The $50 fee attached last week to each property owner’s utility bill in order to make up a June 2015 billing shortfall is temporarily suspended, Asbury Park officials announced Thursday afternoon. Residents who have paid the $50 bill will receive a credit to their account, according to a news release. The added $50 billing came […]

Across from the recently developed Springwood Avenue Park, a group of city and state environmental officials gathered alongside US Congressman Frank Pallone [D-NJ] to speak to the importance of assessing and cleaning up Brownfields sites across the state. The site, located at Sylvan Avenue between Adams Street and Springwood Avenue, will be among those in […]

The pruning along Third, Fourth, and Asbury avenues have city residents questioning the benefit of leaving behind trees with awkwardly shaped limbs that conjure up an Edward Scissor Hands abstract. “These trees are 100 years old and they are shade trees, meant to provide shade on the sidewalks and streets,” said 6-year resident Brian Watkins. […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive session discussions pertaining […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is takes place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • Special […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • […]

City officials are expected to introduce recommendations Monday that will change sound mitigation laws requiring downtown businesses to provide acoustic engineer report or turn off the music. Eateries and bars in what is known as the Central Business District [CBD] were issued letters of violation on April 11, with another round of letters distributed Wednesday, […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include […]

Asbury Park unveiled a preliminary budget that could raise the average assesed homeowner’s taxes by $152 during the Wednesday night City Council meeting. City Manager Michael Capabianco said the proposed spending plan comes with a decreased tax rate but higher property valuations, meaning the amount of money to be raised via taxation increases. “As in […]

The Asbury Park City Council is seeking candidates for an eleven-member Business Committee created by resolution last month. “The business community is the lifeblood of Asbury Park,” Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton said in a written statement. They provide services, they bring in guests from other locations, and they’re the basis for the revitalization of the city. […]