The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Agendas for the executive and […]

Asbury Park residents who may be confused about the city’s recent tax assessment card mailing and new evaluation process are being encouraged to attend the workshop session of tonight’s City Council meeting. Eric Aguilar, the city’s tax assessor [shown above], will give a presentation during the workshop session that outlines the city’s recent tax assessment […]

The Asbury Park school board election returns are in. According to the unofficial results from the Monmouth County Clerk, newcomers Connie Breech and Corey Lowell will join the board in January while three incumbents will retain their seats. Incumbent Nicolle D. Harris was re-elected to a full three-year term. Current board members Kenneth Saunders, Jr. and Felicia Simmons […]

The four year term of Asbury Park’s new City Council will be cut short after voters approved a change of government referendum on Tuesday. An election will take place next year in November to select a new governing body. The current five-member council [above] was sworn in on July 1. According to unofficial returns from the Monmouth […]

Ocean Avenue from Fourth to Sixth avenues has been blocked off as members of the national media get set to cover Governor Chris Christie’s election night speech at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall. News vans line the parking spaces along the south end of the hall. Local, county and state police vehicles occupy the spaces north […]

Members of the Asbury Park planning board voted Monday to amend the preliminary and end site plan agreements for the Vive townhome complex. The amendment addresses the number of trellises that will be installed on the upper balconies of the units and how many windows will feature a Bahaman-style shade, which had been at issue […]

As part of the waterfront redevelopment project, demolition has begun on a Grand Avenue building that last housed a Felix Fox paint store. The brick structure [above] had been hollowed out as of Tuesday morning. Demolition of the structure is expected to take two weeks, according to Brian Cheripka, vice president of land for iStar […]

Federal funding in the amount of $486,000 for the removal of sediment from Wesley Lake [shown above], along with other funds for the cleanup of several Monmouth and Middlesex county waterways, was announced Monday by Congressman Frank Pallone’s office. The money, which comes through the U. S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service’s Emergency Watershed Protection […]

The “Meet the Candidates” series continues to spotlight individual residents who seek a seat on the Asbury Park Board of Education. There are three three-year terms and two one-year terms up for contest on the Nov. 5 ballot, making a majority of the seats on the nine member board available. A total of nine candidates are […]

Law enforcement officials have upped the ante for those that commit gun-related crimes in Monmouth County. In a continued effort to curb violence throughout the county, members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the state attorney’s office announced a joint initiative that increases prison time for citizens that have committed gun crimes or who […]