NJ mother of 3 to swim English Channel this summer

MARGATE, N.J. (AP) — Victoria Dolceamore, a Margate mother of three, fulfills one of her dreams on Aug. 4 when she joins a relay team swimming the English Channel.

Dolceamore, 50, is an Atlantic City native, who swam in the ocean in Margate and in Longport as a child and at the Mainland Recreation Association where the late Atlantic City mayor and state Sen. Jim Whelan served as coach.

"I like to set goals, especially something that seems like it could possibly be unattainable or really very, very challenging because it's not just something where you can wake up in the morning and just say, 'I'm going to do it,'" Dolceamore said. "You have to train. You have to have people behind you that support you and help you.