The 10th Annual Family Day is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday along Asbury Park’s Eighth Avenue beach. Behind the scenes of a day that features free surf lessons, food, music, and games, is a dream realized. “Over the past 10 years it has become an example of a community coming together,” said Councilman […]

Asbury Park kicks off the Fourth of July weekend with additional parking spaces along its busiest roads. Acting on the city’s parking consultant report released in March by New York based Desman Associates, ‘the governing body implemented a number of different initiatives to better manage the City’s parking resources,’ said Councilman Joe Woerner, a member […]

The city will have approximately three years to use an expected $1.1 million state Green Acres grant for the preservation of the Bradley Cove area on the northern Asbury Park beachfront, according to Councilman Joe Woerner. In addition, the amount available to purchase the development rights to the land will increase another $250,000 after the […]

Immediate changes to the permit parking system could go into effect by June 1 if the City Council votes to implement Parking Committee’s recommendations. “These are intended to relieve a bit of the crush that may be coming for the summer,” Councilman Joe Woerner said during Monday night’s City Council workshop meeting. “These are not […]

The New Year brought a new set of city officials to municipal hall. A capacity crowd in council chambers Thursday witnessed John Moor sworn in as the city’s first directly elected mayor and his running mates on the Asbury Together ticket — Jessie Kendle, Amy Quinn, Yvonne Clayton and Joe Woerner — take oaths as […]

The Monmouth County Board of Elections on Monday began the tedious task of sifting through all of the Asbury Park vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots to determine which may be cast. At the end of day one, the board voided 26 of the first 38 ballots they examined which had been subject to a challenge by the […]

Asbury Park City Council candidates from the Asbury Together ticket will host a kickoff party at words! bookstore on Friday, Sept. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m., according to a campaign release. Members of the Asbury Park community are invited to meet the Asbury Together candidates [shown above, from left to right], John Moor, Amy Quinn, Jesse […]

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, […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial will not submit a letter in support of the city’s attempt to secure a state Green Acres grant to preserve an area of the northern beachfront, leaving the city with little chance of obtaining the funds, according to preservation proponents. The move drew a sharp rebuke from Councilwoman Amy Quinn, who […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Rally to Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development will be held Thursday, June 26th, 7 pm at Asbury Park City Council chambers. Freeholder Burry recently sent an email to all who submitted comments in support of the county’s involvement on the Bradley Cove issue. She claims in the […]