North Wildwood News

For the first time since Tropical Storm Ida started pounding the Jersey Shore three days ago, Betty Collins carefully ventured out of her Wildwood home today.

THE WILDWOODS "Mother Nature gives and Mother Nature takes away." So an avuncular-looking gentleman was overheard saying to a small boy Sunday as they surveyed the scene at North Wildwood's Second Avenue beach, where Mother Nature saw fit last week to take away an entire dune system.

Emergency management officials fanned out across the southern New Jersey coast on Tuesday, cataloguing damage to dunes, beaches and property from last week's nor'easter. Representatives from local, county, state and federal agencies are documenting damages and developing cost estimates for Gov.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida have been blasting areas of the East Coast for the better part of four days, and the storm was flooding town at the Jersey shore.

A man's body was found floating in the floodwaters in North Wildwood, N.J. Police discovered the body of George W. Huber, 66, along the 200 block of W. 18th Street Thursday night.

November 13, 2009 -- Cape May County authorities are investigating the death of a North Wildwood man, whose body found in flood waters on Thursday night.

MAYS LANDING Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel has announced that Hamilton Township resident Lisa Hare, 41, was charged on Nov.

WILDWOOD CREST Last week, the governing bodies of both Wildwood Crest and North Wildwood took the formal steps necessary to establish their new construction offices and share certain construction-related services, as they prepare to end their relationship with the Construction Office of the Wildwoods at the end of the year.

RIO GRANDE During the off-season at Mimmo's Italian Bistro in Rio Grande, every Wednesday night is Sinatra Night.

Correction The graphic accompanying last week's article entitled "Your Tax Dollars at Work: The Cost of Your Public Works Department," which ran at pages 10-11 of the Oct.

THE WILDWOODS A combination of high tides and successive nor'easters moving through the county last weekend brought vehicles throughout the Wildwoods to a watery stop, but it couldn't drown out the music and gaiety of the annual Fabulous '50's Weekend.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie is hitting the road. Christie's campaign announced today the candidate will ride a bus to all 21 New Jersey counties between Wednesday and Election Day Nov.

New beach funds headed for county WASHINGTON Senator Frank Lautenberg last week announced some big ticket Senate-approved federal funding which, if approved by President Obama as expected, will be headed for New Jersey shore communities, for both beach feasibility studies and more beach replenishment.

As expected, due to the Nor'easter that is pelting Cape May County on Saturday, Oct.

So far, in this municipal salary series, we've explored what your tax dollars pay for in terms of municipal government, from mayor and council, behinds the scenes administration, police, recreation and now public works.

These beach nourishment projects are included in the 2010 spending bill for water and energy programs: Cape May County Cape May Inlet to Lower Township: $189,000 for Cape May Inlet Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach: $6.1 million in Ocean City Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet: $1.8 million in Ocean City Hereford Inlet to Cape May Inlet: ...

N.J. Bracing For Second Nor'easter Share + Oct 17, 2009 12:53 pm US/Eastern N.J. Bracing For Second Nor'easter TRENTON, N.J. 1 of 1 "Flooding on my street in North Wildwood.

The citya s Office of Emergency Management urges all residents on the west side of town to be prepared to move their vehicles to higher ground during the anticipated high tides the night of Oct.

Cape May County Prosecutor Robert L. Taylor and Sheriff Gary Schaffer have partnered in a Cape May County Most Wanted Program.

Earlier in the week, I posted some pictures of Monarch butterflies that I saw around Cape May.