As part of an effort to preserve a parcel known as Bradley Cove on Asbury Park’s northern beachfront, the city council appears ready to approve a resolution Wednesday night to hire a firm to do an appraisal of the land. Waterfront redeveloper iStar has the development rights to the .6 acre parcel, which stretches along […]

iStar’s Senior Vice President of Land and Development Brian Cheripka said in a written statement that the company is open to a redesign of the current infrastructure improvement project underway along the north beach area. Cheripka also stated that the company will seek “a long term solution” concerning the Bradley Cove area, which local environmental […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, On Saturday June 24th we will meet at 11:00 am in front of Asbury Tower to rally and march to iStar’s Asbury Park office to deliver the same message we delivered to the past City Council, the County Freeholders, and the State DEP: Asbury Park’s north end beach must be preserved. […]

Oceanfront Preservation Coalition, activists working to save a parcel of waterfront land in the north beach area from development are organizing a rally. “The City of Asbury Park wants to negotiate a deal to save its north end beach from development and create an oceanfront park,” the written announcement for the June 24 event said. […]

Two local activists, who have been behind the over 10 year fight to preserve the north end beach plot of land unofficially known as Bradley Cove, have sent a letter directly to iStar Financial CEO Jay Sugarman. In the April 13 letter, former Councilman Joe Woerner and his Oceanfront Preservation Coalition co chair Joyce Grant […]

In an open letter to the community dated Aug. 10, City Manager Michael Capabianco [at right below] posted a response to comments Brian Cheripka of iStar made during a recent Homeowners Association meeting. Below is the letter in its entirety: On Saturday, July 30th, Brian Cheripka of iStar provided the Asbury Park Homeowners Association with an update […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive Session contract negotiation […]

Movement to preserve the tract of land dubbed Bradley Cove along Asbury Park’s north beach continues Wednesday. Members of the public will have the opportunity ask questions and make comments on a Monmouth County Green Acres grant application during the 7 p.m. City Council meeting. Green Acres funding is used to protect environmentally sensitive open […]

Ocean Township Mayor Christopher Siciliano says his town’s sewage treatment plant has the capacity to handle Asbury Park’s wastewater if plans move forward to close the city’s treatment plant on Ocean Avenue, as proposed by master waterfront redeveloper iStar. IStar’s proposal, reported in Thursday’s issue of the triCityNews, is to close Asbury’s waterfront treatment plant […]

The push to save the plot of land referred to as Bradley Cove took a hit last month when a technicality prevented the Board of Chosen Freeholders the ability to appropriate a matching grant to help fund purchasing the land back from iStar, the waterfront redeveloper. “We applied for matching funds to Monmouth County for […]