Biggest Headlines of 2008

Convention Hall closes/$10 million bond ordinance rescinded/5 town meetings held to go over plans and get public input/Convention Hall referendum passes

City manager Lou Corea dismissed/ Cape May CFO Bruce MacLeod named City Manager

Washington Street Mall renovations completed/Rededication of Mall/Business Improvement District (BID) ordinance passes

In politics: David Kurkowski loses/City administration changes – Terri Swain voted in, Dr. Edward Mahaney voted in/’incumbent Mayor Jerry Inderwies voted out/CMP gets new mayor

Wisdom of Beach replenishment questioned/the Cat crisis/350 trucks to truck in sand/spinal injuries on the rise

400th anniversary committee formed to celebrate Henry Hudson’s sail-by

WCM: Liquor license ordinance passes; mayor/fire department squabble ; Sixth Street and borough lawsuit awaiting judge’s decision

Landscape: Beach Theatre fate in the balance/Ponderlodge lodge burns down/Coachman Lodge changes from swanky Ocean Resort to Beach Shack/WaWa closes/historic Chalfonte Hotel sold; zoning board denies Jetty request for development based on stacked parking

COAH ordinance finally passes – allegedly protecting the city from whatever changes the state or feds makes for affordable housing laws as they apply to small seashore municipalities

Bill to remove abandoned boats passes state legislature

Dog park opened on Lafayette in April

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