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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!

Avalon Closes Beaches, Boardwalk Nightly Due To Crowds

Avalon Closes Beaches, Boardwalk Nightly Due To Crowds Today we are jumping over to our sister town of Avalon, New Jersey. You really don’t hear Avalon in the news that much. It’s normally a quiet town with only 1,406 folks living there full time but there seems to be a problem. Just recently Avalon’s boardwalk …

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Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival Photos and Videos

Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival Photos and Videos On Friday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m, Sand Sculptors from our area came to Heather Road to create masterpieces out of the Wildwood sand. The festival was hosted by professional world-renowned sand sculptor Matt Long and “Can You Dig It!” Sand Tools. If you couldn’t make …

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Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol Wins CMC Lifeguard Championship!

Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol Wins CMC Lifeguard Championship! The Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol is currently on a hot streak as they won the Cape May County Lifeguard Championships for a second year straight. This was Year 37 for the Cape May County Lifeguard Championships, which was canceled last year due to the pandemic. Taking place on …

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First Look at the Singapore Motel Condos

First Look at the Singapore Motel Condos For the past few years, we have been bringing you guys bi-monthly updates on Singapore Motel. The Singapore Motel was located at 507-15 East Orchid Road in Wildwood Crest and had closed down in 2019. After doing some digging it turned out that the motel was having structural …

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NJ BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival 2021

NJ BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival 2021 After a brief stop of the annual North Wildwood BBQ Festival due to Covid-19 last year, the festival is finally here! The New Jersey State Barbecue Championship℠ is a three-day open-air festival featuring championship barbecue competition; live cooking demonstrations, special displays, and food and beverage vendors to satisfy every taste …

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UPDATE 6PM – Tropical Storm Warning For Cape May County

UPDATE 6PM – Tropical Storm Warning For Cape May County It’s been 12 hours since our last update for Tropical Storm Elsa which will come to our area starting late tonight. Here’s the latest from The Weather Service in Mount Holly. Elsa will bring 2-4 inches of rainfall with the highest threat being over the …

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Tropical Storm Warning For Cape May County

Tropical Storm Warning For Cape May County Tropical storm Elsa has been causing some damage in Cuba and Florida these past few days. With its current path becoming more define, we are seeing a change in our last news story about its effects on New Jersey. A tropical storm warning means that tropical-storm-force winds are …

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