The City of Asbury Park is preparing for its 84th Annual Easter Parade and Pageant, which will take place 1 to 3 pm April 21 at the Paramount Theater [1300 Ocean Avenue]. The annual event is a popular best of contest with prizes given for everything from most creative bonnets to best-dressed men, women, boys, […]

Asbury Park saw a 13 percent drop in crime last year, according to an annual report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]. The national Uniform Crime Report, launched in 1929, is a measurement to standardize crime per municipality. It outlines aggregated statistics on everything from violent crimes to property offenses, such as arson, […]

The Asbury Park City Council Tuesday reorganization not only featured the swearing-in of Mayor John Moor and Councilman Jesse Kendle, who won second terms in office during the November elections, it also included the unanimous vote for and swearing-in of Councilwoman Amy Quinn as Deputy Mayor. The 11 am meeting set the official 2019 calendar, […]

Asbury Park voters have defeated the three municipal ballot questions by large margins, according to unofficial results from the website of Monmouth County Clerk Christine Hanlon. Incumbent Councilman Jesse Kendle received 70 percent of the vote to defeat challenger Felicia Simmons by a margin of 2270 to 951. Mayor John Moor ran unopposed and received […]

 The City of Asbury Park will be hosting its Second Annual Halloween Trunk or Treat event from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Oct 31 in the City Hall Parking lot, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The event, produced by the City’s Recreation Committee, is a safe, fun, and free option for Asbury Park youth to celebrate Halloween. In […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, We strongly favor a no vote on all three local ballot questions this November. Wards. Breaking the city into wards would harden not soften divisions. This Council weighs every decision with mindful deliberation about its effect on the whole city, not one area over another. Look at the reality of development […]

Sports, dance, workout memberships, and mentoring programs are being added to the Asbury Park Recreation fall community roster, city officials have announced. “The goal of the City’s Recreation Committee is to create, and support, as many programs as possible to help benefit the children of Asbury Park,” said Councilman Jesse Kendle [at right], who is […]

It was an afternoon that brought State and Local officials together to walk the runway in support of Asbury Park’s recreation programs. Donning their best summer apparel, everyone from Sen Vin Gopal, Assembly Member Joann Downey and Eric Houghtaling to Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton and Sgt. Eugene Dello, took their turn glamming it up for an […]

The Asbury Park City Council and members of the community paid special tribute Gerald ‘Jerry’ Scarano this week, just hours after learning the regular attendee, who often challenged procedure and practices, had died. Scarano, 63, and his roomate Harold Kelly, 48, were found dead inside the former’s Ocean Boulevard home, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Spokesman […]

Asbury Park Mayor John Moor and Councilman Jesse Kendle have confirmed they will run in the November election under the Asbury Park Together Ticket. The incumbents were first elected to four-year terms in the November 2014 elections after the formal change of government was enacted. This bid for second four-year terms comes at a time […]