A lineup of events has been planned this weekend in Asbury Park to honor and support victims of the Pulse Night Club Tragedy in Orlando. Centered around Saturday’s community Orlando Memorial Grove planting in Library Square Park, entertainment and hospitality have to come together to serve has the organizational backbone to further raise money in […]

The Asbury Together ticket released its official platform Thursday morning, announcing a campaign kick-off event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Art 629 Gallery, located at 629 Cookman Avenue. In a detailed announcement, Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn, Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton and Councilwoman Eileen Chapman go on the record, saying they “believe Asbury […]

Councilwoman Amy Quinn has made if official: She will seek reelection this November. Quinn told the triCityNews newspaper that she was motivated by the opportunity to run with the two other incumbents up for election, Councilwomen Yvonne Clayton and Eileen Chapman. “The idea of running with two smart, pragmatic and compassionate women is an opportunity […]

Workforce development became a part of the municipal conversation almost as soon as the Mayor and Council took office last year. On Saturday, a part of that conversation was realized when as 110 area residents – 90 percent of them from Asbury Park and Neptune, graduated from hotelier David Bowd’s Salt School. “I want to […]

The City Council voted this week to move forward with a NJ Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response [SAFER] grant application that could bring two new firefighters to the Asbury Park Fire Department’s squad at no cost to the municipality for the first two years of a three-year agreement. Chief Kevin Keddy said the […]

Workforce development has to come to the forefront of the Asbury Park City Council’s agenda. On Thursday, the governing body announced its quest to find a consultant capable of growing the city’s potential for employment. The city’s unemployment rate is 5.70%, with a job growth rate of 0.39%, according to Sperling’s Best Places data. Future […]

Although a vote to enter into an animal control contract agreement with the Associated Humane Societies [AHS] of Tinton Falls passed by a 4 to 1 vote during Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn, who cast the sole no vote, said she could not support an organization that puts animals down. “I […]

Tuesday Nixle alerts by the Asbury Park Police Department to report suspicious activity are a part of an ongoing effort to share security and protection tips with the public, police department spokesman Michael Casey said. But the municipality’s web server went off line early Tuesday. “The whole server is down,” Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn said. Emails […]

A list of 79 names lay on the starlit table at the entrance to the Carousel House on the Asbury Park boardwalk Friday night. Next to it a laptop computer screen scrolled through photos and names of each of the victims afflicted by anti-transgender bigotry and violence in 2015. “I think that we have established […]

A community on the brink of divisiveness came together Thursday night to acknowledge everyone had the best interest of its unemployed in mind. During Thursday night’s City Council meeting members of the community and the governing body took time to address the elephant in the room – viable jobs for those in need. Councilman Joe […]