To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: Asbury Park’s economic recovery over the past two decades is an unqualified success.  The City has thrived and no longer receives State transitional aid.  However, the financial picture for its schools is quite different. Asbury Park School District is halfway through a six-year process of losing tens of millions of dollars […]

Solar Landscape, a solar energy company based in Asbury Park, today announced it has made an agreement with the Asbury Park Board of Education to implement a solar energy program for city schools, according to a news release issued by the company. The goal of the program is to establish a solar energy system that […]

The Asbury Park Democrats saw a dramatic change in leadership as four-term Municipal Chair Giuseppe “Joe” Grillo (above) stepped aside and Angela Ahbez-Anderson was unanimously elected Chair of the Asbury Park Democratic Committee. Pedro Trivella was elected Vice Chair.  “The Asbury Park Democrats are a voice for our city’s values of progressive civic and political […]

The results are in for the Asbury Park Board of Education race with three winners: Newcomer Carritta Cook [center above] as high vote-getter, followed by incumbent Giuseppe “Joe” Grillo [right] and newcomer Anthony Remy [left], according to unofficial returns from the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office. Three seats on the nine-member board were up for grabs. […]

A Board of Education ticket led by incumbent Giuseppe “Joe” Grillo [center in above photo] appears to have won two of three seats up for grabs, while the final seat may become closer after all ballots are counted. In the initial votes published on the county clerk’s website, the high vote-getter on Grillo’s ticket was […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: I am asking you to join me in supporting the Cook-Grillo-Glassman for the Asbury Park school board. I have personally worked with Joe Grillo on many community projects. He is a tireless community leader who puts his head down and gets the job done. His work as head of the […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Asbury Park Board of Education must continue making strides and working for the district. It’s imperative that we move forward, and not regress. And the only way to do this would be to re-elect current board member Joe Grillo and his running mates Carritta Cook and Wendi Glassman […]

The Asbury Park based Coaster newspaper has endorsed Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn and her running mates, Council members Eileen Chapman and Yvonne Clayton, for reelection to The Asbury Park City Council. The newspaper cited years of state-funded transitional aid finally coming to a halt, property taxes stabilizing, a tax collection rate that’s soared and new […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: Asbury Park deserves public servants who have taken the time to learn the facts about our schools, and offer a plan going forward.  That is why I endorse Joe Grillo, Carritta Cook, and Wendi Glassman for the Asbury Park School Board. Sadly, the assault on truth permeating our national politics […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: As election day approaches and voters of Asbury Park are finalizing their picks for National, State, County and Asbury Park candidates I’d like to focus your attention to the very important Asbury Park Board of Education candidates.   Elections bring out the best or the worse in people as well […]