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Wildwood Writer

My name is Joey Contino. I am a big lover of anything Wildwood. I have lived and worked in Wildwood my whole life. I worked jobs from working on the beach renting umbrellas and chairs to being a supervisor at Morey's Piers. Wildwood is my life and my home!

Wildwood Crest Beachfront Motel SOLD

Wildwood Crest Beachfront Motel SOLD Lately we haven’t had too many motels in the Wildwoods sell compared to year 2019. It seems that Covid-19 had slowed this trend until today. According to the Property Transfers Records (CMC) from 8/17/20-8/23/20, 507-515 E Orchid Road in Wildwood Crest sold for $4,200,000. After doing some research we found …

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Salt Water Taffy Was Created 137 Years Ago Today

Salt Water Taffy Was Created 137 Years Ago Today [Story by Rick Grenda from the Facebook Group, About South Jersey] Today in 1883 a tropical storm hit Atlantic City NJ. In those days was no accurate weather forecasting and storms often arrived without warning. The night before David Bradley closed up his small candy and …

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Laura To Bring Storms Into Our Area Today (Update)

Laura To Bring Storms Into Our Area Today (Update) The left overs of Hurricane Laura is expected to bring some decent sized storms to our area today. According to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, we are expecting scattered thunderstorms, some of which would be severe. (Short live/isolated intense storms possible) The primary hazard …

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Former N. Wildwood Lifeguard Awarded “Medal Of Valor”

Former N. Wildwood Lifeguard Awarded “Medal Of Valor” We have some cool Wildwood related news coming out of California today. Nick Macko, who was a lifeguard on the North Wildwood Beach Patrol from 1999 until 2010, has been doing great things on the West coast. This past Thursday Macko was awarded the “Lifeguard Medal Of …

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Hurricane Laura to Could Bring Severe Storms To NJ

Hurricane Laura to Could Bring Severe Storms To NJ As Hurricane Laura makes its way through America, we will be updating you with how it will impact the Tri-State of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  There isn’t too much change from our latest update from yesterday. The remnants of Hurricane Laura are expected to cross …

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Hurricane Laura Could Hill NJ This Week

Hurricane Laura Could Hill NJ This Week Currently Hurricane Laura is strengthening back up to possible category 3 hurricane. A category 3 hurricane puts out wind gusts of 111-129 mph. Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall on the northwest Gulf coast late Wednesday night. While the hurricane is quite far away it could still …

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