The Latest Breaking News from North Wildwood

Two-year-old boy overdoses on cocaine on the Jersey Shore

Alexander Moles was charged after the youngster fell ill in North Wildwood at Jersey Shore

The Independent UK · Jul 26

New Jersey officials plot new ways to get more sand to the shore after $54 million project collapses

A yearslong battle to protect a stretch of New Jersey beaches from erosion has gone back to the drawing board, as local towns disagree over who should sacrifice their sand

The Independent UK · Feb 9

10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches

A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear of being wiped out by the next big storm is ending its decadelong battle with the state over the condition of its beaches and protective sand dunes

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

New Jersey blinks in dune repairs standoff, allows emergency erosion fixes in defiant town

New Jersey environmental officials will allow a shore town to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront, even as the two sides continue a years-long fight over how best to protect the popular Jersey Shore resort’s fragile coastline

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

NJ fines defiant shore town $12M over unapproved beach work

The sandstorm being waged between New Jersey environmental officials and a defiant shore town bolstering its dunes without state permission is intensifying

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Judge: Defiant NJ beach town can sue for $21M in dune costs

A New Jersey beach town that defied state environmental authorities and fixed its dunes after a fall storm caused serious erosion can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to recover $21 million it spent bulking up its shoreline over the past decade

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Beach town in sand dunes battle sues New Jersey for $21M

A beach town that is defying New Jersey’s order not to shore up its eroding sand dunes is suing the state for $21 million

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

Sand storm: NJ sues town that fixed eroded beach despite ban

A sand storm at the Jersey shore is escalating

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Shore town fixed eroded beach despite denial from New Jersey

When the remnants of Hurricane Ian chewed huge chunks out of its protective sand dunes earlier this month, North Wildwood asked New Jersey environmental officials for permission to do an emergency reconstruction of the sand piles

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022