The Asbury Park Planning Board Monday gave unanimously approval to back the city’s effort to preserve a tract of land on the northern beachfront set for development. Board members will supply the city’s with a letter in support of their effort to secure Green Acres funds. If secured, the funds will be used to purchase […]

When Asbury Park resident Judi Hull returned to her home at 403 Sewall Avenue Wednesday, she found the 30-foot Elm tree that used to be in front of her home had been removed. She immediately logged onto a social media website restricted to Asbury Park residents and city officials for answers. The removal of the tree […]

Councilman John B. Moor and Councilwoman Amy Quinn have announced their intent to run for re-election to the Asbury Park City Council. They will seek to add candidates to form a slate, “Asbury Together,” as the election draws closer. In a prepared release, the incumbents cited urging from fellow citizens for them to continue their […]

A majority of the city’s residents may not be recycling, according to Councilman John Moor. The city collects recycling on a once-weekly basis, and when Moor puts his cans out he notices few of the homes within the area are doing the same. “To me, 80 percent of the town is not recycling,” he said. […]

An Asbury Park official brought to light several issues of monies owed to the city at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, one of which is approximately $700,000 owed by a downtown redeveloper for payment in lieu of taxes. The past administration “did a horrible job” of collecting payments, according to Councilman John Moor. Moor said downtown […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, People have been asking my opinion regarding the ballot question to change our form of government. I realize that the charter study commission has worked long and hard and I deeply appreciate all of their efforts. Although I do not agree with some of their findings, I applaud and thank […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to move forward with original plan to perform second phase boardwalk reconstruction with traditional methods instead of a new, never-before-used method. After City Manager Terence Reidy reviewed the plan with the city’s FEMA liaison it was determined a new method would not to be feasible since plans to […]

Stating that Asbury Park is “at a precipice,” Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni wants the city council to act quickly to replace retiring Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon. Gramaccioni’s made the comments in an email obtained by the Sun. The email was sent on Thursday to all five council members. “No organization can […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for […]

Several Asbury Park business owners along with members of the city council and the Chamber of Commerce met last night to discuss a possible need to update the city’s downtown redevelopment zone. The group will be “seeking to modernize the current Central Business District [CBD] redevelopment plan based on the evolution of business within Asbury […]