High Tide

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Month: March 2006

Starting a vineyard by the seaside

When March rolls around, I start watching for signs of spring. I keep my eye on No Frills Farm on Seashore Road to see when the new plantings will be available to buy. I run by Rea’s Farm at Stevens and Bayshore roads to see if they’re plowing up the fields yet. And I keep… Read more »

Cape May Stage presents Project Encore: Rebuilding the theater

Groucho Marx once said – “Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows – marriage does.” Well, at first glance, Cape May Stage’s ambitious renovation project makes the marriage of architectural restoration and the needs of a working theater look exactly like a couple of a really strange bedfellows. Phase One of Project Encore began on the circa… Read more »

A day in the life of Coast Guard Company Commanders

Did you know that Cape May is host to the only U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in the country? Most tourists coming through don’t even know the Coast Guard base is here, especially if their stay doesn’t take them to the intersection of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania avenues where the big sign is. I live… Read more »