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It was the 1920s. Roaring, people called them. Crazy. The “bees knees.” And the United States was in deep conflict. The Eighteenth Amendment had just been passed — prohibiting the manufacture, sales and transportation of all alcohol. This new law was to counteract what some considered a “decline of morality.” Young people were bobbing hair… Read more »
Having grown up in many areas of the country, and almost always living in houses at least a hundred years-old, I’ve had a fair share of “ghostly” experiences. Many, of course, can be written off as coincidence, and some as simple quirks. But there are a few that I, a mostly practical and skeptical person, cannot deny.
It’s been said Cape May is full of ghosts. Books have been written on the subject and there are even “ghost tours” to be taken. And, surely, one look at the town with its collection of 19th-century buildings could lead one to suspect there must be a few lingering souls lost in time, trying to make their way home.
There have been hundreds of hurricane watches and warnings throughout the centuries yet Cape Island has never felt the truth wrath of a full-fledged hurricane. Northeastern Atlantic coastal storms, however, locally known as ‘nor’easters’ have wreaked havoc on her coast for centuries. Above is South Cape May photographed around 1917.
In the summer of 1973 Bruce Minnix, founding member of the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), Cape May’s leader in heritage and cultural tourism, was speaking to a group of reporters about the organization’s plans for the future. At the time, MAC was in the early stages of development and consisted only of volunteer… Read more »
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Cape May Housing Authority’s Family Pavilion and Playground
Autumn Exit Zero Jazz Festival Rocks Cape May
Snapshots & Results of the Annual Cape May City Halloween Parade
The 32nd Annual Oktoberfest in Cape May
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Cape May Housing Authority’s Family Pavilion and Playground
Autumn Exit Zero Jazz Festival Rocks Cape May
Snapshots & Results of the Annual Cape May City Halloween Parade
The 32nd Annual Oktoberfest in Cape May
Cape May Point Science Center hosts the da Vinci Gala fundraiser
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