Cape May

  1. Here I am taking notes

    On assignment: The Ghosts of CapeMay.com

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2005 in Cape May • Ghosts and Spirits

    What was that noise in the attic? Susan and the ghost writer Craig McManus look for the haunting truth about the CapeMay.com office.

  2. Love Among the Innkeepers

    Text by | Published February 1st, 2005 in Cape May • Characters • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping • People • The Holidays

    If you come to Cape May for Valentine’s Day, chances are you’ll be staying at a Bed & Breakfast or a Guest House because it’s just about THE most romantic thing you can do. Imagine a cold blustery night by [...]

  3. Franklin Street School: The Past and the Future

    Text by | Published February 1st, 2005 in Architecture • Cape May

    Alumni and descendents of alumni attended the dedication of an interpretive sign in front of the Franklin Street School in April 2004. Left to right: John Nash, Emily Dempsey, Wanda Evelyn, Dorothy Jarmon, Robin Wise, Shirley "Becki" Wilson
    Emily [...]

  4. The Delsea Gets a New Look

    Text by | Published January 1st, 2005 in B&Bs • Cape May • Innkeeper Profiles • Restoration

    Rosemary Stumpo
    In a year when Cape May has been a whirl with changes in the accommodations arena,  one Columbia Avenue address remains constant – The Delsea.
    The gingerbread-coated house has had the same owner since 1969. In fact, Rosemary Stumpo is [...]

  5. 150 Years of Firefighting

    Text by | Published November 1st, 2004 in Architecture • Cape Island • Cape May • Hotels

    If any one ever tells you that history doesn’t make a difference, tell them to come to Cape May. Yes, it would have been a seaside resort no matter what, given it’s proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, but who knew [...]

  6. Which house is the oldest house on Cape Island?

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2004 in Architecture • Cape Island • Cape May

    Which house is the oldest house on Cape Island? Is it the house at 653½ Washington Street, also known as The Colonial House? Or is it the old “Whilldin-Miller House” at 416 South Broadway where Daniels on Broadway Restaurant currently [...]

  7. Who’s really staying at the Columbia House?

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2004 in Cape May • Ghosts and Spirits • Guest Houses • History

    I’ve been looking for ghosts for three years running and have yet to see one, hear one, or feel one – let alone talk to one. Everyone else seems to see them and sometimes even photograph them. What’s wrong with [...]

  8. Carriage Horses Up Close

    Text by | Published September 1st, 2004 in Cape May • Tours

    Who are those horses riding through Cape May? We see them pulling wedding carriages, pulling tourists through the scenic areas of town, and waiting for passengers on Washington Street across from the Washington Commons shops.
    But who are they?
    Established in 1983 [...]

  9. C.M.B.P. The Anatomy of a Rescue

    Text by | Published August 1st, 2004 in Beaches • Cape May • Lifeguards

    Imagine this.
    It is a quiet, peaceful afternoon at the beach. You are sitting in your beach chair, waiting for the tide to rush over your legs, thinking, maybe you should move your chair back a bit so your stuff doesn’t [...]

  10. An Artist Creates a Victorian Home

    Text by | Published July 1st, 2004 in Architecture • Artists • Cape May • History

    Asking Sandy Sheller how she went about bringing the Gallagher House, circa 1882, back to its stately glory is rather like asking Michelangelo how he did the Sistine Chapel. There is no definitive answer – it comes from inspiration.
    “I thought [...]

  11. warremnents

    A Hero’s Welcome in Normandy…

    Text by | Published July 1st, 2004 in Cape May • History • World War II

    It isn’t easy coming up with a present for someone whose father is approaching his 80th birthday. But Mark Kulkowitz, proprietor of The Mad Batter Restaurant & The Carroll Villa on Jackson Street, found the perfect gift – a trip [...]

  12. Aviator and Hero

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2004 in Cape May • Cape May Court House

    Aviator and hero, Charles A. Lindbergh may be the only visitor to Cape May who had no interest in the town’s soft sand, salt air breezes or Victorian charm. In the early Spring of 1932, Lindbergh came to Cape May [...]

  13. Cape May Before Victoria

    Text by | Published March 1st, 2004 in Cape May

    Way before the city folk of overcrowded Philadelphia conceived of the resort notion in the late 1700s, the Kechemeches (Kech-ah-mech-ees), a sub-tribe of the Lenni-Lenapes, made New Jersey and Cape May County their seaside respite, along with the Tuckahoes.

  14. Tips on How to Buy an Old Home

    Text by | Published January 1st, 2004 in Cape May • History • Restoration

    Have you always dreamed of owning an old house, one that dates back to, say, Queen Victoria? If the answer is yes – the next question is what would you be getting into? What better way to find out than [...]

  15. Renovating the Woodleigh House

    Text by | Published January 1st, 2004 in Cape May • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping • Restoration

    When it comes to buying an old house and renovating it, Joanne Tornambe has one guiding principle – “In life you have to be flexible.”

  16. Cape May on Fire

    Text by | Published November 1st, 2003 in Cape Island • Cape May

    Cape Island, NJ, Nov. 9, 1878 — Fire broke out yesterday morning in the summer city of Cape May around 7 a.m. in the attic of the new wing at Ocean House on Perry Street. By the time the flames [...]

  17. What if it all burned again?

    Text by | Published November 1st, 2003 in Accommodations • Cape Island • Cape May

    The fire that started on November 8, 1878 and spread from the Ocean House on Perry Street to engulf 40 acres of hotels, stores and houses in flames was one of the most devastating and furious fires of the era. [...]

  18. Waiting for Isabel in Cape May…

    Text by | Published September 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Environmental • In Pictures • Weather

    Pictures from Hurricane Isabel in September 2006.

  19. One Lifeguard’s Challenge

    Text by | Published August 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Lifeguards

    Maybe you’re wondering who’s responsible for bringing the United States Lifeguard Association Championships (USLA) to Cape May for a fourth time. Or, maybe you’re wondering who’s behind the Cape May Beach Patrol bringing wheelchairs to the beach so the handicapped [...]

  20. Cape May Nightlife

    Text by | Published July 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Leisure

    My date and I spent a rainy Saturday night in June hitting some of the bars in Cape May  that we think single people looking for a good time should try out. We were on foot, so we focused our [...]