Congressman Frank Pallone Jr met Monday with a few local entrepreneurs at Cowerks in Asbury Park to discuss policies that can help bring about quality jobs across the state. As the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Pallone wanted to hear the self starters thoughts on accessing capital, net neutrality, and immigration […]

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr [D-6th District] led a contingent of Washington DC based Internet Association members on a Small Business Crawl through Asbury Park’s downtown Wednesday morning. Aimed at showcasing the depth and breadth internet job possibilities within the city, top executives from Google, Facebook, Yelp, Spotify, Etsy, Airbnb, Expedia and Paypal got a […]

The Monmouth County Democrats County Committee unanimously elected David G Brown II as its Chairman Monday night. The Long Branch native takes over the position left open by former Chair Vin Gopal, who stepped down to run for State Senate. Brown, who has been a Long Branch Democratic Party volunteer for over a decade, served […]

On Monday Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. [D-06] announced the Asbury Park Police Department was awarded a $474,055 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services [COPS] grant. “Safety is of the utmost importance for ensuring growth and success in our communities,” Pallone said in a written statement. “Adding two police officers to the […]

Across from the recently developed Springwood Avenue Park, a group of city and state environmental officials gathered alongside US Congressman Frank Pallone [D-NJ] to speak to the importance of assessing and cleaning up Brownfields sites across the state. The site, located at Sylvan Avenue between Adams Street and Springwood Avenue, will be among those in […]

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr D-6th District will hold a town hall meeting from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Langosta Lounge along the Asbury Park boardwalk. The hour-long Q&A will cover a range of topics, including preventing gun violence, healthcare, protecting Social Security, and creating jobs of the future in Asbury Park, according to news […]

As the year winds down, the last stretch of beach replenishment along the Monmouth County shoreline moves into its final phase. Headed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, this final replenishment project covers the beach area from Lake Takanassee in Elberon to Philips Avenue in Deal. “The completion of this project will not only […]

Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] Commissioner Bob Martin announced a $1.66 million contract to remove sand pushed by Superstorm Sandy into Deal Lake has been awarded to Tri-State Dredging of Philadelphia. The project, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service [NRCS], will dredge 12,000 cubic yards of material. The […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I am writing in response to the Asbury Park Sun article published on September 11, 2015 entitled Beach Replenishment Heads North to Elberon.  I would like to respond to two statements in the article in which many local residents may share a different viewpoint. First, the article mentions that several rock […]

As the Loch Arbour to Deal beach replenishment concludes, all eyes shift to the federally funded project’s second phase that runs north toward Elberon. U.S. Rep Frank Pallone Jr. [D-NJ] announced this week that the Army Corps of Engineers, who oversees the project, awarded the $86,722.10 contract to Manson Construction. The Seattle-based company conducted the first […]