When Dean LaSasso opened his Italian specialty food venue along Main Street in Asbury Park 13 years ago, it was for the convenient location and the hope that it would help bring progress to the downtown area. Today, the Dino’s on Main Marketplace owner says the neighborhood is suffering the abuse of weekend bar patrons […]

Meetings, this week, to find an alternative location for the Asbury Park Skateboard Foundation’s proposed project did not prove fruitful, according to a Thursday afternoon conversation with Mayor John Moor. Moor and City Manager Michael Capabianco held Tuesday meetings with Housing Authority and School District officials to determine whether property the two entities own could […]

The Asbury Park administration announced Thursday afternoon that the municipality has been awarded a $341,247 New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] grant to help mend its damaged roadways. In the past few months, residents have come before the City Council asking when repairs will made to pot filled and cracked streets. City Manager Michael Capabianco […]

Movement to preserve the tract of land dubbed Bradley Cove along Asbury Park’s north beach continues Wednesday. Members of the public will have the opportunity ask questions and make comments on a Monmouth County Green Acres grant application during the 7 p.m. City Council meeting. Green Acres funding is used to protect environmentally sensitive open […]

The Asbury Park Skateboarding Foundation, having obtained its 501 (c) (3) nonprofit status, can now apply for grants and donations to fund its proposed skateboarding park. But where the park will be located is not set in stone. Last week the Foundation’s organizers wrote an open letter to the community. The letter came after questions […]

The City Council voted this week to move forward with a NJ Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response [SAFER] grant application that could bring two new firefighters to the Asbury Park Fire Department’s squad at no cost to the municipality for the first two years of a three-year agreement. Chief Kevin Keddy said the […]

A conflict in the city’s recently updated mercantile license laws has real estate agents paying a $100 fee for the first time history, said Real Estate agent of Burns-Bradshaw Real Estate agency at 1508 Main Street. “Real estate offices were always considered professional offices,” Bradshaw said. “We have been in existence for 90 years and […]

The annual Asbury Park City Council Organizational Meeting will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers at 1 Municipal Plaza. • Appointments will be made for Deputy Mayor, Deputy City Clerk, Municipal Attorney and Auditor, Special Tax, Labor and Bond Counsel, City Engineer, Appraisal Services, Insurance Broker, Compliance Officer, ADA Coordinator, and a Fund […]

The appraisal is in but it’s not what anyone wanting to preserve Bradley Cove had hoped. Councilman Joe Woerner said the average value from two independent appraisers is $3.2 million. This leaves a $1.85 million gap needed to buy back development rights from master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial. The appraisal figures were determined by gauging […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar will seek conceptual approval on Wednesday from the city council for its first oceanfront project. Representatives of the developer appeared at the council’s workshop meeting Monday night to formally present the project to the board. Parking was a main concern of the council, as well as the building’s protection against storm […]