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A crowded field for the May 14 election could reshape the balance of power in Ocean City, with five of seven seats on City Council up for a vote. It’s a nonpartisan election, and each of the candidates is running an independent campaign, but clear lines have emerged in the contested races.

A crowded field for the May 14 election could reshape the balance of power in Ocean City, with five of seven seats on City Council up for a vote. It’s a nonpartisan election, and each of the candidates is running an independent campaign, but clear lines have emerged in the contested races.

Vacancy To Remain On Ocean City Council - Ocean City, NJ - City Council said the vacancy left by the resignation of Karen Bergman will not be filled before the upcoming election.

Longtime Councilwoman Steps Down To Take Ocean City Job - Ocean City, NJ - Karen Bergman, a City Council member for 13 years, stepped down to take a position supervising the senior center.

Residents of Ocean City overwhelmingly opposed an offshore wind energy farm during a virtual public hearing Monday night that also included strong support for the project from environmental and labor groups.

Six Ocean City Council candidates are seeking three at-large seats in the May 10 municipal election, and on Monday night, each of them answered an array of questions. Everything from whether the candidates want to keep Ocean City a dry town or allow alcohol sales or BYOB for restaurants, to views on an offshore wind farm proposed for 15 miles off the coast passing by Ocean City, to the best location for a new public safety building, took up most of the hour-long forum.

Ocean City officials aren’t the only ones taking issue with a proposed offshore wind energy farm. In Ocean City, members of the community and elected officials are raising objections to Danish energy company Orsted’s plans for a wind farm 15 miles off the South Jersey coast from Atlantic City to Cape May. Also, elected officials and representatives of the fishing industry in Long Beach Island are voicing similar concerns over another wind farm proposed by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind about...