Editor, Asbury Park Sun, There’s an important election happening on November 5 – Asbury Park Board of Education. I’m supporting incumbents Connie Breech, Dominic Latorraca, and Barbara Lesinski because they have the experience, knowledge and integrity to move our schools in the right direction. When I was first elected, our schools were a mess. We […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education, in a unanimous vote, has approved the permanent appointment of Acting Superintendent Sancha Gray.  The former Assistant Superintendent took on the interim post in February after Gov. Phil Murphy tapped the district’s former Superintendent Lamont Repollet as the state’s Commissioner of Education. Gray said her five year contract is […]

The Asbury Park Recreation gathered at Springwood Avenue Park 12:30 p.m. Thursday for their annual Mayor’s End of Summer Recognition celebration. “This is one of the best events I’ve seen in my 28 years of teaching,” said Councilman Jesse Kendle, Chair of the city’s Recreation Committee. Launching immediately after the school year ended the Asbury Park […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education unanimously voted to extended Superintendent Lamont Repollet’s contract for another five years during its June 29 meeting. In a written statement BOE President Angela Ahbez Anderson said: “I was the Board President  at the time that the district was searching for a superintendent. We interviewed several qualified candidates but […]

Two candidates have withdrawn their petitions to run in the Asbury Park Board of Education election on April 25, according to district officials. They include newcomer David Baker and former BOE member Christian Hall. “Mr Hall has withdrawn but did so after the deadline,” district spokeswoman Chanta Jackson said. “His name will appear unless he […]

The Asbury Park City Council recognized the 2016 Asbury Park High School Varsity Football team for its Central Jersey Group 1 Championship title at the start of the Regular Session Wednesday meeting. In reading the proclamation, Councilwoman Eileen Chapman said as the team faced a season filled with many peaks and valley, they met every […]

Six Board of Education candidates will vie for the three open seats on the school district’s governing body on April 19. Incumbent Nicole Harris, the current school board president, is running alongside former school board member James Famularo and Derrick Grant, who ran as part of the A-Team for Council in the 2014 City Council […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education voted this month to shift its election back to the spring. The vote to move back to an April election date was 6-0 with an abstention from Angela Ahbez-Anderson. Board members Corey Lowell and Connie Breech were not present. “The Asbury Park School Board and District are striving to […]

While a Tuesday recount of the Nov. 3 Board of Education [BOE] election figures changed tallies, it did not change the outcome of those who garnered the most votes for the three open seats. The new BOE seats will be filled by Angela Ahbez-Anderson, Kenneth E. Saunders and Sheila Etienne. Ahbez-Anderson ran on a ticket […]

A glitch in Tuesday night’s Board of Education election tallies returned votes to a previously reported count. While the votes still show Angela Ahbez-Anderson as the front runner, it shows Kenneth E. Saunders Jr. as the second highest vote getter and incumbent Barbara Lesinski just 9 votes over fourth place vote getter, newcomer Sheila Etienne. […]