Founder of Asbury Park Tennis Initiative, Aaron Williams, joined youth from Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County on January 19th to kick-start a weekly joint-initiative between the two organizations bringing the sport of tennis back to Asbury Park. The partnership is an early initiative of the newly-formed 501c3 non-profit, Asbury Park Tennis Initiative, to […]

The Asbury Park Music Foundation (APMF) will be receiving the Non-Profit of the Year Award at the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Carousel Awards on Friday, May 10 at Convention Hall. APMF has been an integral part of the community’s revival since it began in 2011 and has had a number of significant accomplishments over the […]

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 […]

For kids, teens and some adults, a skateboard is much more than an opportunity to partake in an action sport filled with ollies, kickflips, and pivots. It can signify a culture or art form, and while for some it has grown into a profession, for many it’s simply a mode of transportation. Looking to share […]

Thursday was a RED Day at the Asbury Park Boys and Girls Club on Monroe Avenue. RED Day is a label Texas-based Real Estate Company Keller Williams uses to for its annual one-day volunteer commitment to a community, according to Associate Peter Cunha of the East Monmouth Branch, located in Shrewsbury. “Each Keller Williams is individually owned […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, The recent closure of the Asbury Park  Boys & Girls Club pool is another slap in the face to residents of the West Side of the city and those who actually used the facility. In a recent Sun article about the closing, Executive Director Douglas Eagles stated, “Our current club […]

A group of local runners raised $41,591 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth County [BGCM] by participating in the New Jersey Marathon and Long Branch Half Marathon on Sunday, May 5. Team BGCM was led by Middletown resident Douglas Eagles, Executive Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County, and Shrewsbury resident […]