Best Places to Stay Bed & Breakfast: The Queen Victoria Runner Up: The Carroll Villa Guest House: The Highland House Runner Up: Antoinettes Hotel: Congress Hall Runner Up: The Carroll Villa Campground: Beachcomber Runner Up: Holly Shores Couples Friendly: The Queen Victoria Runner Up: The Carroll Villa Pet Friendly: The Highland House Runner Up: Billmae… Read more »
Author: Jessica Leeburg

Vote now in the Best of Cape May
We’ve run the Best of Cape May, an annual survey that celebrates the best Cape May has to offer, since 2005. We can’t wait to see who wins this year, and if there will be any overthrows of local icons! But we can’t do it without your votes. The survey takes about ten minutes to… Read more »
Who’s New, Who’s Moved, Who’s Gone 2015
There have been a lot of changes in Cape May this year, especially with our restaurants. Here is the breakdown of who’s new, who’s moved, and who’s gone. Accommodations The Bedford Inn is reopened after a fire The Fairthorne B&B is closed The Primrose B&B is closed and is now a whole-house rental Restaurants M’Ocean… Read more »

Cape May Restaurant Week starts today
We’re excited to bring you the eighth Cape May Restaurant Week, today through June 7th, featuring fixed-price dining at Cape May’s best restaurants. If you’ve ever wanted to try some place new, this is the time to do it. Our lunch tier is just $15 and includes an appetizer or dessert and an entree. Dinner… Read more »

45 Jackson Street
The Gallagher House still stands today at 45 Jackson Street. In this photograph, a Miss Taylor occupies the upper level, and the Gallagher family the lower.

2015 Memorial Day Ceremony
As a has been the tradition since Convention Hall opened on Memorial Day weekend in 2012, Veterans, active duty military and their families and the general public gathered to remember the fallen from all of America’s wars again this year. The audience of over 500 listened quietly as the Cape Harmonaires offered a collection of… Read more »

Washington Street
Washington Street, circa 1900

Cape May Beach Patrol
Vintage photograph of the Cape May Beach Patrol, courtesy of the Steger family.

Liberty Theater 1960s
The Liberty Theater, on the 500 block of the Washington Street Mall, where Liberty Way is located today. Dellas General Store is located on the left, where it still stands today.

Chief Redfeather fireside lecture at Museum of Cape May County
Long before whalers and yeomen of European descent came to New Jersey’s lower cape peninsula, Native Americans lived on its sandy shores. He recently gave a fireside lecture on the history of Native Americans in the county, held at the Museum of Cape May County. As a tribal legend keeper, Chief Robert Redfeather Stevenson, of… Read more »