Tonight’s city council meeting has been cancelled due to freezing weather conditions, according to City Clerk Steven Kay. The meeting has been postponed to next Wednesday, Jan. 29. All business scheduled for tonight’s meeting will be addressed next week. Meeting times will remain the same, with a closed executive session at 4 p.m.; a workshop […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for […]

City Manager Terence Reidy attended his final Asbury Park City Council meeting Tuesday. Reidy has held the position for the past 10 years. He was previously the city manager in Montclair. During the council meeting, Reidy read a poem he titled “Farewell and Gratitude.” “It’s meant to be a thank you to this city and […]

The Asbury Park City Council will hold a special meeting in September with representatives of the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Main Street, and local business owners and residents are invited to weigh in. Commonly referred to as the “road diet,” the plan would reconfigure Rt. 71, […]

After a public hearing that lasted over an hour, the city council on Wednesday voted to approve a proposal to allow eating and drinking on the second story of a building on Lake Avenue fronting Wesley Lake. Restaurateur Andy Ivanov, owner of Pilsener Haus in Hoboken and former owner of Radegast in Brooklyn, proposed the […]

Mayor Myra Campbell and Councilman John Moor will join the planning board as new members, while city manager Terence Reidy has been reappointed to the board. The appointment of Campbell [above center] and Reidy are by act of the mayor, which was announced at Wednesday’s council meeting. The appointment of Moor [right] is made by […]

After months of waiting for a go ahead from the state, city council members introduced a preliminary 2013 budget Wednesday night which could result in a tax increase for Asbury residents. City Manager Terry Reidy said the preliminary budget has a total deficit of approximately $1.2 million dollars. In order to help close the deficit, […]

The council meeting scheduled for March 6 has been cancelled due to a forecast for inclement weather, city clerk Steve Kay has said. The meeting has been postponed to next Wednesday, March 13. As usual, the meeting will begin with a closed executive session at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a […]

The Asbury Park city council will meet tomorrow in council chambers, with a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • Scheduling a series of public awareness meetings for the Bamboozle music festival, slated for May 18 through 20. The festival is expected to bring […]