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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!

Wildwood Crest Summer Music Series 2016 Schedule

The City of Wildwood Crest has released the information for 22 evenings of live music at Centennial Park.   Below is the list of the Wildwood Crest Summer Music Series dates and performers. June 25 – Parrotbeach (Jimmy Buffett tribute) July 2 – TBA July 9 – TBA July 16 – B Street Band (Springsteen tribute) …

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Another Successful Polar Plunge

Another Successful Polar Plunge is in the books and boy it was a fantastic one!   Nothing to start the year off then with one of the most satisfying charities,thespecial Olympics. At 1pm today1,100 polar plungers took the swim into the very cold 43 degree Wildwood ocean! With their generous donations they were able to …

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Rails To The Wildwoods

There used to be many different kinds of ways that people made it down to The Wildwoods. Before it was cars, it was trains, before trains it was large wooden ships. A lot of our transportation history made the Wildwoods intothe seaside destination it is today. Join me as wejump back in time and take …

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Wildwood New Jersey State Firemen’s Memorial Parade 2015

Wildwood New Jersey State Firemen’s Memorial Parade Wildwood New Jersey State Firemen’s Memorial Parade Wildwood NJ September 19th 2015 Full Parade New Jersey State Firemen’s Association Convention #WildwoodNewJersey #WildwoodNewJerseyStateFiremensParade #FiremensParade #WildwoodNJ #NewJerseyStateFiremensConvention Video by tornadochaser66

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GoodBye Lamp Post Diner

Before I start this article, I would like to give a big thank you toJackson Betz who provided the historical facts and information to make this article possible.   Goodbye Lamp Post Diner   In the past month (December), The Wildwoods saw the fall of two iconic places. We lost The Sand Castle Motel And …

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Christmas House Tour 2015

    We decided to take a night and drive around Wildwood to take pictures of some of the houses all dressed up for Christmas. We are choosing not to post the addresses in respect of the house owners. If your house is pictured below and you wish for it not to be on this …

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