Fire at the Iron Pier
These two post cards were rescued from the fire that destroyed Cape May’s iron pier and lived to tell the tale.
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Nature: Watching Whales
Spend the day at any of the Cape May beaches this summer and you’re sure to see at least one of the various whale-watching boats motoring to or from port. I’ve heard locals joke about them as “dolphin watching” boats, and there’s some truth as at least one company offers a free voucher if they […]
The Islander: Sara Werner
Photo by MICHELLE GIORLA Like many artists who grew up in Cape May, filmmaker Sara Werner realized her creative calling at an early age. Her ambitions were nurtured by family, friends, and a true connection with the natural and architectural wonders our island offers. After graduating from Wildwood Catholic High School in 2005, she studied […]
Gray Tree Frogs
Summer is the season of the frog chorus, and Cape May is a great place to experience a diverse array of singers. From Spring Peepers (no jokes!) to the most recent new addition, Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog (a cool story for a future column), to the “of course I can eat that” American Bullfrog, Cape […]
Brit’s Eye View
Aren’t Ospreys, or “Fish Hawks” great?
Artist in Residence
Local Artist Janis Quiggle
Road Tripping
Peddler’s Village Lahaska, Pennsylvania For the first road trip of 2022, I set my cap for Lahaska, Pennsylvania and the family attraction known as Peddler’s Village. After a bitter winter, it was sunny and mild, the kind of day that brings people out of hibernation. By the time I arrived around noon, the village green […]
The Islander
Mark Garland Interview by Tommy RaniszewskiPhoto by Michelle Giorla When he’s not leading birding and nature tours in Alaska, Uganda, or Costa Rica, naturalist Mark Garland calls our island his home. He and his wife, artist Paige Cunningham, have lived in West Cape May for 21 years. Although he keeps his career “under the radar,” […]
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Growing up in sub-tropical Miami, Florida, I could divide the year into wet and dry seasons, rather than the four distinct ones typical of temperate regions. If you had to, you could further dissect wet and dry into oppressively hot wet (or dry), and moderately hot wet (or dry). Spending my college years in Ithaca, […]