Wildwood News

The Wildwoods will host the 11th annual New Jersey State Barbecue Championships and Anglesea Blues Festival July 10 to 12.

One of two people who drowned this week while swimming in the ocean is a 15-year-old girl from Middletown, police said.

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

Philadelphia resident James Moless, 26 is charged with a 2008 aggravated sexual assault, according to the Press of Atlantic City.

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

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The Coast Guard, along with local authorities, pulled two children and a 28-year-old woman from the ocean near northern Wildwood, N.J., after they were swimming on the beach.

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

Remember the tornado potato? That strange spiral-cut potato that's skewered and deep-fried? The street-food treat found in Seoul, South Korea? It did a whirlwind tour of the web in 2007, when the blog Superlocal posted a photo of it .

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

Yeah, training sucks. In any event Reality Fighting is hosting "The Battle On The Beach" Aug.

The competitive marble circuit has a new king and queen. Whitney Lapic, a 13-year-old Shillington, Pa., girl whose mother won the title 36 years ago, and 14-year-old Ricky Brode of Cumberland, Md., were crowned Thursday at the 86th annual National Marbles Tournament in 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.

The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps came in first, with a score of 76.438 out of 100 points, in the Sixth Annual Cabs Beach Party on Saturday in Wildwood, N.J. It was the corps' 40th consecutive win since 2005.

VINELAND -- Chuck Moren spent Father's Day weekend remembering his son. Josh Moren, 18, died last June, just weeks after graduating from Sacred Heart High School, where he was a standout baseball player.

Sunglass Depot, located on the Wildwood boards, has wall-to-wall sunglasses - from cool to the fun funky ones.

Hours: Serving dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.

Jeff VanMourik, vice chairman of Fire District 3, Erma, Monday requested Lower Township Council lease a parcel of land in Diamond Beach to the fire company for a fire station.

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.