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September 2008 Online Edition
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Headlines for the week of September 28, 2008
Compiled by Susan Tischler on September 30th, 2008 in Local Headlines
Decision expected today on offshore wind farm. New Jersey will be closer to having its first offshore wind farm today as the Board of Public Utilities is expected to award the contract to one of five competence companies. The Press of Atlantic City 10/3
Multi-alarm fire destroys Ponderlodge Mansion. Entire structure couid be taken down immediately. [...] -
Beer baron’s former mansion burns in Cape
Compiled by Susan Tischler on September 30th, 2008 in Local Headlines
The state planned to demolish the building and others at the Ponderlodge Golf Club site unless a viable plan was presented for their use. Lower Township – A six-alarm blaze early Monday gutted the mansion once owned by Philadelphia beer baron William “Billy” Pflaumer at the former Pnderlodge Golf Club. The Press of Atlantic City [...]
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Data show crime on the rise in Cape May County
Compiled by Susan Tischler on September 30th, 2008 in Local Headlines
Violent and nonviolent crime decreased in New Jersey in 2007 over the previous year, according to the annual Uniform Crime Report released by State Police. Cape May County was the only county in the region to show increased in both violent crime – up 5 percent – and nonviolent crime – a 3 percent hike. [...]
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Playwright’s daughter visits East Lynne Theater
Posted by Susan Tischler on September 30th, 2008 in Look at This
Cape May, September 26 – Playwright George S. Kaufman’s daughter, Anne, paid East Lynne Theater a visit to see her father’s production of To The Ladies which had its Broadway debut in 1922 starring Helen Hayes. ELTC’s artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth hasn’t found another production since 1926. After the performance, Ms. Kaufman answered questions and talked about [...]
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Multi-Alarm Fire at Ponderlodge Mansion
Posted by Susan Tischler on September 29th, 2008 in Around Our Island • Look at This
Lower Township – Early Monday morning at approximately 12:02 a.m. local fire departments responded to a six alarm fire at the former Ponderlodge Golf Course, now the Villas Wildlife Management Area. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the former mansion engulfed in flames. Heat from the fire caused windows to blow out alerting [...]
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Headlines from the week of September 21, 2008
Compiled by Susan Tischler on September 24th, 2008 in Local Headlines
Six Candidates vying for mayor, council at large. Candidates represent three different tickets. Villas – Six candidates – three for mayor and three for the councilman at large seat – expressed their views and positions on Lower Township’s economy and future at a candidate forum sponsored by the Lower Township Taxpayers Association, Sept. 19. Cape [...]
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Well, that didn’t take long
Posted by Susan Tischler on September 24th, 2008 in Around Our Island
Cape May, September 25 – Cape May’s Bank Street WaWa closed its doors at 1 minute after midnight. The For Sale sign was up and the windows boarded before noon.
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Bank Street WaWa Closes its Doors
Posted by Susan Tischler on September 24th, 2008 in Look at This
In order to soften the blow of its WaWa September 24 closing, employees gave out free coffee to their customers. The WaWa on Texas Avenue will remain open, but rumor has it a Super WaWa is planned for the corner of Lafayette and Texas avenues, across from the C-View Tavern and Riggins gas station.
