The incumbent council members running for re-election in the Asbury Park city council elections this May have announced that candidates Joe Grillo and Gregory Hopson have joined their ticket. Deputy Mayor John G. Loffredo, Councilwoman Sue Henderson and Councilman Kevin Sanders are running to renew their four-year terms. Grillo works as the executive director of […]

Starting this week, nomination petitions for this year’s city council elections are available in City Clerk Steve Kay’s office at City Hall. Petitions require 85 signatures of registered voters in the city, Kay said. They are due back at City Hall on Monday, March 11. Council elections are scheduled for Tuesday, May 14. All five […]

City officials have discovered a shortfall of $1 million in the 2012 municipal budget under the line item for employee health care, they announced at last night’s council meeting. City manager Terence Reidy, auditor Dave Kaplan and acting chief financial officer [CFO] Christine Paulin informed the city council and the public of the discrepancy. In […]

Community activist Duanne Small today filed recall petitions with city clerk Steve Kay seeking to remove three members of the city council from office. Small filed recall petitions against Mayor Ed Johnson, Councilman John Loffredo and Councilwoman Susan Henderson. The petitions, he said, contained approximately 2,644 signatures each. The group organizing the recall was unable […]