The city’s Cable Advisory Committee, APTV, has announced it will give Asbury Park council candidates a chance to speak their minds at a forum on Tuesday, April 30. The event will be held at VFW Post 1333, at 701 Lake Ave., and moderated by the League of Women Voters, Ocean Township section. The forum will […]

The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket won the top-five ballot positions in today’s ballot drawing at City Hall. City Clerk Stephen Kay pulled cards from a box to determine the ballot positions [pictured above and shaking the box at right]. Prior to the drawing, candidates could choose to be grouped on the ballot with their […]

Councilman Kevin Sanders is looking for a fourth term on council in this year’s Asbury Park council elections. Sanders is running on the Forward Asbury Park ticket with fellow incumbents Sue Henderson and John M. Loffredo, as well as newcomers Gregory Hopson and Will Potter. The election is May 14. All five council seats are […]

Amy Quinn is making crime reduction and open government a priority in her bid for a spot on the Asbury Park council. The 12-year resident is running on the One Asbury ticket. Quinn, 36, lives on Deal Lake Drive with Heather Jensen. She has lived in Asbury Park since 2001. She is an attorney with […]

Asbury Park city council candidates Duanne Small and Randy Thompson should choose between their council races and their seats on the city’s charter study commission, according to a written opinion by city attorney Frederick Raffetto. Raffetto’s opinion is advisory, and he has no power to force the acceptance of his findings, he wrote. Small requested […]

An independent candidate who filed to run in the city council election was disqualified today, and his name will not appear on the ballot, according to city clerk Steven Kay. Justice Allah, 32, submitted 93 signatures on his nominating petition to run in the May 14 nonpartisan election. Eighty-five signatures of registered voters in Asbury […]

Twenty-three people have filed for candidacy in the upcoming Asbury Park council election, scheduled for May 14. Each candidate was required to collect the signatures of 85 registered Asbury Park voters and submit them to City Hall by 5 p.m. today. Each of the candidates had collected more than 100 signatures, city clerk Steve Kay […]

City council candidate Myra Campbell has charged that some of her opponents on the A-Team ticket violated laws when campaigning on school grounds  — but it appears the state statute prohibiting such activity only applies to those who are running for the school board. Campbell, who is running as part of the One Asbury ticket, made […]

The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket has found a replacement for Joe Grillo, who announced Sunday morning that he was pulling out of the race because of family and job commitments. Will Potter, 46, will seek a place on the ballot with the ticket, which includes incumbents John Loffredo, Susan Henderson and Kevin Sanders. Also […]

Citing demands of family and job, a member of the incumbent-led Forward Asbury ticket has dropped out of the race for city council. “The needs of my job and my needs for my family and my responsibilities as chair of the Asbury Park Democratic Organization made by candidacy untenable,” said Joe Grillo [above]. “Every bone […]