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Differences Of Opinion On How To Protect Shores In North Wildwood

A longstanding feud between North Wildwood and the state Department of Environmental Protection over how to best address the immediate threat posed by the Atlantic Ocean continued this month, with the city’s mayor and the commissioner of the state agency trading letters expressing disagreement over what should be done this winter to address a serious shore protection problem. The Cape May County Herald reports in a letter to the DEP Commissioner, North Wildwood’s Mayor wrote that erosion, which “accelerated dangerously” during the final weekend in September, makes any potential effort to import sand “unworkable.”

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