The Asbury Park Board of Education has named its second in command – Sancha Gray – as Acting Superintendent effective upon the formal resignation of Dr. Lamont Repollet; tapped by Gov. Phil Murphy to become the State’s next Commissioner of Education. “Dr Repollet made a solid foundation, for which this district is experiencing growth in […]

Voter fraud charges against former school Asbury Park Board of Education member Felicia Simmons has been dismissed, Union County Prosecutor’s Office Spokesman Mark Spivey confirmed. The charges were tied to a case dating back to 2015 against Elizabeth resident Melvin Howell for third-degree voter mail fraud, alleging Simmons falsely claimed to have helped an ineligible […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education voted Wednesday to shift its election back to the November. Five of the eight BOE members voted in favor of the measure, with the sole no vote made by veteran board member Barbara Lesinski. Board members Connie Breech and Dominic Latorraca were not present. “This is going to save […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education swore in its newest members Tuesday during its annual reorganization meeting. Sheila Etienne, Kenneth Saunders and Angela Ahbez-Anderson were sworn into office by business administrator Geoffrey Hastings. Harris was voted president of the board and Saunders was named Vice president. The board attorney gave a brief overview of the […]

The Asbury Park daycare owner charged with fraudulently receiving more than $40,000 in contracts with the Asbury Park Board of Education has been sentenced to three years in a state prison, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Friday. Sylvia B. Brodrick, 59, of Shadow Lawn Drive in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

A group of unlikely partners may have come together Tuesday afternoon to celebrate Bradley Elementary School’s new state-of-the-art soccer field but it was the students that stole the show. When asked by Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund representative Eileen Kean what they thought of their new soccer field there was a resounding show of […]

The Board of Education has appointed as Labor Counsel the attorney who represented two unsuccessful candidates on the A-Team slate in their lawsuit to open 343 vote-by-mail ballots rejected by the Monmouth County Board of Elections in last November’s election. Essex County based attorney Aaron Mizrahi filed the lawsuit on behalf of A-Team mayoral candidate […]

The board of education voted not to renew an agreement with the Asbury Park Police Department, but state fiscal monitor Lester Richens has said he may overturn their decision. The board agreed last year to pay the police department $75,000 per year to patrol the area around the Asbury Park Middle School. But some board […]

The state-run Regional Achievement Center [RAC] recently created school improvement plants for Asbury Park Middle School and High School. Region Five RAC executive director Mario Barbiere delivered a presentation to the board of education at its Feb. 11 meeting to keep board members up to date on RAC activity. New Jersey is one of the […]