The Boardwalk Basketball Classic at the Wildwoods Convention Center resumed after the Christmas holiday. In boys action on Saturday, Wildwood lost to MaST Charter (PA) 57 to 54, Cape May Tech fell to Boys Latin (PA) 78-20 and Lower Cape May defeated Kings Christian 34-32. Then on Sunday Cape May Tech took down Wildwood in…
Families in South Jersey gave Coast Guard recruits the feeling of the holidays. Operation Fireside took place again on Christmas with families that opened up their homes to recruits to have a holiday experience. Roughly 100 families donate their homes to allow the recruits in. It takes place twice a year, for Thanksgiving and Christmas.…
Ocean City will be honoring their long time clerk during Monday’s council meeting. City Clerk Linda MacIntyre is retiring at the end of the month and will be honored during the meeting on Monday at 1 p.m. She worked for 44 years with the city. The agenda is brief otherwise with improvements to various racquet…
Families are invited to join the elves and staff at the Cape May County Park and Zoo for their annual Holiday Break Zoo Camp scheduled during the winter school break. “The Holiday Break Zoo Camp” is targeted to children from ages 4-9, and will focus on educating and entertaining children about animals that live in colder…
Just in time to meet the completion of the newly built Spotted Leopard Habitat, an 8-year old female Amur leopard arrived at the Cape May County Zoo. The Amur Leopard, named Judah, is a very rare subspecies of the Spotted Leopard that originates from the Amur River Valley between the border of Northern China, the…
The annual economic forecast for the Wildwoods has a date. Jay M. Ford will speak at the 2016 Annual Economic Outlook for the Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 13. The annual event takes place at the Wildwoods Convention Center at 11:30 a.m. with lunch and a presentation starting at noon. The lunch buffet…
Many in the area were cheering on Tim Samson on Monday night, but he didn’t win the ABC show, “The Great Holiday Baking Show.” Morey’s Piers Marketing Director Tim Samson made it to the finals of the new ABC show that aired over the last four Monday’s at 10 p.m. Samson didn’t end up taking…
All students in the Wildwood Public School District will now be able to eat breakfast and lunch for free. Effective Jan. 1, every student in the district, regardless of household income or financial resource, will be able to enjoy a free nutritious breakfast and lunch at no cost to that family. The funding comes through…
A number of local communities will have body cameras on their police department soon. Nine municipalities and the sheriff’s department in Cape May County all received awards by the state’s Attorney General for body cameras. The biggest awards went to Middle Township (48), Lower Township (46), and Wildwood (39). Bridgeton, Millville, and Vineland all got…
In the wake of a recent teen death, the Middle Township Police Department is launching a Street Crimes Unit. The belief is that this will bolster existing efforts to combat crime in Rio Grande. A press release noted that many people with violent histories have ended up in motels in Rio Grande and aren’t even…