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 […]

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 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 […]

City administration and downtown Asbury Park developer Sackman Enterprises have worked out a tentative agreement on five years’ worth of payments owed to the city on the Steinbach building. The amounts  are owed under a payment in lieu of taxes [PILOT] agreement for the residential portion of the restored building located in the downtown business […]

Downtown Asbury Park developer Sackman Enterprises is disputing the start date for five years’ worth of payments to the city owed on the Steinbach’s building. The calculations are a year off, Sackman said, and the difference in payment is about $100,000 less than the city claims. The amounts in dispute are owed under a payment […]

The landmark Steinbach building in downtown Asbury Park is up for sale with an asking price of  $27 million, according to a statement from Brookfield Financial Real Estate Group New York, which is the sales agent for the property. The building is owned by Sackman Enterprises. Sackman principal Carter Sackman could not immediately be reached […]

An Asbury Park official brought to light several issues of monies owed to the city at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, one of which is approximately $700,000 owed by a downtown redeveloper for payment in lieu of taxes. The past administration “did a horrible job” of collecting payments, according to Councilman John Moor. Moor said downtown […]

A mix of Asbury locals and visitors to the city gathered on Cookman and Bangs avenues for the first “Vibe in the Streets” event Thursday evening. The first two Vibe in the Streets events — originally part of a series scheduled for each Thursday in June — were cancelled due to rain. For what was […]

After two consecutive weeks of rain cancellations, a series of Thursday night street parties — dubbed “Vibe in the Streets” — starts tonight at 5:00 p.m. on Cookman Avenue in the downtown business district. Originally meant to be held every week in June, the event will continue next week on Thursday, June 27. Event organizers […]

The first of four Thursday night street parties in June — dubbed “Vibe in the Streets” — starts tonight at 5:00 p.m. in the downtown business district. The event is organized by APVibe, a marketing campaign to promote downtown Asbury Park as a dining and cultural destination. For the four Thursdays this month, vehicular traffic on […]