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The Halls Presidents Walked

Text by Karen Fox | Published February 1st, 2012 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine • Historic Figures

On the spring-like day of the New Hampshire primary in January, rocking on the veranda of historic Congress Hall and contemplating the sea, I mused: I would like to put the time machine in reverse and experience an era long [...]
Skee-Ball: The Making of a Seaside Classic

Text by Lynn Martenstein | Published December 1st, 2011 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

For those of you who grew up without the sound of wooden balls smacking into the ball return, Skee-Ball is a popular arcade game played up and down the Jersey coast, and, today, on every continent.
The Grey Ghost

Text by Karen Fox | Published November 1st, 2011 in Cape May Magazine • Cape May Point • Restoration

It is a summer place. But as the days shorten, the shadows lengthen and waters turn steely, the Grey Ghost in all of her high Victorian Gothic elegance takes hold of the landscape and reigns over land’s end where the [...]
Beach Theatre Demolition Begins

Text by CapeMay.com | Published September 26th, 2011 in Announcements • Architecture • Look at This

The City of Cape May issued a demolition permit for the Beach Theatre this morning. Demolition began this afternoon. The theatre stood on Cape May’s beachfront since September 1950, when it opened with Father of the Bride.
139 Years and Still Sailing

Text by Vicky Samselski Rector | Published May 9th, 2011 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

The Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May started in 1872, the same year as its predecessor in London, the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. The Cape May launch came about a year after the city’s large hotels put up the money [...]
Where is Cape Island?

Text by Robert W. Elwell, Sr. | Published May 1st, 2011 in Cape Island • Cape May

Cape Island received its name because it was separated from the mainland by a small creek. An island is, by definition, a tract of land completely surrounded by water, but not large enough to be called a continent.
Beach Tags: Collecting history the Cape May way

Text by Susan Tischler | Published April 11th, 2011 in Cape May • People

Oh those pesky Cape May beach tags! Everyone complains about them. Some try to wrangle their way out of buying them. Still others go out of their way to buy them early. And then there are those who collect them. [...]
The Year in Review

Text by Susan Tischler | Published January 1st, 2011 in Cape May

It’s that magic time of year that reporters love to write about – the Year in Review and this one was a corker.
The Gingerbread Church

Text by Karen Fox | Published December 15th, 2010 in Cape May Magazine • Cape May Point

In this season of holiday gingerbread houses, let us open the pages of a storybook about a gingerbread church.
Convention Hall Demolition

Text by Susan Tischler | Published December 1st, 2010 in Cape May

Demolition began on November 29 on Convention Hall and the Solarium, making way for a new $10.5 million hall slated for opening spring of 2012. By the end of the week, the buildings were down. Inside: Demolition photo gallery and [...]
Remembering the “new” Convention Hall

Text by Frank Gauvry | Published December 1st, 2010 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

It was a time when the city had no Convention Hall due to the previous one having been washed away in a storm when Dave Teel, our city manager, came to me and said, “Mayor, how would you like to [...]
Growing Up on the Pier

Text by Robert W. Elwell, Sr. | Published December 1st, 2010 in Architecture • Cape May • Cape May Magazine

Like every other boy I knew, none of us could ever wait for summer to arrive. Growing up in the summer, my evenings would be spent on the Pier.
Cape May Capers

Text by CapeMay.com | Published November 5th, 2010 in Cape May • Cape May Magazine

Text by Joyce Cabots Newbegin. Photographs appear courtesy of the author.
Originally published in the August 2008 issue of Cape May Magazine.
Joyce Cabots
Some consider the exciting send-off – The Fourth of July – as the highlight of the summer vacation season. [...]
Vintage Cape May Postcards

Text by CapeMay.com | Published October 6th, 2010 in Cape Island • Cape May • Then and Now

Ah, a postcard from Cape May. Is there anything that makes you more jealous? Visitors to Cape May have been sending postcards for decades. Feast your eyes on these vintage postcards dating from 1908 to 1914.
Ghosts of the Washington Street Mall

Text by Craig McManus | Published October 1st, 2010 in Cape May • Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

Hello Everyone! I’m Craig McManus, Cape May’s resident expert on ghosts and hauntings, bringing you a brand new column about paranormal happenings on Cape Island (Cape May), here at CapeMay.com!
Photo by Maciek Nabrdalik.
For many years, I have enjoyed collaborating on [...]
Bathing Beauties: Cape May’s Swimwear History

Text by CapeMay.com | Published September 22nd, 2010 in Beaches • History

Miss Philadelphia beach. Sandy Deacon MIller is second from the left. (Click to enlarge)
This story originally ran in the July 2008 issue of Cape May Magazine.
It is 1950, well, maybe ’51. The war is over and optimism abounds. Corsets have gone [...]
The Passing of the Christian Admiral

Text by Hope Gaines | Published July 1st, 2010 in Architecture • Cape Island • Cape May • Hotels • Restoration

From the beginning, the Hotel Cape May was doomed. It opened in 1908, several years behind schedule and 100 percent over budget – its final cost of $1 million was nearly unimaginable in those days.
Cowboys of the East

Text by Bill Godfrey | Published April 1st, 2010 in Commercial Fishing • Fishing

A look into the world of Cape May’s commercial fishing industry. Text by Bill Godfrey. Photographs by Stephen Spagnuola. Originally published in Cape May Magazine.
Whalers: The Link to our Past

Text by Karen Fox | Published November 16th, 2009 in Cape May

Whalers’ Colonial history and cultural influences have been shrouded by the glitzy glamour of Cape May’s Victorian era and its preservation. The whalers are, in fact, the backbone and a major gene pool of the area. They brought with them [...]
125 Years of West Cape May

Text by Susan Tischler | Published November 9th, 2009 in In Pictures • Then and Now • West Cape May

William J. Moore
“People back in those days, they looked out for each other, and it seemed like everybody had a dog and chickens too! Our teachers were dedicated. They were with kids after school. We were taught to play music, [...]