A second hearing date of July 16 has been scheduled to decide if uncounted ballots in the May 14 Asbury Park city council election should be opened. Daniel Harris III, an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate, last month filed a challenge to the election results. His petition seeks to count 332 vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots […]

Kula Café has successfully graduated and placed their first group of students in Asbury Park restaurants. Situated in the Springwood Center on Springwood Avenue, the restaurant is both a community café and a job training program. Local youth who face “profound obstacles to employment,” like lack of education and having children of their own, are […]

During a volatile council swearing in ceremony today, Myra Campbell was appointed as Asbury Park’s new mayor — the first time a female African-American has held the post. Campbell’s appointment came as a surprise, as it bucks what some consider a tradition in Asbury Park of appointing as mayor the person who received the most […]

An initial hearing on the challenge to the Asbury Park City Council election is scheduled for tomorrow morning in front of Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Dennis O’Brien, according to the civil case management office in Freehold. The challenge was filed by Daniel Harris III [right], an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate. His petition […]

Myra Campbell, who was elected on May 14 to her first term on the City Council, was appointed Asbury Park’s Mayor at the council reorganization meeting at noon today. The vote was 3-2. Voting for Campbell [above at center] were reelected incumbents John Loffredo [above at left] and Susan Henderson [at right]. Campbell provided the […]

The opportunity for Asbury Park to have its first African-American female Mayor is motivating incoming Councilwoman Myra Campbell to seek the post, with reelected incumbents John Loffredo and Susan Henderson providing the necessary votes. “A window of opportunity that has never been opened for an African-American female in this city, and may never be opened […]

When the City Council reorganizes for its new four year term on Monday at noon, it appears that there will be a surprise choice for Mayor. Councilwoman-elect Myra Campbell, who ran on the One Asbury ticket with incoming council members John Moor and Amy Quinn, is expected to get the support of reelected incumbents John […]