By MADDY VITALE and DONALD WITTKOWSKI Residents and business owners are allowed back in the South Tower at the Spinnaker condominium complex in Sea Isle City after engineers deemed it is safe to return, three weeks after a balcony collapsed and killed a construction worker. A representative from the Spinnaker Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI and MADDY VITALE SEA ISLE CITY – Police officers and other first responders used buckets and fire hoses to pour seawater on a group of dolphins in a frantic effort to save the creatures after they became stranded on the beach Tuesday morning in Sea Isle City. Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI There is an effort under way to save six dolphins stranded on the beach at 52nd street in Sea Isle City. Two other dolphins washed up near 51st Street and are believed dead, authorities said Tuesday. Police, fire and Public Works crews are trying to save the Read more…
By MADDY VITALE Mike Monichetti, the organizer of Mike’s Seafood Run-Walk for Autism, wants to let everyone who helped out or participated in another successful fundraiser that he is grateful. This year’s event, held during Sea Isle City’s Presidents Day weekend celebration, brought in $150,000 and attracted thousands to help raise Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI SEA ISLE CITY – Workers were refurbishing the concrete on two balconies when one balcony collapsed onto another at the south tower of the oceanfront Spinnaker condominium complex, according to a federal agency investigating the fatal accident. Jose Pereira, 43, of Philadelphia, an employee of a private Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Authorities confirmed Saturday that a construction worker was killed when a concrete balcony collapsed on top of him at an oceanfront condominium in Sea Isle City. The worker was identified as Jose Pereira, 43, of Philadelphia. He was employed by a private company that had been working Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI A worker was trapped underneath concrete rubble and feared dead after a balcony collapsed on top of him Friday at an oceanfront condominium complex in Sea Isle City. As darkness fell, emergency workers were still trying to recover the worker from the seventh-floor balcony at the Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI The sign in front of the Sea Isle City Welcome Center makes it clear which team the folks in this beach town are rooting for in the Super Bowl. “Go Eagles,” it proclaims. While it is no surprise that a town that falls well within the Philly-South Read more…
By MADDY VITALE What a year it has been for Shorebreak Café, located in the heart of Sea Isle City. The café, which features delectable, sweet pastries that are as beautiful as they are tasty, celebrated its first anniversary in family-friendly style Monday. The eatery, located at 4002 Landis Ave., Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI and MADDY VITALE SEA ISLE CITY – Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew declared victory Tuesday night in the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District race that pitted the incumbent against Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy. Unofficial results showed Van Drew with about a 10,000-vote lead over Kennedy with 141,203 Read more…