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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!

New Jersey Turnpike 1950s Newsreel

New Jersey Turnpike 1950s Did you know that the New Jersey Turnpike developed new building ideas that are now used on roads across America? It’s questions like these that will be answered in this 1950’s newsreel about the New Jersey Turnpike.  Jump back in time and see what the “brand new” New Jersey Turnpike looked …

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Wildwood Storm Recap

Wildwood weather and storms are some of the most unpredicted kinds of force that I will never quite understand. One second a storm could be coming and then boom, disappears in the back bays. Other times storms come out of no where with no warning. Yesterday’s storm was one of those, hey where did that …

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Cape May’s Concrete Ship’s Bell Found, Sorta

Cape May’s Concrete Ship’s Bell Found, Sorta This great story that only a hand full of people know about is brought to us by Ben Miller. A story that can finally be told… People often forget that at one time, the SS Atlantus was a viable ship and transported untold numbers of troops across the …

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Video Of Hindenburg in Cape May

Hindenburg in Cape May We all have seen the Hindenburg photo over Wildwood, but did you know there was a video that existed of the Hindenburg in Cape May? This photo (pictured on the right) which by the caption below is titled, “Von Hindenburg Just Prior To Blown Up” is an incredible photo, but some …

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Wildwood’s Ice Hot Teppanyaki

If you have noticed, there is a new dessert shop on the boardwalk calledIce Hot Teppanyaki. Of course, I have never heard of such a dessert before so I decided to check it out for myself. I have a feeling that this new shop will be busy through-out the summer.I bet you are wondering what …

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Jersey Shore Horseshoe Crabs

Jersey Shore Horseshoe Crabs If you have been visiting many seaside towns in Cape May County, I bet you have been seeing lots of Horseshoe Crabs on the beach. Me being very curious about why this is happening, I decided to do a little research of my own. The over 400 million year old Horseshoe …

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