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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!

COVID 19 City of North Wildwood Update

COVID 19 City of North Wildwood Update Here’s a letter Patrick Rosenello, Mayor of North Wildwood, sent out. While we are all keeping up with the national news, as it relates to COVID 19, I wanted to share some information specific to the City of North Wildwood. We are fortunate that due to stringent fiscal …

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Ocean City NJ Closes Their Boardwalk And Beaches

Ocean City NJ Closes Their Boardwalk And Beaches In a press release from Ocean City today, the Mayor, Jay A. Gillian, announced that closure of the Ocean City boardwalk and beaches. Below is the press release.   “The boardwalk and all beaches in Ocean City are closed effective immediately. An administrative order issued by the …

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Wildwood Event Cancellations and Reschedules

Wildwood Event Cancellations and Reschedules With the pandemic impacting most of the world and our local area, there was bound to be events that were going to be cancelled or rescheduled. This new list has been updated on August 26th. The Wildwoods tourism released a press release that provided an update to it’s calendar. Below …

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Masked Singer Contest

Hey all, Joey here! Thank you to everyone who submitted there drawing or trophy to our contest! This is how it will work! From now until April 1st, you can come on here and vote for your favorite. The photo with the most likes wins 2 Masked Singer pins! This is how you vote. Every …

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Atlantic City’s Steel Pier from the 1960s

Atlantic City’s Steel Pier from the 1960s One of the biggest things we do here on the Wildwood Video Archive is collect old 8mm, Super8mm films and more. We travel the state and go to estate sales to gather all these films. Once we get them we digitize them and add them online. It’s extremely …

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N.J. Gov. Murphy Says “Don’t Go To The Jersey Shore”

N.J. Gov. Murphy Says “Don’t Go To The Jersey Shore” PLEASE SHARE!! In a press briefing around 1:15 today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, announced his plan to help fight the coronavirus (COVID-19). In that plan Murphy echoed what the Wildwood’s Mayors, as a whole, had announced this past week and that is to stay …

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Inside The Boardwalk Mall

Inside The Boardwalk Mall A few days ago we brought you an update on how the construction is going at the Boardwalk Mall located. You can check out those photos by clicking the link below. Boardwalk Mall Construction Update For those who don’t know, Capt’n Jack’s Island Grill is opening a second location at the …

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The Wildwood Airshow Is Cancelled

The Wildwood Airshow Is Cancelled We are having more event cancellations out of Wildwood today as Seaport Pier announced that The Wildwood Airshow is not coming this summer due to COVID-19 coronavirus. Below is their statement. Out of an abundance of caution, The Wildwood Airshow regrettably will cancel the upcoming June 5-7, 2020 airshow in …

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Mayors of the Wildwoods Explain Request for Non-Permanent Residents to Remain at Primary Residences

Mayors of the Wildwoods Explain Request for Non-Permanent Residents to Remain at Primary Residences Press Release The mayors of the four municipalities of the Five Mile Island of the Wildwoods are urging non-permanent residents to remain at their primary residences rather than relocate to their homes in North Wildwood, Wildwood, West Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. …

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