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  1. 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 [...]

  2. Chefs of Cape May- Godmothers

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Chefs • Restaurants

    “We’re still here.” Scott Abendschein said with a smile. This year Godmothers Restaurant begins a ninth season under the direction and ownership of Scott and Kathy Abendschein.

    Ten years ago, the Abendscheins enjoyed a successful catering business on the Main Line [...]

  3. Chefs of Cape May- Tisha’s

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Chefs • Restaurants

    Chef Paul Negro of Tisha’s Restaurant was a mechanic restoring Porches in South Philadelphia when his mother, Tisha, a graduate of the Restaurant School in Philadelphia, said “You should be a chef.  That’s how I see you.” Move to the [...]

  4. Chefs of Cape May – The Merion Inn

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • History of Restaurants • Restaurants

    Vicki Watson didn’t want to be a restaurateur. She already had a successful law career in Manhattan when her father, owner of Watson’s Merion Inn, died in 1992. As executrix of Warren Watson’s will she tried to abide by his [...]

  5. Chefs of Cape May- Merion Inn

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Chefs • Restaurants

    Vicki Watson didn’t want to be a restaurateur. She already had a successful law career in Manhattan when her father, owner of Watson’s Merion Inn, died in 1992. As executrix of Warren Watson’s will she tried to abide by his [...]

  6. Chefs of Cape May- Gecko’s

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Chefs • Restaurants

    When Susi Bithell and her husband Randy, the former chef at Fresco’s on Bank Street, left Cape May for Santa Fe in search of a place to open a restaurant, they didn’t expect to be  back in Cape May.
    But it’ [...]

  7. Chefs of Cape May – Union Park

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a [...]

  8. Chefs of Cape May- Waters Edge Restaurant

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a [...]

  9. Chefs of Cape May – Alexander’s Inn

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a [...]

  10. Chefs of Cape May- Freda’s Cafe

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a [...]

  11. Who’s Been Here? The Famous Visitors of Cape May

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2001 in Cape May • Historic Figures

    What do Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Ford and Norman Rockwell have in common? At one point in their famous lives, they all came to Cape May.

  12. Cape May’s Role in History: Pathway to Freedom

    Text by | Published September 1st, 2001 in Cape May • Historic Figures

    Harriett Tubman worked as a cook in Cape May in 1852, earning money to help runaway bondsmen. She learned how the Greenwich Line worked, and of routes in Salem, Cumberland and Cape May counties, including obscure Indian trails.

  13. Recruit turned resident: Tom Carroll and the Mainstay Inn

    Text by | Published November 1st, 2000 in Coast Guard • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping

    Tom Carroll has been a resident of Cape May for nearly 30 years, with 24 of those years spent as activity duty in the Coast Guard. Tom, in fact, comes from a Coast Guard family. His brother was a helicopter [...]

  14. Three Innkeepers’ Stories…

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2000 in Cape May • Characters • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping

    What if you had the nerve to follow your dream? Memories of sunny, sandy, carefree days stream back and suddenly you remember that wonderful couple who ran that lovely bed and breakfast you visited. Nice people, they were. And they [...]

  15. Farming’s Roots in West Cape May

    Text by | Published August 1st, 2000 in Farmers • West Cape May

    People have been vacationing on Cape Island for more than 200 years and residents have been farming the acreage here for much longer than that. In fact it was the availability of fresh food that was imperative to Cape May’s [...]

  16. The Chalfonte Saga Continues

    Text by | Published August 1st, 2000 in Architecture • Cape Island • Cape May • Historic Figures • Hotels

    What began as a simple boarding house soon grew into a reputable hotel under the direction of Colonel Henry Sawyer. He was a local hero — it was said that every man, woman and child in Cape May could recite [...]

  17. The Chalfonte Hotel: The Beginning

    Text by | Published July 1st, 2000 in Cape Island • Cape May • Historic Figures • Hotels

    A simple carpenter stares death in the eye, and lives to build one of Cape May’s living treasures. A story rooted in American history, the tale of Henry Washington Sawyer is one of courage, strength and pride.

  18. A Feeling of Community Revisited: Cape Island’s African-American Heritage

    Text by | Published February 1st, 2000 in Cape Island • Cape May • Historic Figures

    People and events which go beyond tales of Victoriana and visiting presidents. Ancestry dating to colonial days. Remembrances of community life during the last century. Stories of life, love and loss — stories that never made the history books.

    This is [...]

  19. Up on the Stand: Who are these people anyway?

    Text by | Published August 1st, 1999 in Beaches • Cape May • Lifeguards

    At the peak of the summer season, over 50,000 people visit Cape May and most of them spend some time on the pristine beaches to swim and cool down in the Atlantic Ocean. These bathers in Cape May are carefully [...]

  20. Cape May’s Long-time Guardians

    Text by | Published July 1st, 1999 in Beaches • Cape May • Lifeguards

    Cape May is a town that is proud of its rich heritage. An often ignored but vital part of that heritage belongs to the Cape May Beach Patrol.