Asbury Park City Council candidates from the A-Team — Zero Tolerance ticket will host a “meet the candidates” event at the West Side Community Center on Thursday, Oct. 9, from 7 to 10 p.m., according to the group’s Facebook page. Members of the Asbury Park community are invited to come out and meet the A-Team […]

Another full ticket, the “A-Team,” has filed to run in the Asbury Park City Council elections. 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 elect their mayor. On the “A-Team” ticket, former Board of Education member […]

Shonna Famularo is running for a seat on the Asbury Park city council on the AP Out Front ticket. Famularo, 43, lives on Park Avenue with her husband, James Famularo, and their two children, Nicholas, 18, and Joseph, 15. Her husband was previously employed as assistant city manager for the city of Asbury Park, but […]

A lifelong city resident, Rosetta Johnson is running for a spot on the city council. Johnson is running as part of the AP Out Front ticket, with running mates Clevette Hill, Shonna Famularo, Stephen Williams and Dorvil Gillis. Johnson, 53, was born and raised in Asbury Park and currently resides on Monroe Avenue. Her daughter, […]

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 […]

Clevette Hill is seeking a spot on the city council along with her AP Out Front running mates. An Asbury Park resident since 1982, Hill, 48, lives on Monroe Avenue. She has four children, ages 17 through 30. She is a social worker and holds a bachelor’s degree and a masters degree in social work […]

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 […]

Citing demands of family and job, a member of the incumbent-led Forward Asbury ticket has dropped out of the race for city council. “The needs of my job and my needs for my family and my responsibilities as chair of the Asbury Park Democratic Organization made by candidacy untenable,” said Joe Grillo [above]. “Every bone […]

A fourth group has announced its candidacy for the 2013 Asbury Park council election. AP Out Front consists of Rosetta Johnson, Steve Williams, Clevette Hill and Dorvil Gillis. Stephania Warren is their campaign manager. The four have collected signatures and are ready to hand in their petitions for candidacy, Warren said. Rosetta Johnson [pictured at […]