Former Wildwood High School baseball standout Brendan Bean will continue his career at Gloucester Catholic High School. The Gazette Leader’s Brian Cunniff reports that Bean will attend the school for his senior year and play baseball. Bean had noted an alleged lack of respect from coaches and administrators at Wildwood High.
Two South Jersey communities that postponed their July Fourth fireworks displays to Saturday, July 9th, successfully launched their shows despite the threat of more bad weather. Thousands of people lined the Wildwoods Boardwalk between Pine and Ocean Avenues to view the Independence Day Fireworks show that ran twice as long as the weekly Friday Night…
On Friday the Ocean City Beach Patrol won their 17th overall Cape May County Lifeguard Championships at the Rambler Road beach in Wildwood Crest. Ocean City won it’s fourth straight team title by one point over the Wildwood Beach Patrol, who were leading going into the final event after wins in the doubles and singles…
One of the many beach activities this weekend includes the Beach Meet, a pole vaulting and track and field competition on the Wildwood beach. The meet will be held on Saturday and Sunday, with pole vaulting being the main attraction on Saturday, with other events held on Sunday. The event will be held between Adventure…
Here comes the Beach Glow Music Festival. Despite objections from some Wildwood business owners, the city will welcome the two day festival on the beach at East Burke Avenue on Friday and Saturday. This year’s festival will feature more than a dozen pop and electronic acts with funds going to a nonprofit charity. Some business…
Two men have been arrested during a major drug bust in Wildwood. Police announced an investigation into street level sales of narcotics from a property located in the 200 block of East Glenwood Avenue. Police charged 39 year old Miguel Rivera Ramos and 29 year old Fonzell Bevans of Camden with various drug possession and…
The City of Wildwood will be getting $30,000 to help clean up from the beach concert events of the July Fourth Weekend. The concert promoter, Boardwalk Entertainment Co., agreed to pay Wildwood $1 from every ticket sold, for an estimated total of $30,000. City officials were pleased with the overall event even though some last…
The Wildwoods Independence Day Fireworks Celebration has been postponed because of the possibility of inclement weather on July 4th. The July 4th fireworks will take place on Saturday, July 9th, at 10 p.m. from the Pine Avenue Beach. The regularly scheduled Friday Night Fireworks will still be held on Friday, July 8th at 10 p.m. The Tim McGraw beach…
A Philadelphia Pops concert scheduled for Wildwood on Saturday will not happen. The concert was scheduled to occur at the Lincoln Avenue beach on Saturday evening, but the event is now off and has been replaced by a free concert featuring local musicians and a barbecue. Tickets for the Pops were $25 for adults, $10…
Two Wildwood firefighters assisted on the birth of a baby girl on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters Mathew Long and Krystle Hill responded to the 300 Block of East Young Avenue for a maternity call and found the the mother’s delivery was imminent. Long and Hill delivered the baby without complications and mother and child were both…