The Corcoran family of North Wildwood has offered a cash reward for the return of the American flag that draped their brother’s casket. Patrick Corcoran was lost at sea during the Vietnam War and the family has been flying the flag on holidays for the past ten years. It was stolen from the flagpole in the…
Tremendous crowds in North Wildwood over the weekend for the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship and Anglesea Blues Festival. The weekend event featured plenty of food, music, and beverages and tens of thousands of visitors participated. The event started 18 years ago and features a $10,000 prize for the best barbecue.
Uber is putting a hurting on taxi drivers in North Wildwood, and they came to a recent Council meeting to state their case. Taxi cab drivers licensed in the city came to the July 5th Council meeting to ask for the city’s help with regulating Uber drivers in the resort. One taxi cab operator stated…
North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello has ordered flags in the city to be flown at half mast, in honor of the five officers of the Dallas Police Department who lost their lives at a protest on Thursday. Law Enforcement agencies across the country held prayer sessions at noon on Friday, at the request of the…
Three people were rescued off the coast of North Wildwood near Champagne Island Thursday afternoon. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the beach patrol in the city assisted three people to get to shore after they had difficulty swimming back; three others were kicked off the island. The island is a sandbar off the…
North Wildwood Police are looking for a flag bandit who struck on the Fourth of July. A very special 10-foot American flag on display was taken from a flagpole early Monday morning. The flag belonged to the Corcoran family, whose son Patrick was killed in the Vietnam War in 1969. The flag that was draped…
A North Wildwood resident was charged with forgery to obtain additional benefits from Social Services. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of Riki Bryant. The 38-year-old was charged with forgery and she was released on a summons. The press release states that Bryant is subject to three to five years in prison…
A 20 year old North Wildwood man has been charged with posting a threat about a mass shooting on Facebook. Jake M. Freeman of North Wildwood was charged by the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office with making a false public alarm; his bail was set at $25,000. Prosecutor Robert Taylor says his office will use…
There were plenty of wind related damages and electrical outages reported throughout Cape May County from Tuesday’s storms but no injuries. The Wildwood Leader reports that as of Tuesday evening the county office of emergency management had no reported injuries from the storm, but plenty of damage. In North Wildwood a house under construction on…
Taxi cab issues involving the Wildwoods will now be handled by the Greater Wildwood Tourism Improvement and Development Authority. Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano says the island’s mayors do not believe they should be in the taxicab business and have handed all taxi-related public transportation issues over to the Authority. The cab fares will pay the…