Wildwood Crest News

To The Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol for the excellent and professional care they gave my granddaughter who was seriously injured in a surfing accident on June 14.

WILDWOOD CREST The wide, empty lot at the east end of Louisville Avenue, once home to the Crown Hotel, provides beachgoers with the rarest of sights: vacant beachfront property.

Tradition continues in Avalon Saturday with the 34th annual boat parade. Boats dressed in Red, White, & Blue will float from Cornell to Princeton Harbor starting at 4:30. Register your vessel at Community Hall, or just watch the fun.

Police arrested a 52-year-old man Saturday, June 27, after he allegedly exposed himself in a lewd manner to a group of five juvenile girls, ages 12 through 14, on the beach at Farragut Road.

The borough of Wildwood Crest will host its Fourth of July Freedom Festival Friday through Sunday, July 3-5 at the Gazebo-by-the-Sea at Rambler Road and Ocean Avenue.

When you think of a Fourth of July celebration, along with fireworks and freedom, does a burger come to mind? George Miller, owner of the Caribbean Motel here, wants the American creation to have an even bigger role in Fourth of July festivities, especially in the borough.

From the music of Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett to the arts and crafts specialties of dozens of vendors and much, much more, the Borough of Wildwood Crest is going all out to celebrate the anniversary of our nation's independence with its annual Fourth of July Freedom Festival.

A New Jersey man was arrested over weekend after allegedly exposed himself to a group of girls on a crowded beach in Wildwood Crest.

Former Crest police chief, Donald Sheehan, passes away CAPE MAY Donald J. Sheehan, who retired as Wildwood Crest Chief of Police in 1995, passed away at his home in this community on June 10.

WILDWOOD CREST a ' On Wednesday, June 24, a Wildwood Crest police dispatcher was instrumental in saving a teen aged choking victim.

This weeka s column is about being young and making life work on a budget and it is largely the words of Ashley Schumann that you will be reading.

Pack up your bikes and bring Dad to the Fourth Annual Wheelina the Wildwoods Bike Tour on Sunday, June 21 at 8 a.m. in Wildwood Crest.

Wildwood Crest Police are looking for the public's help in locating a suspect that may have been involved in an armed robbery on June 16.

The Borough of Wildwood Crest Recreation Department will once again present its free summer live music series from late June through August.

Before he broke into show business, Artie Lange once worked as a cab driver in New Jersey.

COURT HOUSE a ' Atlantic Cape Community College selected three Cape May County high school students to receive full-tuition Marjorie Ward Leaders Scholarships.

WILDWOOD CREST This community's leaders recently were faced with a difficult choice: agree to a request from the state's Council on Affordable Housing that the borough formally commit to future funding for affordable housing, or opt out of the COAH system and assume the potential risk of a so-called "builder's remedy" lawsuit.

The Jersey Shore isn't just about shot-and-beer bars, boardwalks, and take-out seafood.

The sun, the sand, the surf...nothing's better than spending your summer in the Wildwoods! Hi everyone! As Tracey has already mentioned, I'm Erin or "Intern" Erin as some so lovingly call me.

Cape May vendors don't relish a new change in the law. By Jacqueline L. Urgo Inquirer Staff Writer CAPE MAY - A hot-dog vendor war is brewing here, with military veterans fighting over prime sales locations and a new city ordinance that many think fails to cut the mustard.