Editor, Asbury Park Sun, This is a letter of support for The Asbury Together Team. The Asbury Together Team represents the diversity that makes this City great. I know what it takes, as a lifelong Asbury Park resident and former Deputy Mayor to keep this city moving forward and these three women, Amy Quinn, Eileen […]

Asbury Park officials are in search of a Transportation Planner/Manager to take over the duties of running the city’s $2.187 million parking utility. The qualified candidate will oversee the management of the city’s transportation and parking services, including its parking meters, traffic control, pedestrian safety plans, bicycle and streetscape design. The job also calls for […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, A brief note to AP Council from someone who, as you know, is a strong supporter of [the Asbury Park City Council] and of the city of Asbury Park to urge you in the strongest possible terms to reject the proposed re-design of the Main Street corridor. Removal of two lanes, […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive session discussions regarding […]

The underlying focus moving forward will be to keep Asbury Park’s spirit and to help create job opportunities and training programs for local businesses and residents, iStar Financial Senior Vice President of Land and Development, Brian Cheripka said during Saturday morning’s Homeowner’s Association meeting at Langosta Lounge. An example of the latter is the Summer […]

The City has been awarded $926,070 from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority [NJEDA] for light fixtures to be installed on the boardwalk. The funds will be used to replace the “cobra head” conventional highway style poles and light fixtures with new energy efficient LED lights throughout the entire length of the boardwalk, from Asbury […]

A vacant building adjacent to the Lakehouse has been approved for renovations. The Asbury Park planning board unanimously approved an application for renovations to the Lake Avenue façade of 644 Cookman Ave. at their Monday meeting. The plan proposes a new brick facade with a corrugated aluminum awning and windows lining the ground floors providing an […]

After hearing the testimony from four different applicants, leaving just 45 minutes remaining in the meeting, members of the Asbury Park planning board voted to postpone K. Hovnanian’s application to build 28 townhomes in the western waterfront to a special meeting to be held June 19. The board also granted permission by a 6-2 vote […]

Master Waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential will have to wait another two weeks before the Asbury Park Planning Board votes on an application for a proposed townhome development on the western edge of the waterfront redevelopment zone. The application for national homebuilder K. Hovnanian to erect 28 townhome units within the western portion of the block […]

The Asbury Park City Council granted conceptual approval Wednesday on national homebuilder K. Hovnanian’s proposal to build 28 townhome units in the western portion of the city’s waterfront redevelopment zone. The vote was 3-1. Deputy Mayor Susan Henderson and Council members John Loffredo and John Moor voted yes. Councilwoman Amy Quinn voted no. Mayor Myra […]