Asbury Park may soon employ spotlight eminent domain to acquire and demolish dilapidated structures through the state’s abandoned properties law. Representatives from the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey attended Wednesday’s council meeting to tell the governing body how it could use the state’s Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act to address properties that previously […]

Chief financial officer Juan Uribe resigned after Wednesday night’s council meeting, according to city manager Terence Reidy. Reidy said Uribe handed him his letter of resignation at that time, with an effective date of August 16. City treasurer Christine Paulin will serve as acting CFO until a replacement is found, Reidy said. Uribe “didn’t elaborate […]

Although the city council rescinded its resolution establishing a dog park at last night’s meeting, the issue isn’t off the table yet. The governing body also approved a resolution establishing an advisory committee to examine whether the city should have a dog park and where one should be located. “I still feel there is a […]

An antiquated ordinance that brought the city national media attention was formally repealed after a unanimous vote from the city council at last night’s meeting. The ban on bathing attire on the boardwalk went into effect in 1958 and city resident Louise Murray recently implored the council to begin enforcing it again. The story ignited […]

A sit-down between leaders of the gay and Methodist communities in Ocean Grove caught the attention of the New York Times today. In an A section story by Chadwick Moore entitled “In Methodist stronghold, a dialogue on gay rights”, the Times reported on how these two groups — at odds over same-sex marriage and the […]

Workers are installing new street lights on Cookman Avenue as part of a streetscape program designed to better link the waterfront and downtown business district. The streetscape project started in the spring. Waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners is paying for the improvements, with the goal of making this barren stretch of Cookman more pedestrian-friendly. Installing the […]

Asbury Park’s city council will meet tonight in council chambers, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • A final vote and public hearing on repealing the ban on beach attire at the boardwalk. • […]

A public hearing and vote are scheduled tonight for the city council to repeal an antiquated ban on bathing attire on the boardwalk. The ban comes from a section of an ordinance passed in 1958 which states, “No person clad in bathing attire shall be on the boardwalk or the public walks adjacent thereto.” It […]