WILDWOOD — While Wildwood is known for its doo-wop mom-and-pop accommodations, the Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement Authority is taking the first steps to bring a large hotel chain onto the island.

According to the GWTIDA executive board, the Convention Center often loses potential clients because of the inability to accommodate large groups at one hotel, such as the Governor’s Tourism Conference.

John Lynch, whose Lunch with Lynch Foundation helped organize the penny drive, along with Scott Gregg and other members of the Wildwood public works department, get ready to plant two trees at Fountain Park on May 22.  

Two trees planted at Fountain Park

WILDWOOD – Months of saving their pennies, students at Glenwood Avenue Elementary School got to see what their hard work and a real-life lesson of the Lorax could do for a local park.

On May 22, two purple leaf plum trees were planted at a site that many students walk by everyday – Fountain Park, on Magnolia and Glenwood on New Jersey Avenue in Wildwood.

photo by Jen Arthur

The Wildwood Boardwalk draws quite a crowd with the warm weather, car show and attractions being opened Saturday, May 12.

photo by Jen Arthur

WILDWOOD — After about 20 years, a surge in criminal activity and a decrease in police manpower, the city has a new town watch program.

All it took was a group of residents that “wanted to step up to the plate,” said Commissioner Tony Leonetti, who is in charge of public safety.

Cornelius Maxwell, Christopher Fox and Scott Golden said they have a lot of work in front of them, including repairing the town’s camaraderie and budget.

WEST WILDWOOD — After four years of political turmoil, three men who ran as a team were sworn in as Borough Commissioners on May 15.

Former state senator James Cafiero, who served as the borough's solicitor in the 1960s, administered the oath to Christopher Fox, Scott Golden and Cornelius “Max” Maxwell in front of an audience of supporters in borough hall.