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  1. On Assignment: Touring Haunted Cape May

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published October 1st, 2004 in Ghosts and Spirits • On Assignment • Tours

    It is dusk and just beginning to cool. A quiet has settled along the beachfront on this Sunday evening in late September. The throngs of tourists have disappeared but there are still a nice number of people walking about. Halloween and November often suggest an image of a “ghost town” in Cape May. We don’t so much have tumbleweeds rolling down empty streets; it’s more like occasional sand traps brought about by heavy winds whistling long into the night.

  2. On Assignment: Searching for Whales in Cape May

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 1st, 2004 in Birding and Wildlife • On Assignment • Outdoors/Water

    Call me Ishmael. No, no. Call me S. Tischler.
    Some days ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I might hop a ride on the Whale Watcher II, aka, “The Big One.” The ocean is a way [...]

  3. On Assignment: Up, Up and Away with Paramount Air

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published July 1st, 2004 in On Assignment

    Guess what? My boss sent me up in a banner plane this month. He even offered to drive me there. I’m sure it’s a perk for a job well done. So, let me tell you about it.

  4. On Assignment: Cape May Stage Mangling

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published June 1st, 2004 in Art and Theater • On Assignment

    My assignment for CapeMay.com is to go back-stage with Cape May Stage. I’m going to be the acting assistant stage manager for their new production– “Park Your Car…” somewhere…lets see… “Park Your Car in Your Backyard”? …no.