Early ticket sales are being offered on the Wildwood Catholic and St. Augustine Prep game at Wildwood Catholic on Wednesday night. The Wildwood Leader was the first to report that the presale for the boys basketball game is taking place during school hours and if any tickets remain they will be sold at the door.…
Another accomplice in the Wildwoods mortgage fraud scheme has been handed a 15 month prison sentence. 55 year old Paul Watterson of Mountainside was handed the sentence on Thursday for recruiting straw buyers to participate in the mortgage fraud scam that impacted Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. Watterson pocketed over a quarter of a million dollars,…
Dig out your bathing suit and join in the fun. The Special Olympics New Jersey returns to the Wildwoods to kick off 2016 with an icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, January 16 at 1 p.m. on the beach behind the Wildwoods Convention Center. The Polar Bear…
Two of the three Wildwood Commissioners were sworn in by Senate President Steve Sweeney. Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano and Commissioner Pete Byron were both sworn in by Sweeney during the reorganization meeting on Tuesday. Commissioner Tony Leonetti was also sworn into office. The three faced six candidates in November but swept the election to keep…
Wildwood is attempting to add to its calendar of events for 2016. Commissioner Pete Byron told Coastal Broadcasting that they are in talks with two different promoters to bring in two multi-day music events on the beach. Nothing could be announced at this point, but discussions are on-going. Byron said that the government is also…
Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Rio Grande for former Wildwood City Commissioner Billy Mitchell. Mitchell died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 70 following a bout with lung cancer. Mitchell served the Wildwood Police Department, the Wildwood Board of Education, and the Wildwood City Commission. Mitchell also earned a Purple Heart…
A man who was wanted in both Wildwood and Atlantic City on warrants was arrested in Harrison Township, New Jersey on a larceny charge stemming from Maryland. Police announced they arrested 49 year old Paul Fekete during a motor vehicle stop Sunday afternoon. Police learned that Fekete was wanted on warrants in Wildwood and Atlantic…
Wildwood Police recovered a handgun an 400 doses of heroin during a traffic stop on New Year’s Eve. City police announced the arrest of a passenger in the car, identified as 24 year old Malick Phillipe of Jamaica, New York. Police say Phillipe ran from the scene of the traffic stop but was captured a…
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney will be in Wildwood on Tuesday to swear in two of the three members of the Wildwood City Commission. The Wildwood Leader reports that Sweeney will swear in Pete Byron and Anthony Leonetti to serve on the City Commission. Not so for Mayor Ernie Troiano; he will be sworn…
Wildwood is moving forward with a beach redevelopment plan, but not all elected officials are on board with the project. Commissioner Tony Leonetti did not vote in favor of the plan when it was approved before the New Year’s holiday. The new plan will allow for greater income opportunities for the Wildwood beachfront between Cresse…