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The Scenic Route: Cruising the Garden State Parkway
Life in the 21st century is on the move. Literally.
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Southern Mansion: A Wedding Belle
It is 20 years since the newly-restored Southern Mansion hosted its first wedding celebration. Since then, more than 500 brides and grooms have said their “I dos” at the Cape May villa built during the Civil War by wealthy Philadelphia industrialist George Allen. The classic Italianate elements—the high wraparound […]
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The Birding Breakdown
When you live anywhere else in the world and you want to see bird migration stateside, there is only one place to visit. Yes, you guessed it, Cape May.
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The Cannabis Conversation
Answers to the questions of whether — and how — legalized
marijuana will impact Cape May
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See You In Church
These historic former churches—repurposed as homes, a theater, even a restaurant—are still heavenly.
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Cape May As I Remember It: Part Six
The Colonial Hotel, Congress Hall, and the Chalfonte Hotel are three of the oldest structures in the city.
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Cape May As I Remember It: Part Five
Schellenger’s Landing is the area between Cape May Canal and the small bridge entering Cape May. In the 1930s, that bridge was a drawbridge. The boats that were docked on the northwest side of Route 9—now Route 109—had to use the drawbridge in order to reach the Atlantic Ocean via […]
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Family Folly
An extended family of 17 checks into Franny’s Folly for an unforgettable vacation.
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The Tip of the Funnel
I have a new birding friend from Cape May; we will call him Jim for this article. Jim is recently retired, has lived in Cape May for most of his life, raised a family of wonderful kids who are now wonderful adults, and is plugged into the cultural scene in […]
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A Sea Change: The challenge of rising oceans to Cape May’s future
Less than a year after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coast in 2012, wreaking $50 billion in destruction across the New York-New Jersey region, the Rutgers Climate Institute issued its State of the Climate Report 2013. Its sobering conclusion, in a nutshell: that Sandy was a warning, and […]
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Cape May As I Remember It: Part Four
This article is concentrated on Beach Drive as I remember it from the 1930s and 1940s, starting at Madison Avenue heading towards the Cove. The Montreal Motel was originally constructed as a two-story motel; a third and fourth floor were additions. The home two doors away from the motel was […]
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The Summer Place
“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.” Winston Churchill Houses are built of bricks and mortar. Homes are made of ghosts and memories. For the Dean family, all are inextricably entwined. Last year, when their summer place in Avalon went up for auction, two generations of Deans […]
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Cape May As I Remember It: Part Three
East Cape May to me is all of the land from Madison Avenue to the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center. On Beach Avenue, where the Capri and Ocean Club are currently located, was a carousel and the Cape May Playhouse. I don’t remember the carousel, but I do remember the […]