Asbury Park Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn and wife Heather Jensen welcomed their son Jensen Howard Quinn into world Sunday morning. “Hard core from day 1!” Jensen wrote in a Facebook post. “Just kidding, he was yawning.” Quinn said Sunday evening the labor took over 25 hours and baby Jensen entered the world at 12:35 a.m. […]

In a landmark decision that changes the course of events in the United States, the Supreme Court vote 5 to 4 to recognize same sex marriages across the nation. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote, “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” […]

Among the first to do so in New Jersey, three same sex couples were married just after midnight Monday morning on the steps of the Paramount Theater on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The couples were Asbury Councilwoman Amy Quinn and Heather Jensen and Steven Brunner and Daniel Baum, as well as Aberdeen couple Karen Nicholson-McFadden […]

Councilwoman Amy Quinn [above, at left] and spouse Heather Jensen [center] are set to be remarried one minute after midnight on the Asbury Park boardwalk Monday, according to a news release from New Jersey United for Marriage. Quinn and Jensen will be one of the first three same-sex couples to exchange vows in New Jersey. […]

Using a free social network designed to get real-life neighbors to connect on the internet, Asbury Park residents have created an online neighborhood through Nextdoor.com. Nextdoor’s mission is “to bring back a sense of community to the neighborhood,” according to Nextdoor.com’s main site. The Asbury site was started with the idea to be able to […]

Asbury Park residents are being advised to leave their outside lights on from dusk to dawn on Thursday, Feb. 21. A group of residents and business owners is spearheading the initiative, known as “Lights On, Crime Off.” The primary goal is to brighten areas of town in an effort to make residents feel safer and […]