter study commission’s suggested referendum moves Asbury Park into the 21st century and I congratulate them on a job well done! They worked diligently, compromised and came up with a logical structure that carries Asbury Park forward from the antiquated 1923 form of government we currently have. There are only […]