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This week in Cape May, compiled from local news sources.

  1. Pair skate 200 miles to raise money for cancer

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 19th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    Cape May – A lot of teenaged boys like skateboards, but perhaps not enough to skate 200 miles. Cape May Star and Wave 8/19

  2. Council picks smaller plan for Cape convention center

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 19th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    Some residents criticize the new design, which calls for demolition of the Solarium. Cape May – Facing a tighter budget and a penny-conscious public, the city is now settling on a modified convention center – bigger than the one that’s there now, but smaller than the one they wanted. The Press of Atlantic City 8/19

  3. Cape May Point commissioner resigns

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 18th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    ‘I’ve had enough,’ Commissioner Joe Nietubicz writes as he quits midway through his second term. Cape May Point – Borough Commissioner Joe Nietubicz has resigned from office midway through his second term, a move that will likely trigger a special election in November for his unexpired term. The Press of Atlantic City 8/18

  4. Cape May Seashore Lines brings back train service

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 18th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    Cape May – Passenger train service to the city resumed Tuesday for the first time in five years and it happened without much fanfare. The Press of Atlantic City 8/18

  5. Access ramps to Cape May City beaches almost complete

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 17th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    New York Avenue resident Judy Lord has been advocating for the project for more than a decade. Cape May – Years of battling for handicapped access to the ocean paid off recently for New York Avenue resident Judy Lord as she watched a man on a wheelchair go right to the water’s edge at the [...]

  6. Ferry changes direction, focus

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 17th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    The Cape May-Lewes Ferry is marketing itself as a tourism link, which is paying dividends. Lower Township – The boat ride convinced Delaware resident Bridget Blansfield to take her children to the Cape May County Zoo. The Press of Atlantic City 8/16

  7. Depleted oxygen leading theory in fish kill along bay

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 13th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    The massive fish kill that littered about eight miles of Delaware Bay beaches on Wednesday with the rotting carcasses of smelly menhaden was likely caused by low oxygen levels in the water. The Press of Atlantic City 8/11

  8. Panel recommends single-story Cape May hall design

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 13th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    The design requires the removal or demolition of the Solarium. Cape May -  The new convention center would be a single-story building of about 20,000 square feet, with an auditorium of about 8,000 square feet, a lobby on the west side and either community rooms or retail space on the Beach Avenue side. The Press [...]

  9. West Cape couple helped save woman in fiery crash

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 13th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    Priscilla Roslyn’s vehicle overturned when exciting the Atlantic City Expressway onto the Garden State Parkway. Len Benstead and his wife, Jan, watched the silver jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo a few dozen years ahead of them Wednesday evening as it was swerving in its lane while turning onto Exit 7S from the Atlantic City Expressway. The [...]

  10. Green Acres money for Vance’s

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 12th, 2010 in Local Headlines

    Cape May – The City of Cape May has applied to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for a Green Acres grant to fund 50 percent of the cost of a project aimed at acquiring the former Vance’s Tavern property for open space. Cape May Star and Wave 8/12