The Asbury-based Citizens for Change political action committee [PAC] has reported two new contributions totaling $4,000. The PAC is linked to the A-Team slate in the city council election. On May 4, Granville and Linda Bozarth, Vincentown, contributed $2,500 and a South Jersey-based PAC, Voters United NJ, contributed $1,500, according to a report filed with [...]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: As someone who has lived in the Asbury Park area most of my life and now works downtown at Robert Legere Companies, I have witnessed the positive change in the central business district and the boardwalk over the last 12 years. My memories of shopping at Steinbach’s, riding the carousel [...]

Three major election tickets and one independent candidate in the Asbury council race have filed their second round of campaign finance reports with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission [ELEC]. For campaigns raising more than $12,300, all contributions of $300 or more must be reported to ELEC. Those campaigns must also provide details on their [...]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: Hard to imagine it has been six months since Superstorm Sandy ravaged our coast. After Superstorm Sandy we saw communities come together to help out their fellow neighbors and these communities are bouncing back stronger than ever. It takes all of us after a disaster to help and it is [...]

The AP Out Front council ticket has filed its contribution and expenditure report with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission [ELEC] 17 days past the state-imposed due date. Reports of contributions and expenditures were due on April 15. The ticket filed its reports with ELEC on May 7. The ticket’s members include Rosetta Johnson, Clevette [...]

As of 5 p.m. today, 224 messenger ballots had been returned to Monmouth County election offices for tabulation, according to data provided by the county. In total, 336 voters have requested messenger ballots for the Asbury Park city council election. To vote by messenger ballot, a voter must complete an application designating a messenger and, if [...]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: We need leaders, not puppets! Why we need a fresh perspective: the current council has allowed the city to stagnate. 1. In the last five years, zero units were built on the waterfront. 2. The city bought $880,000 worth of parking meters with only one bid and no quotes. 3. [...]

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has endorsed the Forward Asbury Park ticket for election to city council. “Council members John Loffredo and Sue Henderson and Councilman and former Mayor Kevin Sanders have proven themselves as capable, visionary leaders of Asbury Park,” Booker wrote in a letter to the Forward Asbury Park team. The Forward Asbury Park [...]

An independent hearing officer has upheld city officials’ decision to suspend assistant city manager James Famularo without pay following an incident with the police that took place almost a year ago. Police responded to a domestic violence 9-1-1 call at Famularo’s home shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 17, 2012, Police Chief Mark Kinmon [...]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: With the date fast approaching for our city election, I would like to publicly endorse the Forward Asbury ticket. Over the last 10 years that I have lived in Asbury Park, I have witnessed economic growth and revitalization in all parts of the city, defying the economic disasters that affected [...]