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The Town Named after a Building

Posted on November 1, 2002 by Susan Tischler - History

“Where’s the courthouse?”

27th Annual Hawk Watch

Posted on November 1, 2002 by Susan Tischler - Environmental & Nature

Some sit patiently waiting. Some stand — their bodies pivot, arms upraised, binoculars in hand. They speak in quiet tones like people waiting for a golfer to hit a crucial shot. It’s easy to tell the serious hawk watchers from the everyday tourist or curious spectator. For one, they have equipment.

Long Gone but Refusing to Leave: The Ghosts of Cape May

Posted on October 1, 2002 by Susan Tischler - This is Cape May

It was a dark and stormy night…. well….it was dark. Desiree, our guide to ghostly apparitions, has already led us up Beach Avenue, along Jackson Street, over to the Washington Street Mall, down Ocean and, now, we stand peering up into the window of Room #10 at the Hotel Macomber, formerly the Stockton Villa, circa 1914, on Beach Avenue and Howard Street.

Inside Cape May’s Wineries

Posted on October 1, 2002 by Susan Tischler - Travel

It’s harvest time in Cape May. Not tomatoes, corn or lima beans but grapes. Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, White Rieslings, Merlots. Grapes from which fine wines are made. Vineyards are popping up in Cape May County. The look is unmistakable. Rows and rows of wooden framed wire fencing with green vines stretching across them. You can… Read more »

Beach Drive or Beach Avenue?

Posted on September 1, 2002 by Susan Tischler - History

So, which is it…Beach Drive or Beach Avenue? The debate continues!

Fishing: More than just a hobby in Cape May

Posted on September 1, 2002 by Jennifer Brownstone Kopp - Environmental & Nature

To call fishing a pastime, or hobby, is an understatement in Cape May . For many, it’s an entire life. Families live by the sea — their livelihood dependent on Mother Nature’s good will. Their lifestyles are different, reliant on weather, tides, seasons.