Four special conditions were placed on The Asbury’s liquor license renewal Wednesday before the Asbury Park City Council’s unanimous vote of approval. The conditions address noise complaints from area residents. City attorney Frederick Raffetto said city officials, including himself, City Manager Michael Capabianco and Deputy Police Chief David Kelso, met with the hotel’s management. The […]

Asbury Park Municipal Court Judge Daniel DiBenedetto upheld the city’s noise and nuisance ordinance on Tuesday, in a case involving noise complaints filed against the city’s newest hotel. The Asbury, the 110-room hotel at the former Salvation Army building on Fifth Avenue, challenged the ordinance, set in place in 2010, as unenforceable, according to City […]

The Asbury Park City Council began an initial discussion Wednesday to amend a city ordinance that allows the sale of liquor to start at 7 a.m. on weekdays. The change would move the start time two hours later. The conversation was initiated by Councilwoman Amy Quinn. Quinn received “a number of emails” from residents who say […]

The special meeting the Asbury Park City Council scheduled for Sept. 25 with representatives of the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Main Street with members of the public has been postponed. “The [NJ]DOT is not prepared to make a public presentation,” said Donald Sammet, city planning and […]

A total of 123 applicants have submitted resumes in consideration for the position of city manager. At the Sept. 4  city council meeting, Mayor Myra Campbell reported 117 resumes were received for the position. By the end of the day, which was the deadline to apply, an additional five or six resumes had been submitted, […]

Surfing lessons on the beach and paddle board rentals on Deal Lake [above] may soon be coming to Asbury Park. The city is preparing requests for proposal [RFPs] for vendors to submit bids for the surfing lessons and the paddle board rentals. The RFPs contain requirements for insurance and rental fees to operate on city […]

A key appointee in the city government — City Attorney Frederick C. Raffetto — appears set to continue in his post when the City Council and its new majority are sworn in on July 1. New majorities on a municipal governing body often change their outside professionals, such as attorneys, engineers and auditors. But Raffetto [above] […]

Duanne Small’s recall petitions were rejected today after having been handed in yesterday at 4:50 p.m. The petitions, which called for the removal of Mayor Ed Johnson, Deputy Mayor John G. Loffredo and Councilwoman Sue Henderson from office, contained about 2,644 signatures each. Small, a community activist, spearheaded the effort to collect signatures. The reason […]

An investigation of board members of the Asbury Park Housing Authority may be nearing a conclusion, according to city attorney Frederick Raffetto. In September 2011, the city council passed a resolution calling for hearings “to determine whether members of the housing authority should be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty and/or misconduct in office”. The […]

The city council is now reviewing whether to ask voters to establish a charter study commission to consider changes to Asbury Park’s form of government. But that decision would not just put the question of establishing a five-member charter study commission on the ballot in November. It could also stop some of the council’s political […]