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Sister Cities: The Cape May of Scandinavia
The wind is blowing, birds are flying, and with the lighthouse at your back, you can see a ridge of land across the water. That water is the Baltic Sea, and the land is Denmark, not the Delaware Bay or the beach towns of Delaware. The lighthouse is on the […]
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Victorians and Christmas Music
Many popular carols sung at Christmas in America were first published during the Victorian era (1837-1901), marked by the reign of Queen Victoria of England. This period in America, of course, included the Civil War (1861-1865), the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), and the passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery (1865). […]
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What Broad Shoulders You Have, Continued
A follow-up to our story on the dwindling “off” season Cape May has been part of Curtis Bashaw’s entire life. So, it’s not surprising that he had big plans when he started a business here. Having come to Cape May each summer starting in 1962, Curtis moved here permanently in […]
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The Ghost of Christmas Present(s)
Winterwood Gift & Christmas Shoppe is a place of perpetual good cheer.
