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 […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: I moved here in 2002 because I wanted to be a part of the renewal of a great, small city. I live and work in the heart of town (Grand Avenue, three blocks from Cookman and the beach). The new city council at the time — most of whom are […]

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 […]