Asbury Park’s Cable Television Advisory Committee will host the first of their candidates’ forums this evening. Individuals who seek election in the Nov. 4 board of education race will go head-to-head in the debate-style election forum at 7 p.m. in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Harold Daley Post #133, located at 701 Lake Ave. The League […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has closed an investigation of voter fraud during the May 2013 Asbury Park City Council elections. No criminal charges have been filed in connection with the investigation, according to Charles Webster, spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. Investigators from the Prosecutor’s Office executed a search warrant in May 2013 at the […]

Another full ticket, the “A-Team,” has filed to run in the Asbury Park City Council elections. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. On the “A-Team” ticket, former Board of Education member […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: As the plaintiff in the recent attempt to have ballots counted in the Asbury Park city council election, I am very disappointed with Judge O’Brien’s decision. I am also upset with the conduct that he displayed from the bench. His interruption of Ms. Howard’s final summation was totally out of […]

A Monmouth County Superior Court Judge has scheduled a July 2 preliminary hearing on the legal challenge to the Asbury Park City Council election, according to the civil case management office in Freehold. The challenge was filed by Daniel Harris III [right], an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate. His petition seeks the counting of […]

The incoming city council majority plan to select John Moor as the city’s next Mayor, both Moor and a source confirm. Newcomers Myra Campbell, Moor and Amy Quinn [above, left to right] ran together on the One Asbury ticket, and won council seats in the May 14 election. The three will be sworn in on […]

A legal challenge to the city council election results in Asbury Park should not change the timing of the July 1 swearing in of the new council, according to the attorney handling the case. “There is no connection with the swearing in because it would be virtually impossible in most elections to conduct an election […]

Of the 320 vote by mail ballots voided in the Asbury Park City Council race — enough to change the election results — the Monmouth County Board of Elections rejected 236 for failure to disclose who assisted voters in filling out the initial application for the ballot, according to records obtained by the Sun. The […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: The A-Team has five perfect candidates who are seeking to win the upcoming city council election on May 14. First, Remond Palmer has demonstrated leadership in the community for decades. He is determined to design high-quality, culturally relevant programs that are available for our children to enrich their lives and […]

Investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office executed a search warrant on Saturday afternoon at the Asbury Park campaign headquarters of the A-Team election ticket, according to a source with knowledge of the events. The investigators appeared to be “looking for ballots” at the Asbury Avenue premises, the source said. The Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating […]