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Wildwood and Wildwood Crest don’t want to share sand with North Wildwood

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes borrowing from sand-rich Wildwood and Wildwood Crest to give to sand-poor North Wildwood. But Wildwood and the Crest say they need their very wide beaches.

Cinnaminson and William Paterson compete in the Sticks in the Sand Beach Hockey Tournament on the beach in Wildwood on July 23, 2022. Teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and along the East Coast competed in the tournament, the type of event Wildwood says is dependent on its wide beaches and which have become the economic engine of the beach town.
Cinnaminson and William Paterson compete in the Sticks in the Sand Beach Hockey Tournament on the beach in Wildwood on July 23, 2022. Teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and along the East Coast competed in the tournament, the type of event Wildwood says is dependent on its wide beaches and which have become the economic engine of the beach town.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
    by Amy Rosenberg
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