The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce paid homage Friday night to what Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi calls ‘champions of our beloved city’ during the annual Carousel Award event at Convention Hall, located on the AP Boardwalk. This year’s event included video presentations by John Kaplow of NJ Media Works. The award recipients were given proclamations […]

For the third consecutive year, the Asbury Park School District has been named an Innovative School District by the International Center for Leadership in Education [ICLE]. The accolade is given to a handful of school districts across the nation – including the nation’s most rapidly improving schools – who have incorporated rigorous and relevant educational […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2018 Carousel Award honorees. The decades-old event acknowledges those in the community who have gone above and beyond in support of commerce, community and humanity, Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi said. Being held on May 11, this year’s boardwalk themed event will pay homage to many well-known […]

The Women’s March Asbury Park team has just announced the cancellation of Saturdays Mother’s Day event at the Paramount Theatre. Slated as a celebration through music, art, and film, in support of Planned Parenthood, Garden State Equality and the Lesbian Political Action Committee, the made the executive decision to postpone the event on Wednesday. The […]

Four women with no political expertise further advanced the Women’s March Asbury Park movement created on January 21 on Sunday. The women are Amanda Kane, Dani Fiori, Dallas Hlatky and Jennifer Lampert, who within six days [and with the support of city officials], organized a local march that drew a crowd of 6,000. “We were […]

The Women’s March Asbury Park organizers were honored Wednesday night by the City Council, who declared Feb. 8 Women’s Day in their honor. The four women are Daniele Fiori, Amanda Kane, Dallas Hlatky and Jennifer Lampert [at right]. In reading the proclamation, Deputy Amy Quinn said, their efforts “ensured the sounds of women’s voices were […]

Celebrating their two year anniversary, Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten kicked off Saturday with a gift to all its patrons. The Jersey Shore’s first truly authentic Austro-Hungarian biergarten opened its doors at the corner of Lake Avenue and Emory Street February 2015. Immediately, lines of patrons waiting to get in on weekends were a regular occurrence, […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, We are still absorbing the historic outpouring of support, passion, commitment, and gratitude that the greater Asbury Park community brought to the Women’s March of Asbury Park on Saturday, January 21st. We are catching our breath, getting sleep, and making much needed trips to the grocery store. We want to acknowledge […]

In just one week, four women of Asbury Park organized a local Women’s March that drew a crowd of 6,000 Saturday, according to the Asbury Park Police Department’s count. The women: Daniele Fiori, Amanda Kane, Dallas Hlatky and Jennifer Lampert [shown below right], envisioned the sister walk to the March on Washington in DC as […]

What began last week with text message among four friends discussing their wish to attend Saturday’s Women’s in Washington DC has resulted in Women’s March Asbury Park, being held at noon Saturday. The women are: Daniele Fiori, Amanda Kane, Dallas Hlatky and Jennifer Lampert [shown below right], who first envisioned organizing a walk following President […]