Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: An established record of achievement is exactly why I support the Forward Asbury Park team. Our city has once again become a home that we can be proud of, a destination that attracts visitors and a model of development as the comeback city of the Jersey Shore. None of it […]

The dog park committee is pushing the designation of a possible park site to the first or second week in May, Councilwoman Sue Henderson said at the April 17 council meeting. Originally, Henderson said a location would be chosen by March 28. But after committee members realized a few of the sites they had chosen […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: As residents of Asbury Park, we have a lot to be proud of. We are proud to be a part of a unique, budding community founded on tolerance and acceptance, where no two neighbors are exactly alike. People and opinions of all sorts are welcome here; creating a level of diversity […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: Twenty years ago, when I moved into this town, I didn’t think things could get any worse. There were no stable businesses in the downtown, the properties were all distressed, the boardwalk was a ghost town, and the city was held hostage by a developer. I quickly realized how wrong I was […]

Will Potter has joined the Asbury Park city council race and is seeking a seat on the dais. Potter is running on the incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket with Deputy Mayor John M. Loffredo, council members Sue Henderson and Kevin Sanders, and fellow newcomer Gregory Hopson. Potter replaced Joe Grillo on the incumbents’ slate after […]

First Avenue resident Gregory J. Hopson Sr. is seeking a seat on the Asbury Park council in the May 14 election. Hopson, 58, resides on First Avenue with his wife, Ida M. Hopson. The couple has three children, Haleema, 35, Gregory Jr., 25, and Frederick III, 24. Hopson is a retired steel worker and a […]

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 […]

Councilman Kevin Sanders is looking for a fourth term on council in this year’s Asbury Park council elections. Sanders is running on the Forward Asbury Park ticket with fellow incumbents Sue Henderson and John M. Loffredo, as well as newcomers Gregory Hopson and Will Potter. The election is May 14. All five council seats are […]

The proposed location for a new dog park could be announced before the end of the month. The dog park committee has looked at properties throughout the city and narrowed it down to four city-owned areas, councilwoman and dog park committee chair Sue Henderson said. After the group decides on a parcel of land, they […]

City council candidate Myra Campbell has charged that some of her opponents on the A-Team ticket violated laws when campaigning on school grounds  — but it appears the state statute prohibiting such activity only applies to those who are running for the school board. Campbell, who is running as part of the One Asbury ticket, made […]