Candidates seeking a spot on the ballot for election to the Asbury Park council must bring their petitions to City Hall by 5 p.m. on Monday, May 11. Each candidate must collect the signatures of 85 voters who are registered in Asbury Park, city clerk Steve Kay said. A drawing for ballot positioning is tentatively […]

A fourth group has announced its candidacy for the 2013 Asbury Park council election. AP Out Front consists of Rosetta Johnson, Steve Williams, Clevette Hill and Dorvil Gillis. Stephania Warren is their campaign manager. The four have collected signatures and are ready to hand in their petitions for candidacy, Warren said. Rosetta Johnson [pictured at […]

Former councilman James William Keady is seeking a second term on the Asbury Park council. Council elections are being held Tuesday, May 14. All five council members’ terms expire on June 30. The election is nonpartisan. Keady, 41, lives on Cookman Avenue with his four-year-old daughter, Reese Ann Keady, he said. He grew up in […]

Deputy Mayor John M. Loffredo has announced that he’s running for a fourth term on the Asbury Park city council. All five council seats are up for grabs in the nonpartisan May 14 election. The current council’s terms end on June 30, with new four-year terms beginning July 1. After 12 years as a council […]

Nora Hyland is seeking a seat on the Asbury Park council along with her running mates under the name “Uniting Asbury.” All five council seats are up for grabs in the nonpartisan May 14 election. The current council’s terms end on June 30, with new four-year terms beginning July 1. Hyland, 46, lives on Fourth […]

Another ticket looking to oust the incumbents in the Asbury Park May city council election has been announced. The group, under the name “One Asbury,” consists of Amy Quinn, Myra Campbell, Joe Woerner, John Moor and Talesha Crank. “We’ve decided to run together as ‘One Asbury,’ because we believe that by working together as one city, […]

Community activist and charter study commission member Duanne Small, 43, has thrown his hat in the ring for this year’s May council election. Small, who has been an outspoken critic of the current council, was elected to the charter study commission in November 2012. The commission is tasked with scrutinizing the city’s form of government […]

The first official ticket for this year’s council election has been announced. Former board of education member Remond Palmer, former councilman Jim Keady [pictured, at left], Duanne Small [pictured, at right], Nora Hyland and Danny Harris have joined under the name Uniting Asbury. Campaign literature refers to them as “the A-Team.” “We share a vision […]

Councilwoman Sue Henderson has announced her candidacy for the city council in the 2013 election. Henderson is winding up her first full term on council. She was appointed to the governing body after former councilman Jim Keady resigned a few months before his term was up. After her appointment, she ran on a successful ticket […]

Joe Grillo has announced his candidacy in the 2013 city council election. Grillo, 36, lives on Cookman Avenue with his wife, planning board member Seresa Grillo, and their three-year-old daughter, Leonora. Grillo works as the executive director of the Monmouth County Democrats and is the chairperson of the Asbury Park Democratic organization. Previously, he was […]