Following a count of 169 provisional ballots and 43 challenged vote-by-mail ballots on Friday, the winners of the Asbury Park city council election are the same as they were on the night of the election. No new ballots will be counted by the Monmouth County Board of Elections, its members said. The official results were […]

The Asbury Park High School musical, “Once on this Island,” has been nominated for four Basie Awards. The cast and crew received nods for outstanding lighting design in a musical, outstanding student/adult orchestra, outstanding chorus in a musical, and outstanding direction in a musical. The nominations were announced on May 8. The “Once on this […]

About 26 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out to cast their ballots in the Asbury Park council election on Tuesday, according to data provided by City Clerk Steve Kay. The city has 8,840 registered voters, and 1,445 of them, or 17 percent, voted at machines in their local voting districts. John Moor, Amy […]

The city and waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners have finally reached an agreement regarding three surface parking lots in the waterfront area. The lots are located adjacent to the Carousel building at the end of Cookman Avenue; on Ocean Avenue between Second and Third avenues [pictured above]; and on Fourth Avenue next to the Wonder Bar. In […]

A rooftop beer garden may be coming to downtown Asbury Park. Restaurateur Andy Ivanov owns a beer garden in Hoboken, Pilsener Haus [pictured above]. He and his wife were principal owners of Radegast beer garden in Brooklyn, and now he’s set his sights on Lake Avenue for his next location. “We want to introduce the whole […]

The top five vote-getters in yesterday’s election expressed cautious excitement last night, celebrating their apparent victory but also remaining aware that if disputed ballots are eventually counted, some may not find themselves in office. “The ink still hasn’t dried, but I feel good,” said Myra Campbell [pictured above, left], who is currently in fifth place […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. The following items are on the agenda: • A presentation on a resolution supporting the Clean […]

Approximately 170 provisional ballots and 332 vote by mail ballots from the Asbury Park city council election remain unopened this morning, according to the election offices in Freehold. Of the 332 vote by mail [VBM] ballots not counted, election officials declined to state how many were voided outright for being completed incorrectly. Candidate Jim Keady […]

The unofficial election results for the city council race are in — but A-Team candidate Jim Keady says more than 300 vote-by-mail ballots have yet to be counted. Keady learned that about 332 ballots were set aside, he said, with 80 of those ballots being “discarded because they were not filled out properly. That leaves […]

A mix of candidates from the One Asbury and Forward Asbury Park city council tickets have won the election, according to unofficial results from the Monmouth County Board of Elections. The One Asbury slate has won a majority on the council. The winning One Asbury candidates were Myra Campbell, John Moor and Amy Quinn [shown […]