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Ocean City voters will elect the mayor and three City Council members in Tuesday’s municipal election. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Details follow on the candidates, where to vote and how long the polls are open.

City Councilman Tom Rotondi submitted his nominating petitions Monday, joining five other candidates in a crowded field vying for three at-large Council seats in Ocean City’s May 10 municipal election. He was joined by his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Tommy, 8, Celeste, 4, and Joey, 2, while turning in his petitions to City Clerk Melissa Rasner. Rotondi, 43, currently serves as the Second Ward councilman, but will now seek an at-large seat representing the entire city on the governing ...

Ocean City resident Donna Moore regularly attends City Council meetings as a member of the public, often speaking to the governing body about her concerns for the environment. Touting her credentials as an environmental advocate, Moore now wants to join Council as a new member. She filed her nominating petitions Friday for the May 10 municipal election, when three at-large Council seats will be up for grabs.

New Jersey Amps Up Fight Against Beachside Towns Opposed to Offshore Wind By Josh Saul and William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Offshore wind farm developers are finding one more thing in common with the fossil fuel industry: community backlash on both sides of the Atlantic. Much like the resistance to fracking in parts of the U.S. and the U.K., oceanfront towns have fought against power lines running ashore from wind farms, even as the massive turbines themselves are mostly out of sight. In a dra...

UpdatedWed, Apr 14, 2021 at 7:43 pm ET Reply Ørsted officials said the proposed offshore wind farm would connect to two former power plants, including the Oyster Creek plant in Lacey. (Shutterstock) SOUTH JERSEY — A proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of southern New Jersey will connect onshore to two decommissioned power plants in Ocean and Cape May counties, officials said Tuesday. Ørsted, the Danish wind energy developer, and PSEG, a New Jersey utility company, held the first of t...

Reply Ørsted officials said the proposed offshore wind farm would connect to two former power plants, including the B.L. England plant in Marmora. (Shutterstock) SOUTH JERSEY — A proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of southern New Jersey will connect onshore to two decommissioned power plants in Ocean and Cape May counties, officials said Tuesday. Ørsted, the Danish wind energy developer, and PSEG, a New Jersey utility company, held the first of three virtual public hearings about the...

By DONALD WITTKOWSKI For the second time in two months, members of Ocean City’s governing body Thursday night expressed dismay about a proposed wind farm that would be powered by nearly 100 gigantic turbines anchored 15 miles off the coast. Touted as a form of clean energy, the project by the Danish energy company Orsted is a centerpiece of Gov. Phil Murphy’s goal of having 7,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity in New Jersey by 2035. Members of City Council, though, pointedly asked whet...

OCEAN CITY – A plan for massive wind turbines off the coast received pushback at a recent Ocean City Council meeting, in which a council member questioned its impact on the local tourism economy.   “I’m as green as the next guy. I want green energy, OK? But I do not want to mess with a formula that has worked here for 100 years,” said Councilman Michael DeVlieger.   Kris Ohleth, a spokeswoman for the energy company Ørsted, gave a presentation at the Dec. 4 ...