A Sunday information session to introduce a community-supported business model for Asbury Park’s words! Bookstore is now at capacity, store manager Liza Minno Bloom said Friday morning. The independent bookstore is transitioning to a community-owned venture that will be known as the Asbury Book Cooperative. “We are thrilled,” Minno Bloom said of the community response. […]

The Asbury Park City Council concluded its annual assessment and approval of the city’s bar, restaurant and entertainment venue liquor licenses this week but not before implementing a new set of conditions. Moving forward every venue serving alcohol must clean the sidewalk and curb nightly after closing and the following morning prior to opening. They […]

Asbury Park’s words! bookstore kicked off a 10th anniversary Grand Reopening celebration by honoring local writers. The independent bookstore is the brainchild of Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, who also run ASGMC, a management consulting venture they launched in 1999 that works to coach, train, and motivate middle to senior level members of the nonprofit […]

They may not have school school-aged children in the Asbury Park School District but on Friday morning some of the city’s most recognizable residents walked a few kids to school. They included Jan Sparrow, Words! bookstore owner, Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton, and Mayor John Moor. The initiative is a part of the recently launched Mayor’s Wellness […]

On Thursday, Sept. 4, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will discuss the challenges men and women face in understanding the “unwritten rules” of communication that exist between genders at a seminar held at the ShowRoom Cinema, according to news release from the city’s Business Development Center. How men and women […]

If the research is true, over three-quarters of the people that read this article have a fear of public speaking. On Thursday, April 10th, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will help attendees combat those fears at a one-time workshop,  “Taking the Fear Out of Public Speaking”, or “How to Talk About […]