In order to get a better picture of the city’s housing and crime issues, members of the Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] and city officials have agreed to go on a bus tour of the city streets together. The goal is to give network leaders and city officials a clearer picture of what […]

Incoming Asbury Park City Manager John “Jack” Kelly [above] came in for criticism in a report fifteen years ago by the State Commission of Investigation [SCI] when he was Chief Financial Officer for the City of Orange. The 1998 report — which Kelly told the Sun was “inaccurate” and “biased” — dealt with former Orange […]

The Asbury Park city government has a new chief executive officer. At its meeting Wednesday night, the City Council appointed John “Jack” Kelly [above] as the new city manager. Kelly brings 33 total years’ of municipal experience to the city. Until last summer, Kelly had worked as business administrator for Jersey City for three years. He […]