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The Chalfonte Hotel celebrates 130 years

When you’re 130 years old, you start showing your age. Your petticoat starts to droop a wee bit. Your lower regions begin to creak and your parts start to sag a little. But if you’ve got spirit, you adopt the Fred Astaire /Ginger Rogers approach to life. “You pick yourself up. Dust yourself off. And… Read more »

World War II’s Lasting Mark

An unflinching sentry awaits new orders. Through sixty-plus years of scorching sun and biting wind, the lone sentry remains on post – the final relic of a once-massive coastal defense system that guarded a vital American waterway. Standing half-forgotten on a scrub-covered parcel of beachfront, the concrete guardian now awaits a new set of orders.… Read more »

What happened to South Cape May?

One afternoon, I decided to look for the lost civilization of South Cape May. Unlike another lost civilization – Atlantis – there are still vestiges of South Cape May around. I started my search by walking along Beach Ave. toward the Cove – that’s west toward the sunset for those of you new to Cape… Read more »