The city’s Cable Advisory Committee, APTV, has announced it will give Asbury Park council candidates a chance to speak their minds at a forum on Tuesday, April 30. The event will be held at VFW Post 1333, at 701 Lake Ave., and moderated by the League of Women Voters, Ocean Township section. The forum will […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tomorrow night, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • Introduction of the 2013 municipal budget, along with a vote on the proposed budget […]

Twenty-three people have filed for candidacy in the upcoming Asbury Park council election, scheduled for May 14. Each candidate was required to collect the signatures of 85 registered Asbury Park voters and submit them to City Hall by 5 p.m. today. Each of the candidates had collected more than 100 signatures, city clerk Steve Kay […]

Asbury Park is joining the state’s health benefits program in an effort to reduce employee insurance costs. The city council at its Jan. 2 meeting approved a resolution authorizing participation in the plan. Preliminary estimates show the switch could save the city $1 million in the first year, city manager Terence Reidy said. The city […]

Asbury Park’s city council will meet tonight in council chambers, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • A presentation of a waterfront infrastructure finance agreement for making repairs in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. […]

A resolution enabling an emergency appropriation to close a $1 million gap in the 2012 municipal budget was approved unanimously at last night’s council meeting. This resolution will allow the city to seek a $1 million bond to pay off a shortfall in the budget’s line item for employee health insurance. Council voted on the […]

The city of Asbury Park is on the way to having its own cable station thanks to city resident and volunteer John Kaplow. “In a town like this that has a wide degree of residents in terms of background, income and education, something like this is a great leveler,” Kaplow said of his motivation to […]