The day before a planned protest against the elimination of its volunteer program, the Associated Humane Society [AHS] reversed course on Friday and reinstated the volunteers. The organization had previously stated that volunteers not following procedures and mishandling and injuring animals justified its actions. In response, a group of long-time volunteers, including several from Asbury […]

The City Council is considering a temporary moratorium on the issuance of year-long residential parking permits until a comprehensive plan can be developed to better match the number of spaces to the number of permits issued. “What we are (currently) selling is a hunting permit and there’s not necessarily enough spots associated with it.” said Councilman […]

A local developer may be open to talks on using undeveloped land as a tempory parking lot. “iStar is always open to discussions regarding how to improve the Asbury Park experience, including the use of this land as a temporary parking lot,” said Brian Cheripka,  iStar Residential Senior Vice President. “The discussion would need an […]

A brand new City of Asbury Park website launched Tuesday, according to a city news release. The new website replaces a temporary splash page used after the full city website was shut down by hackers in August of 2013. The domain name, cityofasburypark.com, remains the same. It contains links that include information for prospective business […]

The New Year brought a new set of city officials to municipal hall. A capacity crowd in council chambers Thursday witnessed John Moor sworn in as the city’s first directly elected mayor and his running mates on the Asbury Together ticket — Jessie Kendle, Amy Quinn, Yvonne Clayton and Joe Woerner — take oaths as […]

The incoming city council has announced it will not reappoint City Manager Jack Kelly [above] after they take office on January 1. As a result of a change of government referendum approved by voters last year, a new council was elected this past November and various key positions have to be reappointed after January 1. […]

Asbury Park city officials are looking to see if their professional staff is producing the most bang for the city’s buck. Under the direction of the city council, the administration issued a request for qualifications Monday for several positions to see what else is available in the current market. Positions include the city’s labor attorney, […]

The Monmouth County Board of Elections on Monday began the tedious task of sifting through all of the Asbury Park vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots to determine which may be cast. At the end of day one, the board voided 26 of the first 38 ballots they examined which had been subject to a challenge by the […]

Asbury Park City Council candidates from the Asbury Together ticket will host a kickoff party at words! bookstore on Friday, Sept. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m., according to a campaign release. Members of the Asbury Park community are invited to meet the Asbury Together candidates [shown above, from left to right], John Moor, Amy Quinn, Jesse […]

Asbury Park council members John B. Moor and Amy Quinn have filed to run for re-election along with three running mates. 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 select their mayor. The petition lists Moor, […]