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Feature articles that have appeared in Cape May Magazine
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Local, Legend, Lifeguard: A tribute to Harry “Buzz” Mogck
We can learn a great deal about the journey of a person’s life from a yard sale. I came to this conclusion one late summer Saturday afternoon as I walked through the vast yard sale of a Cape May legend. The experience was, to say the least, bittersweet. Harry “Buzz” […]
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Crossing Bridges on the Way to Cape May
If you think Cape May traffic is terrible today, try to imagine what it was like in the 1960s when only two roads led into the city, both with frequently opened drawbridges allowing boat travel between Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Both roads – one down the seaside and […]
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Aboard the American Star
An intern’s experience with the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center
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Historic Town Bank, New Jersey: A Timeline
South of the Cape May canal, tucked along the banks of Delaware Bay, lies an unassuming hamlet with a deep history. Many remain unaware of the significance of this quiet bayside haven, a town with a rich history: Town Bank, New Jersey, was Cape May before Cape May was Cape […]
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Sharon Yarwasky – Beach 2 Barn Knits
What Sharon Yarwasky started doing to pass the time during long car rides is now her job. “I started knitting in 2017,” she told us. “I am always multitasking. I hated just sitting in the car when we would go on trips.” Sharon was a fifth-grade teacher at Lower Township […]
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The Rebirth of the Franklin Street School – Part II
Cape May’s branch of the county’s library system restores history and looks towards prosperity
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Fueling Local Futures
Atlantic Cape Community College’s local campus is an unsung resource for people looking to get started and get ahead, in life and work
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Sister Cities: The Cape May of Scandinavia
The wind is blowing, birds are flying, and with the lighthouse at your back, you can see a ridge of land across the water. That water is the Baltic Sea, and the land is Denmark, not the Delaware Bay or the beach towns of Delaware. The lighthouse is on the […]
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James Bond and the Cape May Geographic Society
Chances are that one Cape May group you may not know about is the Cape May Geographic Society, a group that had an intense interest in the natural history of Cape May and in sharing history with year-round and summer residents.
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Ministering Kindness
Father Cesar Serrano is a spiritual leader for the local Latino population
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Surfing the Air Waves in Cape May
Turn on, tune in, and catch the waves from anywhere in the world
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To Everything a Season
Nature dictates the menu at Beach Plum Farm, in a farm-to-table dinner series that changes with the harvest
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A Century of Service
Cape May Kiwanis Club has spent 100 years helping local children and families
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So You Want To Be A Metal Detectorist
Using a metal detector can be a great pastime—and is bound to pique many a passerby’s interest. My granddaughter and I took my cheapo metal detector to the beach, unearthing beer bottle caps and tinfoil. An elderly gentleman studying us asked what type of treasures we had discovered in the […]
