Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell and Councilman John Moor stood in solidarity with U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone on the Asbury Park boardwalk Wednesday as the two denounced offshore oil and gas drilling and seismic testing along the Atlantic coastline. Pallone and Menendez stressed the environmental and economic consequences of an oil […]

A federal grant that covers the majority of the cost to repair damages to the Asbury Park boardwalk caused by Hurricane Sandy has been approved, according to a news release issued Wednesday from Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s office. The city will receive $3,649,907 from FEMA, which will cover 90 percent of the project’s total cost. An […]

By May of next year, beaches from Asbury Park to Avon-by-the-Sea will be restored to “conditions better than prior to Sandy,” according to a press release from democratic Congressman Frank Pallone’s office. Pallone’s office announced Thursday a $18.3 million contract to replenish the beaches was awarded by congress through a federal Sandy aid package. Work will […]

Children at Asbury Park Pediatrics received a special visit today from Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., [above, at center] who showed up to read to them as part of a national campaign to improve literacy. The event draws focus to the national nonprofit “Reach Out and Read” program. The nonprofit program is made up of a […]