A special prosecutor appointed by the city council to investigate the conduct of housing authority members during the tenure of former executive director Mark Holmes has issued a sweeping exoneration of current authority members and “any Board member who may have recently tendered his or her resignation.” “They appeared to have exercised their duties as […]

The city council is scheduled to begin discussions tonight on extending or making permanent a pilot program to allow dogs on all areas of the city’s boardwalk in the off-season from Oct. 1 through April 30. The current program expires on April 30, according to city attorney Frederick Raffetto. The question for the council will […]

An investigation of board members of the Asbury Park Housing Authority may be nearing a conclusion, according to city attorney Frederick Raffetto. In September 2011, the city council passed a resolution calling for hearings “to determine whether members of the housing authority should be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty and/or misconduct in office”. The […]

Proponents of a change of government to a ward system with direct election of the mayor have filed suit to overturn the ruling of city attorney Frederick Raffetto [above] that their petition to force a referendum on the issue is invalid. The appeal was filed by attorney Christopher Iavarone of Toms River, according to political […]

Vintage car buffs may soon have a place to store their automobiles in downtown Asbury Park. The planning board recently recommended approval for a storage garage for classic cars to occupy a long-vacant warehouse [above in foreground] stretching between Bangs and Summerfield Avenues. The garage may soon be home to an ancillary social club, as well. The city council […]

The last empty building on the boardwalk will soon be back in business. Boadwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette is renovating the shuttered Sunset Avenue Pavilion to reopen it for May’s Bamboozle festival. The boardwalk redeveloper seeks to “make the building active again instead of it laying there boarded up,” city redevelopment and planning director Donald Sammet said at Wednesday’s […]

Required to introduce the budget in February without final state aid figures, the city council held a hearing Wednesday night on the spending plan, which currently bears a 17-percent tax increase. The state aid amounts should be available within the next week, city manager Terence Reidy [above] said at the hearing. With those aid figures, the budget […]

The Asbury Park Police Department is reaching out to the public with its new website at asburyparkpd.com. The department occupied a section of the town’s website until they recently decided to maintain a separate online presence. Their new site is still under construction but currently provides citizens with the opportunity to send anonymous tips to […]

The green-tinged decorative copper panels that went missing from Convention Hall recently are largely considered to be gone for good, but an official from Madison Marquette announced at last night’s council meeting the boardwalk redeveloper will replace them. “It is a tragedy,” said Keith Ortner, Madison Marquette’s vice president of development. “We as a company […]

A downtown restaurant that seemed to have made it through the recession will close its doors on April 14. “I am sending this email with a heavy heart,” said Plan B owner Jeffrey Haveson in an email blast. “We have lost our lease and need to close our doors.” Haveson, a vocal presence among downtown […]