Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: On May 14, Asbury Park residents will go into the voting booth with the best of intentions. Some have declared they will split their votes between various tickets. But, in doing so, they could very well trigger unintended consequences that could prove disastrous for Asbury Park. I’ve put a lot […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: People have asked me why I so passionately endorse the One Asbury city council ticket. Myra Campbell, John Moor, Joe Woerner, Talesha Crank and Amy Quinn embody the qualities that Asbury Park desperately needs in order to move past so many governing mistakes. The One Asbury ticket is motivated, engaged […]

The city-wide yard sale held last weekend raised more than $3,000 for animal rescue, organizer Sonja O’Brien said today. Thanks to donations from yard sale participants, $1,424 was raised for Wag On Inn and $1,771 was raised for Rescue Ridge, with more donations on the way, O’Brien said. Both animal rescue groups picked up the […]

Asbury Park has been selected as one of five cities to receive free urban forest assessments over the next six months. American Forests, a national conservation organization, notified the city’s Environment and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] chair, Tom Pivinski, of their selection of the city last week. Pivinski [pictured above, left, with fellow ESTC member […]

Investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office executed a search warrant on Saturday afternoon at the Asbury Park campaign headquarters of the A-Team election ticket, according to a source with knowledge of the events. The investigators appeared to be “looking for ballots” at the Asbury Avenue premises, the source said. The Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating […]

Closed since Hurricane Sandy, Langosta Lounge on the Asbury boardwalk will reopen to the public for dinner service on Monday, May 13 at 5 p.m., according to a news release from Langosta owner Marilyn Schlossbach [above]. Lunch will be added a week later on May 20, the release stated. Also scheduled is a reopening party […]

The third annual city-wide yard sale takes place in Asbury Park on Saturday, with forty two locations throughout the city offering their wares from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will donate 10 percent of their sales to two animal rescue organizations, Wag on In and Rescue Ridge, according the event organizer Sonja O’Brien. Donations […]

The state has released its school report cards for the 2011-2012 school year, and Asbury Park Middle School was found to be significantly lagging in academic achievement, college and career readiness and student growth. The high school fared better in most respects. “The issues in Asbury Park long pre-date me and it’s going to take […]

The police department is applying for a grant that would enable them to hire five new officers, Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured] said at last night’s council meeting. The federal Community-Oriented Policing Services [COPS] grant would help pay the salaries of five officers for three years, Kinmon said, totaling about $1.4 million. The city would […]

Two developers presented plans for five new structures to be built on Springwood Avenue at last night’s council meeting, and the city is now working with them to create a redevelopers’ agreement. The city selected The Michaels Organization, of Marlton, and Interfaith Neighbors, a nonprofit group that operates in Asbury Park, as developers for the […]