In just three days since the Asbury Park Beach Community GoFundMe page launched it has raised over 80 percent of its $3,500 goal to fund seasonal beach passes for low income families. Page creator Lisa Cramp said in the post: “Hey let’s help all Asbury Park residents who live way below the poverty level a […]

An alliance of 20 environmental groups, businesses, local officials and individuals came together Wednesday morning to fight offshore drilling. Held under a the barrage of rain outside of Langosta Lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, the event aimed to rally all New Jersey residents to attend the only public meeting being held in the state on […]

An ordinance setting paid beach access guidelines in Deal does not apply to waterfront residents, Mayor Sam Cohen told News 12 New Jersey. Cohen told the public broadcast station that “the free beach access only applies to a handful of homeowners who already have private beach entrances. He says that he believes it doesn’t make […]

Cookbook author and television personality James Beard was a staunch champion of American cuisine who mentored generations of professional chefs and food enthusiast. His legacy lives on through his writings and a Foundation that annually honors the culinary arts. The James Beard Foundation’s mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making […]

In the midst of the flood warnings and wind advisories, reminiscent of what most faced five years ago during Superstorm Sandy, a group of environmental advocates came together for Hands Across the Boards: Five Years After Sandy, organized by the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. “Certainly the weather is sending us a strong message, […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The only deterrent to creating a much desired oceanfront public community park at the North End beach in Asbury Park is iStar Financial/Residential. iStar has the development rights to build townhouses on the Ocean Avenue public right-a-way in front of Asbury Tower to the Loch Arbor border. This development […]

Deal’s Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a new municipal beach Friday. The public beach, located between Marine Place and Neptune Avenue, includes a swimming zone that by law will not exceed 300 ft. in width. “The addition of beach fees seemed inevitable thanks to the Army Corps’ replenishment project,” said Surfrider Foundation co chair Andrew […]

Oceanfront Preservation Coalition, activists working to save a parcel of waterfront land in the north beach area from development are organizing a rally. “The City of Asbury Park wants to negotiate a deal to save its north end beach from development and create an oceanfront park,” the written announcement for the June 24 event said. […]

New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan’s fifth book, an autobiographical chronicle about his passion for surfing, won him a Pulitzer Prize this year. Released in 2015 by Penguin Press, “Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life” received acclaim from avid surfers and non surfers alike. “Mr. Finnegan seems to remember every wave he ever surfed,” Dwight Garner […]

The push to save the plot of land referred to as Bradley Cove took a hit last month when a technicality prevented the Board of Chosen Freeholders the ability to appropriate a matching grant to help fund purchasing the land back from iStar, the waterfront redeveloper. “We applied for matching funds to Monmouth County for […]