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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, under the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Thursday released a final joint strategy aimed at helping the North Atlantic right whale recover while also developing offshore wind energy, citing a Biden administration goal of increasing wind energy development.

New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off the state's coast. And both would be considerably farther offshore than...

Both the projects chosen by the state Board of Public Utilities would be considerably farther offshore than earlier projects that generated significant opposition from onshore communities, one of whose concerns was that the turbines would be visible on the horizon from the beach.

The state was dealt a blow last year when a developer canceled plans for wind farms off its coast. New agreements could reinvigorate the green energy push.

The projects replace the two wind farm proposals scrapped last fall by Danish developer Orsted.

New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off the states coast.

New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off the state's coast

About 60 opponents to offshore wind held a rally at Mark Soifer Park on Asbury Avenue on Saturday morning, with a portion of that crowd taking their cause on the go toward the bridge leading into Ocean City.

The Ocean City Board of Education had an evening of transitions Thursday, which was the last meeting for three board members and for Scott McCartney, the interim superintendent of schools appointed in the summer.

With the mail-in votes counted, voters did not return Robin Shaffer to the Ocean City Board of Education, with candidate Corey Niemiec edging ahead in the final count.