To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Grace and I will be voting for NICOLLE HARRIS for the Asbury Park Board of Education on April 19th. Although it was many, many years ago, we remember when we were her age. We too had a passionate love for our community. We of course lived in racially segregated communities where our […]

The Asbury Park School District is accepting candidacy petitions for the three vacant seats in the April 19 Board of Education [BOE] election, district spokesperson Chanta L. Jackson announced Tuesday. Three-year terms are up for Board President Nicolle Harris, and members Corey Lowell and Connie Breech. Potential candidates must file nominating petitions with the school […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education voted this month to shift its election back to the spring. The vote to move back to an April election date was 6-0 with an abstention from Angela Ahbez-Anderson. Board members Corey Lowell and Connie Breech were not present. “The Asbury Park School Board and District are striving to […]

While a Tuesday recount of the Nov. 3 Board of Education [BOE] election figures changed tallies, it did not change the outcome of those who garnered the most votes for the three open seats. The new BOE seats will be filled by Angela Ahbez-Anderson, Kenneth E. Saunders and Sheila Etienne. Ahbez-Anderson ran on a ticket […]

A glitch in Tuesday night’s Board of Education election tallies returned votes to a previously reported count. While the votes still show Angela Ahbez-Anderson as the front runner, it shows Kenneth E. Saunders Jr. as the second highest vote getter and incumbent Barbara Lesinski just 9 votes over fourth place vote getter, newcomer Sheila Etienne. […]

Asbury Park voters chose to split the ticket of two competing teams seeking to fill the three open Board of Education seats in Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial results posted on the website of the Monmouth County Clerk. Top vote getters were Angela Abez-Anderson, Kenneth Saunders, Jr. and  Barbara Lesinksi. The unofficial results include mail-in […]

When the city’s voters go to the polls tomorrow, they’ll be making decisions on the local, regional, state and national levels. In addition to choosing a President, Vice President, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, County Clerk and two Freeholders, voters will also see the board of education election on their ballots in November this year for […]