Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, I have known John Moor and Amy Quinn for many years and I support their Asbury Together Ticket. I am not supporting Asbury Together just because I know John and Amy, but because they are the best choice for Asbury Park. Asbury Together represents the diversity that makes our city […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, To me, the local Asbury Park election on November 4, 2014 is more immediately important than a national election. My and your vote will determine how issues that affect us every day will be dealt with. EDUCATION – I want our schools to be places where our youngsters learn there […]

[Editor’s note: In an effort to provide Sun readers and Asbury Park candidates who seek to be elected as the city’s first directly-elected mayor with the most fair and accurate election coverage, the Sun sat down with each of the four mayoral candidates and asked them the same ten questions. No candidates were provided advanced […]

Independent mayoral candidate Harold Suggs and council members of the Asbury Together ticket won the top ballot positions in today’s ballot drawing at City Hall. City Clerk Stephen Kay pulled cards from a box to determine the ballot positions. Several of the council candidates were in attendance. Prior to the drawing, Kay read all of the […]

Asbury Park council members John B. Moor and Amy Quinn have filed to run for re-election along with three running mates. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. The petition lists Moor, […]

Incumbent Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has filed to run for re-election in the 2014 city council race. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Campbell is […]

Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has yet to decide whether to seek re-election in November, but she will be submitting the required nominating petitions by the Sept. 2 deadline to allow herself more time to make a final decision. She would run alone without a ticket of council running mates, she said. “I was elected […]

Asbury Park Councilwoman Sue Henderson will not seek one of the five open City Council seats in the November election. “I will not be seeking reelection in November,” Henderson said in a statement sent to the Sun. Recalling colleagues who served with her on the past administration, she said it’s “been an honor and privilege […]

Councilman John Loffredo has decided against running in the November 2014 City Council election. After serving over 12 years in the position, Loffredo [at right] is moving on. There are “many things life has to offer,” he said, and while he won’t be serving in an official position, he will continue his service to the […]

As of noon Monday, six candidates have filed to run for three full-term seats on the Asbury Park Board of Education. The election will be held Nov. 4. The candidates are incumbent Angela Ahbez Anderson of 405 First Ave., Arva M. Council of 1303 Summerfield Ave., Carol B. Jones of 1507 Bond St., incumbent Felicia Simmons of 1410 Summerfield […]