🌱 Wildwood Crest crews help save dog after golf cart fire spreads
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Wildwood Crest! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Wildwood Crest crews help save dog after golf cart fire spreads
- Flood-soaked batteries in Wildwood Crest could ignite—what you should do now
Also on today's calendar: The Race Of Gentlemen Oct. 3 & 4 Sat. & Sun. and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A little morning rain; cooler, with a high of 65 and low of 62 degrees.
- Sunday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 65, low: 60.
- Monday: Sunshine, breezy and warmer, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Flooded Golf Cart Sparks West Wildwood House Fire, Firefighters Rescue Family Dog (shorenewsnetwork.com) — Wildwood Crest EMS crews helped save a family dog after a flood‑damaged golf cart ignited and sent flames up a three‑story home in neighboring West Wildwood. Firefighters from Wildwood Crest and surrounding towns quickly contained the blaze, and officials are now stressing that residents should move any battery‑powered vehicles or tools exposed to recent floodwaters well away from homes and avoid charging them. 
• Caldwell scandal expands: Plainfield church suspends him (nj1015.com) — Wildwood officials are warning Wildwood Crest residents to treat any lithium‑ion batteries that were submerged in recent coastal flooding as potential fire hazards. The Wildwood fire chief urges people not to use or charge flood‑damaged e‑bikes, scooters, golf carts, or other battery‑powered gear and to move them away from homes after a submerged golf cart battery sparked a serious house fire in nearby West Wildwood.
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The Race Of Gentlemen Oct. 3 & 4 Sat. & Sun. →
Wildwood Beach, Wildwood
8:00 am -
Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale →
Grand Avenue, Grand Ave, North Brunswick Township
9:30 am
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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Wildwood, NJ- The Golden Ghouls →
MudHen Brewing Company, 127 W Rio Grande Ave, Wildwood
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Shuffleboard
Greater Wildwood Elks Lodge #1896, 109 West 1st Avenue, North Wildwood
5:30 pm -
Triva-Jim Hayes
Greater Wildwood Elks Lodge #1896, 109 West 1st Avenue, North Wildwood
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Music Bingo-J Hayes
Greater Wildwood Elks Lodge #1896, 109 West 1st Avenue, North Wildwood
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Shuffleboard
Greater Wildwood Elks Lodge #1896, 109 West 1st Avenue, North Wildwood
5:30 pm -
Triva-Jim Hayes
Greater Wildwood Elks Lodge #1896, 109 West 1st Avenue, North Wildwood
7:00 pm -
Steve Cofield and Sweet at Gondolier Motel →
Gondolier Motel, 5701 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood Crest
1:00 pm -
Jay Siegel and The Tokens →
Wildwoods Convention Center, 4501 Boardwalk, Wildwood
7:00 pm
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Tuesday October 6
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Morning Flight Experience →
Higbee Beach Morning Flight Observation Deck, Cape May
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Cape May Scavenger Hunt Walking Tour & Game →
Downtown Cape May, Cape May
8:00 am -
The Little Sit (ASL Provided)
South Cape May Meadows Preserve, Boardwalk Trail's observation platform, Cape May
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The Nature Conservancy Little Sit Event Cape May →
The Nature Conservancy’s South Cape May Meadows, 692 Sunset Blvd, Cape May
8:00 am
Saturday October 3
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🗞 Nearby News
Wildwood
- Send in the clowns (illinoistimes.com)
- Riley Green Is Heading Back to Barefoot Country Music Fest in 2027 (925xtu.com)
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Cape May
- Van Drew's South Jersey Seat Joins Democrats' List of 2026 House Targets (centraljersey.com)
- How the Coast Guard Is Executing Force Design 2028: Leadership, Funding & Contract Awards (govconwire.com)
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