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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!

2017 Wildwood Opening Days

2017 Wildwood Opening Days With the warm temperatures we just had this past weekend it feels like spring is slowing coming. We are finally starting to get some schedules from your favorite places being posted. As soon as we find out new dates for other places we will be sure to post them online for …

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Where Cape May Got It’s Name

Where Cape May Got It’s Name Are you anything like us and wondered where Cape May got it’s name? It’s the kind of question that had me digging deep into the history books to find. Just think about this, Manhattan was first mapped in 1609 by Henry Hudson. He set up the lower region of …

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Another Wildwood Neon Sign Sent To The Dumpster

Another Wildwood Neon Sign Sent To The Dumpster That’s right folks! Sadly yet another Wildwood Neon Sign has made its way into a dumpster. It makes me sad to see such a thing happen. Here at the Wildwood Video Archive we strive to save Wildwood history. Let me fill you in! On January 23rd we …

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Launching of A Concrete Ship

Everyone has heard of the The SS Atlantus, Cape May’s Concrete Ship, check out how the concrete ship was launched into action.  The SS Atlantus, was launched on December 5th 1918, and was the second (2nd) concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet. All in all there were only twelve (12) concrete ships …

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The Travel Channel Visited Daytona Inn

The Travel Channel Visited Daytona Inn We just found out something really cool and had to share it with you all! This past year The Travel Channel stopped by wildwood for a filming of their reality television show, “Hotel Impossible.” If you missed the airing of the show, do not worry as we have it …

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