Residents of the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments attended Wednesday night’s council meeting to protest impending rent increases — but according to officials, it is unclear if any of the complexes’ residents will have to pay the increases themselves. Both facilities were recently purchased by Vitus Group, a Manhattan-based firm that specializes in […]

Developers of a $7 million renovation project at the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments are seeking more local contractors to fill jobs on site after receiving complaints that they weren’t hiring enough area workers. The Vitus Group of Manhattan recently bought both complexes and is rehabilitating them. In June, Vitus Group’s Scott Langan […]

The state’s Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] has created a list of historic artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex that cannot be moved from their current storage locations unless boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette (or Madison Asbury Retail, LLC) informs the DEP first. Two artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex [pictured above] — a […]

The city council last night voted unanimously to rescind the bond ordinance that would have enabled the city to borrow $1 million to make up for a budgetary shortfall in that amount. A $1 million shortfall in the health care line item of the city’s 2012 municipal budget was announced at the Sept. 19 meeting. […]

Construction at the Vive townhome site has been delayed until the city and waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners, led by its majority owner iStar Financial, can come to a financial agreement. The agreement involves infrastructure work in the waterfront area, city manager Terence Reidy said. The agreement will “establish a template that will move all of […]

The city council is scheduled to vote tonight on the introduction of an ordinance that would reduce the parking requirement for the Kinmonth Building’s redevelopment. The historic Kinmonth Building [right] is located on Mattison Avenue. Local developer Carter Sackman hopes to renovate the building, reactivating the historical Savoy Theatre and creating 64 new studio apartments […]

A man shot in the 1100 block of First Avenue last night is in critical yet stable condition, Detective Captain Anthony Salerno of the Asbury Park Police Department said today. The man, 26, was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery, after being shot at about 8:30 p.m. last night, Salerno […]

After its second vote, the city’s public arts committee approved two proposed murals by local street artist Michael “Porkchop” Lavallee at its meeting last night. The committee first approved the murals at its meeting on Sept. 16, but due to a procedural misstep, they had to vote again last night. “In our zeal to pass […]

The Division of Local Government Services [DLGS] has decided the state’s Local Finance Board will not allow Asbury Park to bond $1 million to cover a shortfall in the budget, as detailed in a three-page letter addressed to the mayor and members of the city council as well as city manager Terence Reidy. Instead, the […]

Prior to the board of education’s vote on renewing Superintendent Dr. Denise Lowe’s contract at the Oct. 10 board meeting, members of the staff and the public spoke about the upcoming vote during public comment. In the end, the vote was inconclusive, with three board members voting yes and three abstaining, while two more were […]