Community activist Duanne Small [pictured above] is hitting the pavement to collect signatures for a petition to join the city’s charter study commission. The charter study commission, established via ordinance in May, would scrutinize the city’s current form of government and possibly suggest changes. In the November election, the electorate will vote on whether they want […]

The city council at its meeting last week approved amendments to the municipal budget prompted by changes in state aid numbers. After the amendments, the budget bears a 3.6-percent tax levy increase, city manager Terence Reidy [above] said, which translates to an increase of 11.5 cents per $100 of assessed property valuation. The average household […]

Asbury Park may soon employ spotlight eminent domain to acquire and demolish dilapidated structures through the state’s abandoned properties law. Representatives from the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey attended Wednesday’s council meeting to tell the governing body how it could use the state’s Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act to address properties that previously […]