The green-tinged decorative copper panels that went missing from Convention Hall recently are largely considered to be gone for good, but an official from Madison Marquette announced at last night’s council meeting the boardwalk redeveloper will replace them. “It is a tragedy,” said Keith Ortner, Madison Marquette’s vice president of development. “We as a company […]

A downtown restaurant that seemed to have made it through the recession will close its doors on April 14. “I am sending this email with a heavy heart,” said Plan B owner Jeffrey Haveson in an email blast. “We have lost our lease and need to close our doors.” Haveson, a vocal presence among downtown […]

Led by Councilman John Loffredo and Mayor Ed Johnson, both shown above, the city council introduced an ordinance last night to establish an elected commission to review the city’s form of government — with the power to submit changes to voters that would scuttle a system believed to date back to the 1920s. “It’s time,” Loffredo immediately stated when the matter was brought […]

Asbury Park Housing Authority counsel Kevin Wigenton was censured by the New Jersey Supreme Court Tuesday, ending a decade-old disciplinary case that could have led to his disbarment as a lawyer. According to a report on the Red Bank Green website, the court ruled 5-1 to censure Wigenton for faulty bookkeeping practices. The Office of Attorney […]

The no-man’s land of vacant lots and dilapidated buildings on Cookman Avenue dividing the downtown and beachfront will get a facelift before July 4th. A streetscape program of new sidewalks, curbing, lighting and landscaping will be installed by waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners on the stretch of Cookman (shown above) between Grand Avenue and Kingsley Street. […]

Headlining Wednesday night’s city council meeting at 7 p.m. is a hearing on the 2012 municipal budget. The plan features total general approprations of $40.2 million, with a municipal tax levy increase of $3.5 million. Click here for a copy of the budget. At the 6 p.m. workshop session, redevelopment and planning director Donald Sammet will present the following: a redevelopment entity […]

A report by the Asbury Park Police Department says 30 antique copper panels once on Convention Hall were reported stolen on Aug. 2, 2011, although the general public was not made aware of the loss until last month. City manager Terence Reidy said today he was notified of the incident in August, but saw no need to […]

When the annual spring herring run soon begins in Deal Lake, larger fish and waterfowl will enjoy a feast on this forage fish. But there’s one species that won’t be so lucky. Humans. The state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife has banned the harvesting of herring this year, following other states that are trying […]

The city council is now reviewing whether to ask voters to establish a charter study commission to consider changes to Asbury Park’s form of government. But that decision would not just put the question of establishing a five-member charter study commission on the ballot in November. It could also stop some of the council’s political […]

Reacting to the theft of thirty-four decorative copper panels once on Convention Hall, the Asbury Park Historical Society will request the city council and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette disclose more information about the incident. At an emergency meeting on Saturday, the Historical Society Board of Trustees — several shown above — also tentatively agreed to ask […]