Asbury Park

House of Independents theater looks to add marquee

Planning board holds off approval, requests more detail

By Jill Bartlett
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Developers of a live action theater currently under renovation on Cookman Avenue have requested the city’s permission to add a marquee sign to the front facade [shown above]. Sackman Enterprises attorney Andrew Karas for Cookman Community Development Urban Renewal, LLC, owned by downtown developer Sackman Enterprises, made a presentation to the city’s planning board Monday evening […]

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Mar 11, 2014
Asbury Park

Asbury Park police blotter

Law enforcement action March 5 to 10

By Hannah Walker
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From March 5 to 10 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: MARCH 5 • A 29-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with resisting arrest at the intersection of Comstock Street and Prospect Avenue. • A 32-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous […]

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Mar 11, 2014
Asbury Park

15-year-old reports being stabbed to school nurse

Incident allegedly took place last week on a street near the school

By Jill Bartlett
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An Asbury Park juvenile showed up to Asbury Park Middle School Friday with a stab wound he allegedly received the day before while out on a city street, police said. The victim, a 15-year-old male, told the school nurse on Friday that he had been stabbed with a kitchen knife once in the lower portion […]

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Mar 11, 2014
Ocean Grove

Commission to unveil plans for Wesley Lake restoration

Retaining wall will be repaired and 4,500 cubic yards of sediment removed

By Asbury Park Sun
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On Wednesday, March 19, at 3 p.m. members of the Wesley Lake Commission will announce their plans for the lake’s upcoming restoration project at a special press conference. The announcement will take place on the Pilgrim Pathway Footbridge located on the lake, the most easterly bridge between Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, according to a […]

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Mar 10, 2014
Asbury Park

Asbury man faces charges for stabbing outside of night club

Victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries

By Jill Bartlett
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A 29-year old city man allegedly stabbed another man outside of the Cascada Nighclub on Main Street early Monday morning, according to police. Manuel Tirado-Silva, Asbury Park, was allegedly involved in an altercation inside the club with a 29-year-old Hispanic male from Red Bank, said Asbury Park police Capt. Marshawn Love. Tirado-Silva was removed from […]

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Mar 10, 2014
Asbury Park

May the road rise up to meet you

Thousands attend first-ever Asbury Park St. Pat's Parade

By Jill Bartlett
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A new chapter was added to Asbury Park’s history books Sunday, March 9, as the Inaugural St. Patrick’s Day Parade made its way from Convention Hall through downtown Cookman Avenue. About 3000 people showed up to watch the parade, the majority of which were concentrated along downtown Cookman Avenue. “We really had no doubt in our […]

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Mar 09, 2014
Asbury Park

Green Acres program anticipates $100 million in funds

Funds could be used to preserve Bradley Cove area

By Jill Bartlett
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While city and county officials plan a meeting to discuss a possible joint initiative to preserve an open tract of land on the North Beach of Asbury Park, a new avenue of funding may become available which could allow the city to acquire the land itself. In the spring, $100 million in Green Acres grant funds […]

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Mar 07, 2014
Asbury Park

Grillo seeks Democratic freeholder nomination

Asbury resident seeks to break Republican lock on board

By Jill Bartlett
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The chairman of the Asbury Park Democratic Organization, Guiseppe “Joe” Grillo, 37, has announced his candidacy for the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry and Freeholder Deputy Director Gary J. Rich, Sr., are the Republican incumbents. The five-member Freeholder board runs the county government. Grillo will seek the county Democratic organization’s backing at […]

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Mar 07, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Marano voices clear opposition to abatement programs

'We must pursue economic development which benefits the entire city'

By Jill Bartlett
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[Editor’s note: This letter makes reference to a 2010 report from New Jersey State Comptroller A. Matthew Boxer titled, “A Programmatic Examination of Municipal Tax Abatements.” The full report can be found here. Cited in the letter is a quote from a press release issued by Boxer’s office at the time of the report. The full […]

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Mar 07, 2014
Asbury Park

5-year tax abatement ordinance passes unchanged

'People that don’t support it don’t support businesses in the city'

By Jill Bartlett
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A city tax abatement ordinance tabled for further review after members of the public voiced opposition to it was voted into law Wednesday. Members of the Asbury Park City Council again split their votes 3-2 on the measure. Mayor Myra Campbell and Council members John Loffredo and Susan Henderson voted yes. Council members Amy Quinn and […]

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