[Editor’s note: In an effort to provide Sun readers and Asbury Park candidates who seek to be elected as the city’s first directly-elected mayor with the most fair and accurate election coverage, the Sun sat down with each of the four mayoral candidates and asked them the same ten questions. No candidates were provided advanced […]

Incumbent Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has filed to run for re-election in the 2014 city council race. 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. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Campbell is […]

Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has yet to decide whether to seek re-election in November, but she will be submitting the required nominating petitions by the Sept. 2 deadline to allow herself more time to make a final decision. She would run alone without a ticket of council running mates, she said. “I was elected […]

Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell’s attempt to fight a parking ticket issued while her car was parked on the sidewalk adjacent to the front of the Paramount Theatre has proved unsuccessful. Campbell [at right] was issued the ticket while  judging the Asbury Park Easter Pageant held in Convention Hall on April 20. The case was […]

Mayor Myra Campbell read a statement aloud at the Wednesday Asbury Park City Council meeting calling for the legalization of pot. In her statement, Campbell said while she doesn’t participate in the use of illegal drugs, with the prevalence of marijuana use from “people of all walks of life,” the law does more harm than […]

In order to get a better picture of the city’s housing and crime issues, members of the Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] and city officials have agreed to go on a bus tour of the city streets together. The goal is to give network leaders and city officials a clearer picture of what […]

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 […]

Several members of the public made on-the-spot donations at Wednesday’s council meeting to help ease the burden of municipal fees for a community party. By the end of the meeting, a total of $330 dollars was collected to help mitigate a $250 street closure fee for a “Stop the Violence” block party. A request to […]

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 […]

Due to a lack of funds and a recent change of municipal leadership, the 11th annual Asbury Park Mayor’s Ball has been postponed. “There were no funds in the Mayor’s Ball account for this year from the previous year,” said Mayor Myra Campbell [shown at right, at swearing-in ceremony]. As well, the change of leadership […]