Led by Councilman John Loffredo and Mayor Ed Johnson, both shown above, the city council introduced an ordinance last night to establish an elected commission to review the city’s form of government — with the power to submit changes to voters that would scuttle a system believed to date back to the 1920s. “It’s time,” Loffredo immediately stated when the matter was brought […]

Asbury Park Housing Authority counsel Kevin Wigenton was censured by the New Jersey Supreme Court Tuesday, ending a decade-old disciplinary case that could have led to his disbarment as a lawyer. According to a report on the Red Bank Green website, the court ruled 5-1 to censure Wigenton for faulty bookkeeping practices. The Office of Attorney […]

The no-man’s land of vacant lots and dilapidated buildings on Cookman Avenue dividing the downtown and beachfront will get a facelift before July 4th. A streetscape program of new sidewalks, curbing, lighting and landscaping will be installed by waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners on the stretch of Cookman (shown above) between Grand Avenue and Kingsley Street. […]

When the annual spring herring run soon begins in Deal Lake, larger fish and waterfowl will enjoy a feast on this forage fish. But there’s one species that won’t be so lucky. Humans. The state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife has banned the harvesting of herring this year, following other states that are trying […]

The city council is now reviewing whether to ask voters to establish a charter study commission to consider changes to Asbury Park’s form of government. But that decision would not just put the question of establishing a five-member charter study commission on the ballot in November. It could also stop some of the council’s political […]

Reacting to the theft of thirty-four decorative copper panels once on Convention Hall, the Asbury Park Historical Society will request the city council and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette disclose more information about the incident. At an emergency meeting on Saturday, the Historical Society Board of Trustees — several shown above — also tentatively agreed to ask […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to develop a plan of action for recovering a historic set of panels.  The panels, pictured above, reportedly went missing from Convention Hall last year. Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette reported the 34 panels stolen from Convention Hall, said Celia Morrissette Johnson, president of the […]

The board of education was especially divided over one issue during budget discussions this week — the color of the new football field’s Astro Turf. After two close votes, the board determined it would not expend an extra $45,000 on a blue field. Instead, the board approved next year’s $66 million budget, which allocates $825,000 […]

The Board of Education last night approved the 2012-2013 school budget after almost three hours of deliberation. The spending plan bears a 2-percent tax levy increase — the highest increase the state permits without a referendum. The operating budget for next year is $66,651,301, of which $6,253,002 will be raised through local taxation. Tuition from […]

It’s spring cleaning time at Deal Lake. The Friends of Deal Lake will hold an annual cleanup on Saturday, March 31. Since the early 1980s, the group has advocated for government assistance to clean the waterway and promoted awareness of how the public’s actions can impact the lake’s environment. The five fingers of Deal Lake […]