The Wildwood FMBA Local # 50 is hosting a 3 hour “Smoke Recognition” class on Wednesday September 16, at the Wildwood Convention Center from 7:00-10:00 p.m. The class is being taught by Safety and Survival LLC. The class coincides with the NJ State Firefighters Assoc. Convention being held that week.
This year’s MidAtlantic fishing tournament began on Monday with 139 boats in competition. The five-day event features a tournament record purse of $2.81 million. The field of anglers fishes out of Cape May, New Jersey and Ocean City, Maryland. Sixty boats went out on Tuesday, while 127 boats fished on Monday. Ryan Carroll, of Dallas,…
The Wildwood Leader reports that there has been a rebirth of youth football in Wildwood. In recent weeks nearly 85 football players, from grades one through eight, have been practicing at Maxwell Field in Wildwood without pads, as they prepare for a comeback season. Wildwood has not fielded a football team at the pre-high school…
On Tuesday, the fourth tropical depression to form in the Atlantic Ocean this season, developed into Tropical Storm Danny, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 50 miles per hour as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center forecast says that Danny could become the season’s first hurricane before the weekend. The storm is still…
Ocean City residents will be able to learn more about dredging plans in the community next week. Mayor Jay Gillian announced a town hall meeting on dredging for Tuesday Aug. 25 at 7 pm. The meeting will take place at the Senior Center. Representatives from ACT Engineers will be on hand to provide an update…
A Wildwood man was taken in for possession of heroin and cocaine by police. This arrest was the conclusion of a cooperative investigation between the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Task Force, the Wildwood Police Department Detective Division, the DEA and members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. 37-year-old Kahyyam…
The Wildwood Police Department will be ensuring motorists drive sober or get pulled over in the weeks leading up to Labor Day. A grant from the State of New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety will allow the city to put more officers on its streets during the Labor Day holiday as part of its…
It was another banner summer weekend at the Jersey Shore. Huge crowds packed beaches from Asbury Park south to Cape May over the weekend thanks to sunshine and no rain in the forecast. Tourism experts in Cape May County are optimistic that this summer may be an all time record setter in terms of the…
YOPO, “You Only Pope Once.” Cape May Brewery made national news with the announcement of their new brew. The beer is named in honor of the visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia in Sept. The beer will be available in their tasting room and at places that serve Cape May Brewery beginning Sept. 21. Cape…
Two vehicles collided in Lower Township and one ended up hitting a business. Lower Township Police tell Coastal Broadcasting that the accident took place on Wednesday evening, just before 9 p.m. The initial investigation revealed that the driver of the first vehicle, a 19 year old male of Newtown PA, was attempting to make a…