Watershed restoration at Deal, Sunset and Wesley Lake was given the go ahead, thanks to a Department of Environmental Protection grant, Deal Lake Commissioner Don Brockel announced at Thursday night’s meeting. The Water Quality Restoration Grants [WQRG], known informally as a 319 Grant, totals $735,000 and will be used to improve the three water bodies […]

City officials will look to hire a consultant to review four existing payment in lieu of tax [PILOT] agreements, according to a request for proposal [RFP] due by month’s end. PILOTS were first enacted across the state in 1977. The local agreements typically include a full payment of city taxes but attribute a 5 percent […]

On the heels of the Asbury Park City Council’s vote to approve the Wesley Lake Commission charter agreement with Neptune, two support groups – The Friends of Wesley Lake and The Citizens of Wesley Lake – are joining forces to support needed initiatives. Wesley Lake, which runs between Ocean Grove and Asbury Park’s south end, […]

In honor of Earth Day, Friends of Wesley Lake is putting out a call for volunteers to help with their second annual lake cleanup and pub crawl. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday [with a Sunday rain date], the cleanup asks most volunteers to work from the banks skimming and pulling debris for raking […]

[UPDATE: The cleanup, originally scheduled to take place Saturday, has been moved to Sunday, according to the event Facebook page. From the page: “We have decided to postpone until tomorrow. While we wanted to rally and clean regardless of the rain, so many people have been sick lately. We would hate for you to get […]

An outflow pipe that allows water to exchange between Wesley Lake and the ocean is clogged with sand, and a pond weed is further trapping debris and garbage in the coastal lake. City public works employees identified the problem with the pipe Wednesday, according to City Engineer Joe Cunha, who heads up the department. Workers […]

Heavy Tuesday night rains, an astronomical high tide, and an on-shore wind and tidal flow caused all three of Asbury Park’s coastal lakes to rise considerably and by Wednesday morning Wesley Lake reached across to flood cars and businesses along Lake Avenue. The storm brought between four- to six-inches of rainfall to the area within […]

Members of the Wesley Lake Commission held a press conference Wednesday to ceremoniously break ground near the site of the sunken retaining wall and to update the thermometer that tracks funds secured toward the completion of the $12 million project. “We’re looking forward to bring it back to be a healthy, environmental asset to both […]

On Wednesday, March 19, at 3 p.m. members of the Wesley Lake Commission will announce their plans for the lake’s upcoming restoration project at a special press conference. The announcement will take place on the Pilgrim Pathway Footbridge located on the lake, the most easterly bridge between Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, according to a […]

Federal funding in the amount of $486,000 for the removal of sediment from Wesley Lake [shown above], along with other funds for the cleanup of several Monmouth and Middlesex county waterways, was announced Monday by Congressman Frank Pallone’s office. The money, which comes through the U. S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service’s Emergency Watershed Protection […]