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Asbury Park Community Honors 49 Victims On Anniversary Of Pulse Nightclub Massacre

Over 100 gathered Monday at the Orlando Memorial Grove in the City's Library Square Park

By Michelle Gladden


Monday night’s Pulse Memorial gathering in Library Square Park was not only a moment for the Asbury Park community to remember the 49 individuals who lost their lives one year prior when 29-year-old Omar Mateen, a security guard armed with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol attacked the […]

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Jun 13, 2017
Asbury Park

Pulse Survivors & Family attend Orlando Memorial Grove Planting

Love Wins: #Keep the Flame Burning organized by city residents

By Michelle Gladden


The Orlando Memorial Grove Plaque reads in part: ‘May love, tolerance, and compassion bloom in this garden and spread throughout this community and our world,’ Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Committee’s Tom Pivinski read during Saturday’s planting and dedication service at Liberty Square Park. At 8 a.m., a group of volunteers set out to plant […]

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Sep 17, 2016