City Auditor David Kaplan has completed his audit of municipal finances for 2012 and presented his findings and recommendations to the city council at last week’s council meeting. The city is required to have its finances audited annually. Kaplan’s audit listed seven recommendations for the city to address. City Manager Terence Reidy [above] and Chief […]

The city’s charter study commission — which has the power to place a referendum on the November ballot changing how Asbury Park organizes its government and municipal elections — has two more meetings scheduled as it grapples with its final recommendations. The commission [above at its last meeting] has until August 5 to issue its […]

A new bar with a rock and roll theme has opened its doors on Bangs Avenue. Called “Six Ten Bangs” — located at 610 Bangs Ave. —  the bar will be operated by partners [left to right in photo] Dominic DeBruin, Louis Carlesimo, Jeff Salmon and Jay Albano. J.R. Liu [not pictured] is also a partner. […]

Asbury Park’s annual LGBT beach party is set to take place this weekend. The event, dubbed “Sand Blast,” is a collection of parties and events held in Asbury Park geared toward the LGBT community. “Sand Blast is all about introducing our gay and lesbian friends to the entire Asbury Park experience and encouraging them to […]

Repairs on a boardwalk access ramp in Asbury Park that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy are scheduled to begin next week. The Sunset Avenue pedestrian walkway [photo at top], which connects Ocean Avenue with the boardwalk between Convention Hall and the North Beach Pavilion, has been blocked by metal gates since the storm struck last […]

A Monmouth County Superior Court judge has ruled that 252 rejected vote by mail ballots in the Asbury Park city council election should not be opened. The number of ballots at issue were enough to change the election results. Daniel Harris III, [right] an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate, filed the legal challenge to […]

A judge may decide today whether the Monmouth County Board of Elections correctly voided 252 vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots in the Asbury Park city council election. Otherwise, the controversy will proceed to trial with additional witness testimony. Monmouth Superior Court Judge Dennis O’Brien heard testimony yesterday from Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French and Monmouth County […]

Two Asbury Park women face animal cruelty charges in connection with the mistreatment of two pit bulls, resulting in the death of one, after both were allegedly left outside in the heat today without water and proper shelter. Davina L. Kearney, 30, 613 Ridge Ave., and Juanita White, 48, who lives at the Oceanic Motel […]

Demolition began today on the building which once housed the Fast Lane nightclub on Fourth Avenue. The structure is adjacent to Asbury Lanes, the bowling alley and music venue that dates to the early 1960s. Once the land from the Fast Lane structure is cleared, Asbury Lanes plans to expand onto the space to have […]

A second hearing in the Asbury Park ballot challenge case turned into an all-day closed-door work session for those named in the suit and their lawyers. Daniel Harris III, an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate, filed a challenge last month to the results of the May 14 city council election. His petition seeks to […]