Asbury Park Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn (above), Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton, and Councilwoman Eileen Chapman announced today that they will be seeking four-year terms on the Asbury Park City Council in this November’s election. All three were previously elected in 2016 and will be running again as the Asbury Together ticket.  In a news release, the […]

Following its mission to share the music, cultural heritage and stories of Springwood Avenue, the Asbury Park African-American Music Project [AP-AMP] held its launch party at Danny Clinch’s Transparent Gallery over the weekend. ‘We want to share the stories of Springwood Avenue across generations…because Springwood Avenue’s history is a part of what makes Asbury Park […]

For Asbury Park native Anita Thomas her new home at The Renaissance is a dream come true. “I was born and raised in Asbury Park,” the 66-year-old said during a tour of her three-bedroom, two-bath duplex on Springwood Avenue. “People used to speak so poorly of Asbury Park and I’m proud to say I was […]

The Asbury Park African American Music Heritage Project, launched by the Asbury Park Public Library, will be featured at this year’s New Jersey History Forum and at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, city officials announced Tuesday.   The ongoing project aims to shine a light on Asbury Park’s African American music heritage, specifically […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Thank you for publishing Yvonne Clayton’s recent passionate letter to the Asbury Park Sun. We wish you would republish it every week leading up to the November election; for those who haven’t read it, simply go back on this site to find it. Too many people with “agendas” are trying to […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I was surprised and saddened to read quotes in recent newspaper articles that the southwest quadrant of the city has not been served by this council. As the African-American council person who resides there, I was disappointed to discover that I and my accomplishments were invisible; physical evidence to the contrary. […]

Reflection was at the center of the Veterans Day celebration at the Harold Daley Post 1333 on Lake Avenue Saturday morning.  “It’s been a tumultuous year,” Commander Joe Kenny, an Army veteran, said. “As we look at our country today, we see a lot of conflict but there are things in America that unite us […]

Tell us what you think about Asbury Park. That is the introduction to an ongoing community wide survey being conducted as part of the municipality’s Master Plan reexamination. But artist Conrad Neblett [at right] of Sunset Avenue, in addressing the governing body at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, voiced concerns that not all members of […]

A standing room only crowd turned out for the swearing in of the Asbury Park Together team Sunday afternoon. Incumbents Amy Quinn, Yvonne Clayton and Eileen Chapman were sworn into a four-year term on the Asbury Park City Council by Municipal Judge Daniel J. DiBenedetto during the annual organizational meeting at 2 p.m. Quinn, who once […]

The city’s partnership with EZ Ride and the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority [NJTPA] has led to a recognition by the latter. The collaboration came about in order to bring Street Smart NJ Pedestrian Safety Education Campaign to the city, officials said. Established in 2013, the pedestrian safety program was implemented in almost forty communities […]