Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: The A-Team has five perfect candidates who are seeking to win the upcoming city council election on May 14. First, Remond Palmer has demonstrated leadership in the community for decades. He is determined to design high-quality, culturally relevant programs that are available for our children to enrich their lives and […]

A political action committee affiliated with the A-Team city council candidates has revealed three funding sources who donated a total of $7,000. Darryl Hammary, the PAC’s treasurer, provided photocopies of three checks that showed the sources of the contributions, including the backs of the checks indicating they had been deposited. He also provided a copy […]

Investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office executed a search warrant on Saturday afternoon at the Asbury Park campaign headquarters of the A-Team election ticket, according to a source with knowledge of the events. The investigators appeared to be “looking for ballots” at the Asbury Avenue premises, the source said. The Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating […]

A political action committee [PAC] with ties to the A-Team city council candidates has failed to disclose how it obtained $7,000 in a report filed with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission [ELEC]. The PAC, Citizens for Change, filed its first quarterly receipts and expenditures report on April 15. The report states that from Jan. […]

The manager of an opposing campaign has filed a complaint with the Monmouth County Clerk of Elections, stating that the A-Team’s city council candidates and volunteers are mishandling messenger ballot applications. Stephania Warren, manager of the AP Out Front campaign, wrote a letter to County Clerk M. Claire French stating that A-Team candidates and volunteers completed […]

Daniel A. Harris III has thrown his hat in the ring for this year’s city council election. Harris, 61, is running as part of the A-Team ticket. He was raised in Neptune and currently resides on Ridge Avenue. He has lived in Asbury Park for 30 years, he said. Harris has been married to Emily […]

The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket won the top-five ballot positions in today’s ballot drawing at City Hall. City Clerk Stephen Kay pulled cards from a box to determine the ballot positions [pictured above and shaking the box at right]. Prior to the drawing, candidates could choose to be grouped on the ballot with their […]

Former councilman James William Keady is seeking a second term on the Asbury Park council. Council elections are being held Tuesday, May 14. All five council members’ terms expire on June 30. The election is nonpartisan. Keady, 41, lives on Cookman Avenue with his four-year-old daughter, Reese Ann Keady, he said. He grew up in […]

Nora Hyland is seeking a seat on the Asbury Park council along with her running mates under the name “Uniting Asbury.” All five council seats are up for grabs in the nonpartisan May 14 election. The current council’s terms end on June 30, with new four-year terms beginning July 1. Hyland, 46, lives on Fourth […]

The first official ticket for this year’s council election has been announced. Former board of education member Remond Palmer, former councilman Jim Keady [pictured, at left], Duanne Small [pictured, at right], Nora Hyland and Danny Harris have joined under the name Uniting Asbury. Campaign literature refers to them as “the A-Team.” “We share a vision […]