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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!

Car Crashed Into “Our Lady Star of The Sea”

Car Crashed Into “Our Lady Star of The Sea” Yesterday, January 23rd, around 4:50 PM Engine 51 and Tower 51 responded to a call at Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish Hall (525 Washington St, Cape May, NJ). For those who don’t know, the parish is located behind the church. Crews arrived on scene to find …

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Another Starbucks Is Coming To Middle Township

Another Starbucks Is Coming To Middle Township The Wildwoods aren’t the only ones that are going through a construction boom. Our sister town of Middle Township is also seeing much movement on that front. A few months ago we announced that Rio Grande was getting the first Chipotle restaurant in Cape May County. If you …

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Icona Diamond Beach Scales Back Expansion

Icona Diamond Beach Scales Back Expansion Currently Icona is working on many different projects at the same time. These projects consists of “The Mahalo” (the former Ocean Holiday) in Wildwood, “Icona Diamond Beach” and a possible third hotel in Cape May under the Mahalo brand. This past week we learned that Icona Diamond Beach will …

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NEW Massive Hotel To Be Built In Wildwood!!

NEW Massive Hotel To Be Built In Wildwood!! Earlier in the week we said that Wildwood hasn’t seen this much contraction going on since the building boom of 2006. It turns out we were square on the money. Currently there are over 17 major projects going on all over the Wildwoods. We detailed about 14 …

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Explaining The Cape May Beach Project

Explaining The Cape May Beach Project We have been getting tons of questions about the trackers being on the beaches of Cape May. We figured we would write a quick little article explaining whats going on. Back in October the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to Yannuzzi Group of Kinnelon, NJ for …

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Another MASSIVE Project Coming To Pacific Ave

Another MASSIVE Project Coming To Pacific Ave We got some exciting news coming out of the Wildwoods today. BG Capital announced today that they have acquired more property on the island and plan on building yet another amazing project. For those who don’t know, BG Capital has been at the heart of many of the …

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Riggins Gas Station Demolition To Start Soon

Riggins Gas Station Demolition To Start Soon Crews at the Riggins Gas Station, located at 325 W Rio Grande Ave, have been very busy getting the area ready to be knocked down. For those who don’t know, Riggins Gas Station, it’s two service garages and the house on 310 Taylor are getting knocked down. In …

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Wildwood Construction Projects – Jan 2021

Wildwood Construction Projects – Jan 2021 There are so many different projects going on through-out the entire island. This seems like the most action going on since 2006. Two months ago I recorded a video showcasing all the projects taking place.In that video I said we would return ever 4-6 weeks to give you updates. …

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New Coffee Shop Coming To Wildwood – Five Mile Grind

New Coffee Shop Coming To Wildwood – Five Mile Grind Here at the Wildwood Video Archive the one thing we live off of is coffee. There is no such thing as enough coffee spots! If you are like us then this news will surely make you happy! A new coffee spot was just announced in …

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