First Published: 9:54 AM PDT, May 17, 2021
Isaiah Alexander Nelson, 17, and 16-year-old Prestin Wayne Nixon of Wildwood Florida were found in the area of County Road 219 on Wednesday at approximately 5:07 a.m. when sheriffs responded to a report, according to police.
Two teenage boys with a promising future were found shot to death and left for dead on a Florida roadside. Police believe it was not a random act and authorities are now searching for the suspects, officials said.
Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Alexander Nelson and 16-year-old Prestin Wayne Nixon of Wildwood, Florida were found in the area of County Road 219 on Wednesday at approximately 5:07 a.m. when sheriffs responded to a report, according to a statement by the Sumter County Sheriff s Office.
Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths have been plummeting for weeks. The state s rate of fully vaccinated individuals is almost at 50 percent. And later this month, restaurants and retailers throughout New Jersey will be allowed to fully reopen with social distancing precautions.
And that could translate into a summer of record profits at the Jersey Shore, according to Ben Rose, director of marketing for The Greater Wildwood Tourism Authority.
But South Jersey beach-town businesses are worried the worker shortage seen elsewhere will pop up on the boardwalks, too.
With the Memorial Day Weekend opening of the summer season just weeks away, almost every Ocean City Boardwalk business is facing a staffing shortage, said Chuck Bangle, a co-owner of Manco & Manco Pizza. The story is the same along the Wildwood Boardwalk, Stone Harbor s vibrant main drag, 96th Street, and all the way up and down the coast, according to officials and business owners.
Between visa issues and COVID, Jersey Shore attractions worry about labor shortage
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A official of Morey s Piers said the company was worried that visa problems could cause a labor shortage this summer. A ride was sanitized on opening day last summer at Mariner s Amusement Pier in Wildwood, one of five Morey s locations where the company hopes to hire 1,500 workers this summer. Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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If every single Wildwood High School senior worked at Morey’s Piers, that still would only fill about 3% of the summer jobs at the company’s five locations.
High school boy’s hoops are heating up in North Central Florida as regional semifinal games commence on Tuesday night. Notably, in Class 1A, the defending state champion Hawthorne Hornets (13-9) will travel 60 miles south to Wildwood to take on the Wildcats (19-7).
A Tough Road Test for the Hornets
When Hawthorne head coach Greg Bowie joined Sport Scene with Steve Russell on Monday, he spoke highly of Wildwood.
The Wildcats’ athleticism begins with senior forwards Alfred Corbin (6’3″) and Joe Poyser (6’4″). Each lead the team in scoring, averaging just over 15 points per game. The lengthy Poyser hounds the boards, too, as he nabs a team-leading 9.1 rebounds per game.