North Wildwood News

10 p.m., July 4. Also, an Independence Day Parade is planned for 9 a.m. at 15th and Atlantic Avenues, North Wildwood, and proceeds to 2nd Avenue.

A local woman recently drowned in New Jersey, just a day after her 27th birthday.

As 4th of July weekend approaches, people are scurrying down to the Jersey shore as early as possible to beat the holiday traffic.

North Wildwood Police have identified the Hereford Inlet drowning victims as Jamilah Watkins, a 27-year-old female from South Carolina, and a 15-year-old from Middletown, Conn., whose name is not being released.

Officials suspect rip currents are to blame for the drowning deaths of a woman and a child at the Jersey shore.

A second swimmer was pulled from the water, but was unresponsive and was taken to Cape Regional Medical Center.

The Coast Guard says a child has drowned and a 28-year-old woman has been pulled from the surf unresponsive off the South Jersey resort community of North Wildwood.

Preparations are being made for the 2009 Miss North Wildwood scholarship pageant, which will be held July 16 at the Lou Booth Amphitheater.

On June 26 members of the Wildwood Police Department, New Jersey State Police, Coast Guard, Wildwood and North Wildwood Fire Departments responded to Schellenger Avenue and the beach to assist with the report of a male victim stranded in open water and being carried away from the shoreline.

Saturday, June 27, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at North Wildwood Recreation Center, Ninth & Central Avenue, North Wildwood.

On Sunday, a special Mass will be celebrated at St. Ann Church, 2901 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood, at 11 a.m. with an appearance by the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Boysa Choir.

At the North Wildwood Beach Writers' Conference, Ventnor's Mary Marino, a retired lacrosse and field hockey coach from Rowan University, not only won first prize of $100 in the essay competition, but was the lucky winner in a drawing for the $700 cost toward the publication of her novel, "My Freshman Season." Marino's winning 350-word essay was ...

"Every day's a holiday and every night is a Saturday night." Bobby Rydell really hit the nail on the head with this line from his very famous and very catchy tune, Wildwood Days.

After a long day in the office, my real job as a mom begins. Joelle and Zachary are still at an age where Joe and I try to keep them on a schedule, this means dinner at 5:30 on the dot.

NORTH WILDWOOD For Patricia Gavin of this community, the Higbee trial awakened difficult memories.

Hello World!! Here at the Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce, we're getting ready for another weekend in the beautiful, South Jersey sunshine! If we can't fit in at least one beach day per week, we get cranky around here.

SUMMER at the shore has begun, and that means it's time to renew the great traditions that have survived for generations - building sand castles with the kids, strolling the boardwalk, riding the waves of the endless, rolling sea, basking in the warmth of the sun.

The Mummers Fancy Brigades come to North Wildwood June 13. This is the 15th year of the Mummers Brigade Weekend in North Wildwood.

Memorial Day 2009 is over. For me, it was a good one earnings wise. An excellent prelude to the coming summer, I hope.

A federal judge has sentenced Mark Bianchi, 46, of North Wildwood to 25 years in prison on charges he traveled to Eastern Europe to rape and molest boys.