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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!

New Bakery Is Coming To Wildwood Crest!

New Bakery Is Coming To Wildwood Crest! The list of new businesses coming to the Wildwoods is just getting bigger every week! Today we have the great pleasure of welcoming a new business, Barry’s Buns, to Wildwood Crest. Located at 6107 New Jersey Ave, Barry’s Bunswill be taking over the Homestyle to go building. Besides …

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Crest’s Sunrise Park Construction Update

Crest’s Sunrise Park Construction Update Lately we have been getting tons of questions about Crest‘s new Sunrise Park. For those unfamiliar with it, Sunrise Park is located at Ocean Ave (Next to Rambler Road) and didn’t have too much on it besides a small jungle gym with some swings. Over a year ago we broke …

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Morey’s Piers 2021 Opening Dates

Morey’s Piers 2021 Opening Dates Here is a snap shot of opening dates: Curley’s Fries both locations – April 2nd Mariners Pier – May 8th Surfside Pier – May 22nd Adventurer Pier (With Extreme Rides) – May 28th Raging Waters Water Park – June 12th Ocean Oasis Water Park – June 19th Press Release The …

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Mack’s Pizza 2021 Opening Day Announced

Mack’s Pizza 2021 Opening Day Announced You know that spring is almost here when the boardwalk pizzas places start opening! It’s never truly spring until the boardwalk air smells like funnel cake and pizza! On Facebook, Mack’s Pizza announced that they will be opening for the season on March 26th for their 69th season. Mack’s …

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Wildwood Boardwalk ICON Passes – Sam Spera

Wildwood Boardwalk ICON Passes – Sam Spera There is some extremely sad news coming out of North Wildwood today. Sam Spera, the founder of Sam’s Pizza, has passed at the age of 92. The news comes from a Facebook post on the Sam’s Pizza Palace page. Mr. Spera really truly lived what you call the …

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NJ Indoor Capacity To Increase to 50%

NJ Indoor Capacity To Increase to 50% Have you heard the good news yet? Over 925,000 New Jerseyans have been full-vaccinated. This is great news as this helps us to get to herd immunity. Since covid-19 cases and deaths in the state of New Jersey have been dropping New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy, has decided …

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Found Unexploded WWII Ordnances Detonated On Cape May Beach

Found Unexploded WWII Ordnances Detonated On Cape May Beach It was surely an interesting day in Cape May yesterday. If you lived on the island or near by, you may have heard a loud explosion which would have sound like a bomb going off. Turns out… that’s what it was! According to the Cape May …

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Movie Filming In Cape May + Wildwood

Movie Filming In Cape May + Wildwood Lights, camera action Cape May County!! There is a movie filming all over Cape May and Wildwood! Over past few weeks we had been noticing some film cameras around Cape May County. From the Douglas pavilion on the Wildwood Boardwalk to the Cape May beach, a small camera …

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N. Wildwood’s St. Patty’s Day Parade Will NOT Take Place

N. Wildwood’s St. Patty’s Day Parade Will NOT Take Place We have been getting tons of questions about the St. Patrick’s Day festivities that is taking place in North Wildwood. The Mayor of North Wildwood, Patrick Rosenello, put out an announcement last night to help fix any confusion. In his letter he apologized for the …

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