Atlantic City, Wildwood rated top boardwalks

By ELAINE ROSE

Southern New Jersey boardwalks took the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in a "Top 10" survey released by the Web site www.ForbesTraveler.com.

Atlantic City's Boardwalk, the first of its kind in the country, came out on top of the list. The Web site notes that the first boardwalk in the country was known as "a stage for the latest inventions and oddities" for much of the 20th century. It is now home to eight casinos and the annual Thunder Over the Boardwalk airshow.

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Watch the Tram Car....Please

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Yellow cars on Wildwood Boardwalk are a familiar sight to weary tourists

By COURTNEY McCANN

WILDWOOD - Joelle Ellis had never been so happy to see a tram car in her life.

Two years ago the State College, Pa. native, her husband and their young son, Jonah, were spending a family night out on the Boardwalk here when a spontaneous summer storm unloaded on the shore town.

Cold and drenched, the Ellises grimly entertained the prospect of lugging a sopping toddler several blocks down the Boardwalk to their lodgings. Then they spotted salvation in the form of a bright yellow tram car.

"It was packed. There were about six people crammed on each bench," Ellis said, recalling the event. "But it was…

NJ.Com Writer Looks at Spending the Summer in Sea Isle City

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Nothing beats Sea Isle down the Shore

by Brittany Berenato

Remember that sitcom, Cheers? Where everybody knows your name? Three months out of the year, that's what Sea Isle City is like. As soon you as you pass over that bridge, you enter a home that only Sea Isle Civilians can truly appreciate.

Whether you are renting for the summer or visiting on weekends, this small shore town serves as an escape, a getaway, and if there were palm trees and coconuts, one might even think they were in paradise, especially since every you walk, you are bound to hear the classic drinking tunes of Bob Marley and Jimmy Buffet.

I am 23 years old. I remember spending summers with my family in Ocean City and Wildwood. When I turned 18, my friends and…

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Wildwood and Atlantic City Boardwalks Get Top Spots