Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Ninety six hours. It has been four short days since the reality of the man behind the “Festival of Life” was revealed to our beloved City. In those ninety six hours, a protest was planned and has now metamorphosed into something much better. Much more powerful. And most importantly, as a beacon of […]

The Asbury Park Mayor and City Council have issued an official statement following the controversy that surrounds the upcoming Festival of Life event planned for June 24 to 29 in Bradley Park, located at Ocean and Fifth avenues. The controversy was sparked by a former Asbury Park resident’s social media post asking for the LGBTQ […]

Allison Kolarik, 34, a former Asbury Park resident who now resides in Long Branch, said she was called to action after researching the highly publicized Festival of Life, a six-day evangelical gathering, sponsored by Revival Today. Billed as a live music event with contests, giveaways and activities for kids, the 6 p.m. nightly gathering is […]

A Monday night fundraising event hosted by Sen Vin Gopal [D-11] at Parlor Gallery on Cookman Avenue raised over $4,000 for the Asbury Park Democrats, Chair Joe Grillo said. “After decades of political division, Asbury Park is now the political pulse point of coastal Monmouth [County], Grillo said. “This didn’t happen by accident. It happened […]

The Asbury Park and Monmouth County Democrats will host a town hall event featuring US Congressman Frank Pallone Jr from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Langosta Lounge, located at 1000 Ocean Avenue on the Asbury Park boardwalk. Joe Grillo, chair of the city’s Democratic party, said the meeting is being held to help inform […]

The Asbury Park Democrats will be kicking off a host of events in the months of April and May to get residents politically activated and registered to vote, starting with a 9 a.m. Saturday Breakfast Reception at St. Stephen’s AME Zion Church on Springwood Avenue, Chair Joe Grillo said. The breakfast will take place before the non-partisan and […]

A Town Hall Meeting with former Governor Jim McGreevey Saturday at St Stephen AME Zion Church, located at 1001 Springwood Ave. During the 10 a.m. event, McGreevey will discuss the State’s prison re-entry program and Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton will be speaking about the Asbury Park CAN all-volunteer record expungement program, which has gained statewide attention. […]

The student organized and led March For Our Lives event occurring noon Saturday in Asbury Park will kick off from Library Square Park, traverse down to and then along the Asbury Park boardwalk to Bradley Park, according to Mark McDonald – one of the few adults aiding Asbury Park, Ocean Township and Long Branch youth. […]

This fall, Asbury Park became one the 72 communities across the state to earn a Sustainable Jersey certification, a feat celebrated last month during the Annual League of Municipalities Conference.   What that means for the 1.4 square mile city along the Jersey Shore is the ability to expand on its green initiatives, officials said. […]

Three Asbury Park residents have begun work as part of Governor-elect Philip D. Murphy’s transition team.  Murphy visited the City many times throughout his campaign, holding a campaign rally that featured a mini concert by Jon Bon Jovi at the House of Independents on Cookman Avenue, and celebrated his victory at the Grand Arcade in […]