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  • Cheap, pure, and deadly
    Regional

    Heroin a growing concern in county

    CAPE MAY COUNTY – A generation ago, heroin was all but unheard of in Cape May County.

    Veteran officers say there were other illicit drugs sold throughout the Jersey Cape, but heroin, considered a scourge of urban areas, was rarely seen. During the 1970s, according to several sources, the heroin bought at the street level was usually less than 5 percent pure, the rest made up of anything the dealer had handy, from power to brick dust. Starting in the 1990s, the highly addictive narcotic began…

  • County prosecutor has cameras on Ocean City, Wildwood ’walks
    Ocean City Gazette

    Several people enjoy a sunny spring day on the Ocean City boardwalk this week. The county prosecutor’s office is keeping an eye on the boardwalks in Ocean City and Wildwood, officials announced on Friday.

    Video cameras are installed on both boardwalks, with federal grant money from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness funding the purchase.

  • Final piece in place in Wildwood boardwalk attraction
    Wildwood Leader

    Workers guide the final piece of the Artbox into place on Adventure Pier on the Wildwood boardwalk Thursday, May 16. Workers in hardhats used a huge crane to lift the final piece in place for Artbox on the Morey’s Piers on Thursday afternoon.

    The attraction is made up of former shipping containers, repurposed as gallery space, a café and studios at Adventure Pier. According to Jack Morey, president of Morey’s Piers, part of the idea…

  • Wildwood defiant on FEMA maps
    Wildwood Leader

    FEMA News Photo by Bill Koplitz

    WILDWOOD — Commissioners say they refuse to adopt the current FEMA advisory base flood elevation maps as they stand.

    “I refuse to adopt any map that says that the back bay could see three feet of wave action,” Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. said at the May 8 commissioner’s meeting.

    However, if Wildwood commissioners do not adopt the maps, residents will not be eligible for grants to raise their homes and FEMA mitigation funds, according to Lawrence Hanja, a spokesman with the state Department of…

  • Wildwood seeks to attract tourists with magnet campaign
    Wildwood Leader

    Photo by Christie Rotondo/ Lori Roach of Laura’s Fudge puts a “DOO WW” magnet on her car.

    Watch for ‘Doo WW’ image 

    WILDWOOD- Now that it’s almost impossible to go anywhere on the Jersey Shore without seeing a “DO AC” magnet, Wildwood is hoping to get that same sort of recognition for their seashore resort, too.

    Patrick Rosenello, executive director of the boardwalk and downtown improvement districts, said that the districts are unveiling 10,000 “DOO WW” magnets this week.

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  • Improvements planned for Old NJ Ave
    Wildwood Leader

    File photo by Jen Marra/ Old New Jersey Avenue is the center for North Wildwood’s festivals and events, like the Mummer’s Brigade- where this photo of the crowd was taken last year. NORTH WILDWOOD- The city is planning to enhance Old New Jersey Avenue with a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation.

    According to city administrator Lou Belasco, the grant will…

Wildwood Leader

North Wildwood

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Written by Staff Reports Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:00 am

NORTH WILDWOOD- City Council adopted the 2013 Special Improvement District budget at their meeting Tuesday.

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Quotes of the Week> Apr. 18

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Written by Staff Reports Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:00 am

“I cannot be any more proud to say that I’ve spent 60 percent of life working for the city of North Wildwood.”
--Robert Matteucci, police chief of North Wildwood, on his plan to retire May 1.

“Going up there next year will be symbolic to the kids I teach and my own children.”
-- Tricia Lemma, a teacher at Wildwood Middle School, on her plan to run the Boston Marathon next year.

“We’re in for the fight of our lives.”
-- Barbara Bowden, who owns a beach house in North Wildwood, on her flood insurance rates.

   

No damage from Sandy, but a big jump in rates

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Last Updated on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 03:33 pm Written by Christie Rotondo Wednesday, April 17, 2013 03:28 pm

Photo by Christie Rotondo/ Jack and Barbara Bowden stand on the porch of their North Wildwood beach house, which the NFIP has increased the premium on to over $5,000 a year. Photo by Christie Rotondo/ Jack and Barbara Bowden stand on the porch of their North Wildwood beach house, which the NFIP has increased the premium on to over $5,000 a year. Owner wants to work out massive hike in flood insurance 

NORTH WILDWOOD- When Barbara Bowden heard that FEMA was conducting surveys of repetitive loss properties in North Wildwood, she thought that her insurance situation would finally be sorted out.

She purchased her beach house on Fifth Avenue in 1983, and from then until 2005 she submitted four claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency- making her home a repetitive loss property. 

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North Wildwood moves to ban laser pointers

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Last Updated on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 03:13 pm Written by Christie Rotondo Wednesday, April 17, 2013 02:50 pm

NORTH WILDWOOD- Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday banning the sale and possession of laser pointers in the city, stating that they are often aimed at vessels, aircraft, and police officers during the summer.

“When one of those are pointed at you, it feels like an invasion of your privacy,” Mayor Bill Henfey said at Tuesday’s council meeting.

The ordinance bans the sale or possession of laser pointers that exceed 1 milliwatt in output power.

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Teacher says she'll be back in Boston next year

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Last Updated on Thursday, April 25, 2013 08:00 pm Written by Christie Rotondo Wednesday, April 17, 2013 02:33 pm

'It's just heartbreaking. But one thing we can't do is teach our kids to live in fear.'- Tricia Lemma

WILDWOOD- Tricia Lemma, a teacher at Wildwood Middle School, says she still plans to run the Boston Marathon next year.

She said this on Wednesday, just 24 hours after two bombs exploded at the marathon’s finish line- killing three people and injuring more than 180.

“It’s just heartbreaking,” Lemma said. “But the one thing we can’t do is teach our kids to live in fear.”

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North Wildwood awards beach replenishment contract

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Last Updated on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:37 am Written by Christie Rotondo Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:32 am

NORTH WILDWOOD- The city bonded $3.5 million Tuesday for a beach dredging project, which will replenish sand lost at the city’s beaches hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy.

Mayor Bill Henfey said that the city expects to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimburse the city for 75 percent of the project.

Council unanimously awarded Norfolk Dredging a contract to replenish 150,000 cubic yards of sand lost from the city’s north-end beaches during Hurricane Sandy.

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Honored for donation to city

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Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:00 am

WILDWOOD- Commissioners honored Bill and Elaine Winters at the April 10 meeting for donating a mural to City Hall. 

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North Wildwood adopts $9.5M budget

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Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:00 am

NORTH WILDWOOD- City council adopted its 2013 municipal budget at their Tuesday meeting.

Despite a $9.5 million loss in ratables and the cost of health care on the rise, the budget called for no tax increase.

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