Editor, Asbury Park Sun, When Asbury Park’s last open space natural resource north beach area, Bradley Cove, is viewed solely as a source of profit and gain, there are serious consequences to our earth and peoples. This vision engenders immense economic inequality, injustices and can provoke acts of violence against the majority of humanity and our natural […]

The appraisal is in but it’s not what anyone wanting to preserve Bradley Cove had hoped. Councilman Joe Woerner said the average value from two independent appraisers is $3.2 million. This leaves a $1.85 million gap needed to buy back development rights from master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial. The appraisal figures were determined by gauging […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The public participation session takes place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • A special […]

Asbury Park has been recommended for a state Green Acres Grant of $1.1 million to be used toward the preservation of the Bradley Cove area on the North Asbury beachfront. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] made the announcement on Wednesday. Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has proposed 15 townhouses on the .6 […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, How did we get here, Asbury Park, 2014? By here we mean a city that is thriving and bustling like a coastal town should, with people buying everything from ice cream cones to luxury condos. And by here we also mean a vocal, critical mass of people who actually care enough […]

New Jersey state Senator Jennifer Beck and U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone have both endorsed the city’s effort to secure Green Acres funds for the preservation of an area on the city’s northern beachfront. The two have submitted individual letters of support addressed to Martha Sapp, the acting administrator of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Green […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential has removed the surfboard it placed on the North End beach. The surfboards were placed at the beginning of July on sites throughout the waterfront  to represent future projects the redeveloper will bring to the city. “Every surfboard represents a future project that we are working on, or will be working on, […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, One of the most important accomplishments that a governmental body can do is to preserve and protect the land they live on, the waters they live near, and all natural resources which sustain life for the peoples they represent. Preserving natural areas is critical to the quality of the air we breathe, the water we […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board Monday gave unanimously approval to back the city’s effort to preserve a tract of land on the northern beachfront set for development. Board members will supply the city’s with a letter in support of their effort to secure Green Acres funds. If secured, the funds will be used to purchase […]