Two County residents were arrested by Wildwood Police Monday after a motor vehicle stop yielded narcotics, and an illegally possessed weapon. Police announced charges were filed against 33 year old Kevin Finnegan of the Villas, and 29 year old Jamie Arrington of Middlesex. Finnegan was taken to the County Jail, while Arrington was released on…
Wildwood has reportedly agreed to a $325,000 settlement with a woman who sued the city after she was arrested on the beach back in 2018. NJ Advance Media reports that the city has settled with Emily Weinman, who sued after she was confronted by two seasonal officers on the city’s beach. A video of the…
Wildwood’s Glenwood Avenue School and Early Childhood Annex have both switched to 100 percent remote learning as of today. School Superintendent J. Kenyon Cummings notes in a letter to parents that both schools will be closed to in-person learning through December 10th. In-person learning has been suspended.
62 year old Donald Falcone of North Wildwood has been charged by Wildwood Police with burglary and aggravated assault following an incident at a home on East Magnolia Avenue on November 21st. Police say Falcone knocked on the door of an apartment with a crowbar-like object. Falcone dropped the crowbar and retrieved two kitchen knives…
The Wildwood City Commission is holding a special meeting via a virtual platform this morning. The Commission is meeting at 10:00am to discuss an application regarding Maxwell Field to the Cape May County Open Space Program. Recently, applications were made to the program by both Lower Township and Avalon.
There will be no recount of the votes in West Wildwood, and three new commissioners will be sworn in to office in six weeks. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez has denied a petition for a recount. That means John Banning, Matthew Ksiazek and Joseph Segrest are the election…
Circle the date of May 8th, 2021. That’s the date the Morey Organization plans to open up its first popular amusement pier for the 2021 summer season. The Mariner’s Pier will open on that date, with the Surfside and Adventure piers opening a little later in the same month. Both water parks will open in…
Wildwood celebrating the opening of a new outdoor loaning park donated by citizens and businesses. The Socratic Outdoor Learning Center of Wildwood, or SOLCOW, was dedicated on Thursday at New York and West Poplar avenues in the city. It will serve as an outdoor classroom for the Glenwood Avenue Elementary School, and also welcome residents…
A $7.4 million rehabilitation of the Middle Thorofare Bridge between the Wildwoods and the greater Cape May area will begin the next week or two. County officials announced that a contract has been awarded for the work, which will initially begin with railing replacements. The bridge will also get new guide rails, a fender system,…
Wildwood officials will be holding a public meeting on November 25th in an attempt to solicit input on a potential application to the Cape May County Open Space Program. The city announced on its website that it may look to construct a new fitness track, and a playground at the Maxwell Field complex. The meeting…