Maddy Vitale

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Staff Writer at OCNJ Daily

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Ocean City School District Ready to Welcome Back Students

Aug 24, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEThe first day of school in Ocean City is on Sept.
Highway Interchange Named in Honor of Late Navy Ensign John Elliott

Aug 23, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEOn Thursday, Bill and Muriel Elliott went to Trenton and watched as Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari signed a bill into law that designates a new highway project as the “Ensign John R. Elliott Memorial Interchange.”Bill Elliott said in an interview Friday that he hopes that the interchange between Route 42 and Route 295 will help save many lives. “John was coming home and he took Route 40 with tragic consequences,” he said.
Fire Destroys Boat at Wildwood Marina

Aug 22, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEFirefighters are battling a massive boat fire that sent a huge plume of black smoke and flames billowing above a Wildwood marina Thursday afternoon. In videos posted on social media, onlookers watched the scene unfold at the Schooner Island Marina as firefighters doused a 41-foot boat, named “Luv-IT,” out of Philadelphia. According to published reports, the fire broke out around 12:45 p.m. when the boat was docked and was getting fuel.
State Agency Formally Terminates Orsted Offshore Wind Farm Projects

Aug 18, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALECape May County officials are celebrating the decision by a state regulatory agency to rescind the approvals for two offshore wind farm projects once proposed by the Danish energy company Orsted. “Today is a very important day in our ongoing opposition to these environmentally destructive offshore wind projects,” Cape May County Commission Director Leonard Desiderio said in a news release.
Fire Damages Sea Isle Restaurants

Aug 14, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEA fire broke out at a building that houses two restaurants in the Historic Fish Alley neighborhood in Sea Isle City on Wednesday evening. The fire occurred at 4210 Park Road, where there are the adjoining restaurants Casa Taco and Casino Pizza. Sea Isle City Public Information Officer Katherine Custer said the fire began around 5 p.m. and that it was contained in about an hour.
Van Drew Leads Forum on Opposition to Offshore Wind Farms

Aug 13, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEU.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew vowed Tuesday that he will continue to fight against offshore wind energy as he and other speakers lamented it would mean the “industrialization of the ocean.”“I have never seen a project that had so many bad aspects,” Van Drew said of wind farm development around the world while speaking at a forum at Brigantine Community School.
New Ocean City Superintendent Ready for School Year

Aug 10, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEOcean City Schools Superintendent Dr. Christian Angelillo is new to the district and is ready to learn what works, help with what doesn’t and just enjoy being a new, much-needed addition to the community. Angelillo spoke to SeaIsleNews.com about his first week in the district, which began Aug. 1. The new school year begins Sept. 3. “What I found is the community has been overwhelmingly welcoming and certainly wonderful to me,” he said.
Missing Puppy “Dutch” Returns Home From Ocean City Marshlands

Aug 6, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEDutch is back home, resting comfortably in his favorite chair. Ending a weeklong emotional ordeal that included an outpouring of support from the community, the 5-month-old German shepherd puppy was finally caught in Ocean City using the help of a trapping company. Dutch had gotten away from his owners, Art and Jaime Wharton, in the Merion Park neighborhood when they were visiting family in Ocean City on July 29.
Legendary Band 'The Oak Ridge Boys' at Ocean City Music Pier

Jul 29, 2024 | ocnjdaily.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEThe Oak Ridge Boys have been bringing their distinctive four-part harmony to countless fans over a storied country and gospel music career spanning 50 years. Yet, after all of their performances and accomplishments, including being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand ‘Ole Opry and Gospel Hall of Fame, 12 gold albums, three platinum albums and one double platinum album, what keeps the singers performing? They love what they do.
Ocean City Fire Department Adds New Rescue Boat

Jul 28, 2024 | seaislenews.com | Maddy Vitale

By MADDY VITALEThe Ocean City Fire Department was busy training on a new boat designed for rescues in shallow areas along the bay. But the recent training session quickly turned into official lifesaving duty, underscoring the need for such a boat. “We assisted three people on a boat that got caught on a sandbar,” Fire Chief Bernie Walker said in an interview with OCNJDaily.com. “So, it had its first official rescue last week.

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