While city and county officials plan a meeting to discuss a possible joint initiative to preserve an open tract of land on the North Beach of Asbury Park, a new avenue of funding may become available which could allow the city to acquire the land itself. In the spring, $100 million in Green Acres grant funds [...]

The chairman of the Asbury Park Democratic Organization, Guiseppe “Joe” Grillo, 37, has announced his candidacy for the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry and Freeholder Deputy Director Gary J. Rich, Sr., are the Republican incumbents. The five-member Freeholder board runs the county government. Grillo will seek the county Democratic organization’s backing at [...]

[Editor's note: This letter makes reference to a 2010 report from New Jersey State Comptroller A. Matthew Boxer titled, "A Programmatic Examination of Municipal Tax Abatements." The full report can be found here. Cited in the letter is a quote from a press release issued by Boxer's office at the time of the report. The full [...]

A city tax abatement ordinance tabled for further review after members of the public voiced opposition to it was voted into law Wednesday. Members of the Asbury Park City Council again split their votes 3-2 on the measure. Mayor Myra Campbell and Council members John Loffredo and Susan Henderson voted yes. Council members Amy Quinn and [...]

Eco-friendly free shuttle service could be on its way to Asbury Park this summer. Owners of The Free Ride, which operates in several location in the N.Y. Hamptoms, Palm Beach, Fla. and Santa Monica, Calif., pitched a plan to operate electronic shuttles between the boardwalk and downtown to the Asbury Park City Council Wednesday. The [...]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday on an agreement to give $150,000 to the Asbury Park Housing Authority for a project that will upgrade video camera systems within housing authority properties in the city. The vote passed 4-1. Council members Myra Campbell, Sue Henderson, John Loffredo and John Moor voted yes. Council member Amy [...]

About 115 area residents attended a community interest session at Asbury Park’s ShowRoom Cinema Tuesday night to hear details of three projects being proposed by one of the Rebuild by Design teams at work in Asbury Park. With the main theatre at capacity before the start of the meeting, event organizers had to split the [...]

From Feb. 25 to March 3 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: FEB 25 • A 32-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with child abuse and neglect in the 400 block of Ridge Avenue. FEB 26 • A 51-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession [...]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the [...]

Advocates urging for opiate overdose prevention and safe syringe access in Asbury Park will offer a free Naloxone overdose prevention training on March 19, at 6:00 p.m. at the LGBTQ Youth Outreach Center at 805 Fourth Ave, according to a release from event organizers. The training, coordinated with The South Jersey Aids Alliance [SJAA], is [...]