Local developer Pat Fasano is caught between a municipal rock and a corporate hard place. The 15-year developer has sought for two years to construct a Dollar Tree store along Main Street at Fourth Avenue, where the Getty gas station once operated. And while preliminary site plan approval was granted June 1 for the 9,400-square […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: […]

Two additional appointments to the Asbury Park Library Board of Trustees has propelled its president Don Stine to offer his letter of resignation, effective Aug. 1. The appointments were made without ‘due process’ or the consultation of the sitting board, Stine maintains in a written letter to the public published Thursday in local newspapers. Stine […]

The Asbury Park City Council announced Wednesday night the hiring of a City Planner. Michele Alonso will begin work July 16, Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn said. Previously, Alonso [shown right] served as Assistant Director of Planning in Newark and as Supervising Planner in Jersey City, Acting City Manager Anthony Nuccio said. “She has an extensive […]

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 […]

The City Council will consider a resolution vote to symbolically decriminalize marijuana across the state. A presentation by Help Not Handcuffs campaign organizer Randy Thompson during Monday night’s City Council Workshop meeting asked city officials to lead the state in creating laws that recognize the specific harms prohibition of marijuana causes. Marijuana use is a […]

In the wake of last week’s tragic events in South Carolina and the city of Asbury Park, Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton opened Monday night’s City Council workshop meeting with a personal response from the five-member governing body. “It is with profound sadness that we, the Mayor and City Council offer our heartfelt condolences to the children […]

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 a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular session meeting. Items […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • Special events approvals for […]

The City Council’s approval of three employment contract agreements during its Wednesday night was met with concern for high salary ranges. Former city employee Lori Ross questioned how the salary ranges were set and whether an analysis was done to vet against comparable Monmouth County and state employee salary ranges. “I will tell you that […]