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The Sky is Falling
Forecast is sunny with a chance of showers at night, but you won’t be needing an umbrella for these showers.
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The Driveway
This summer as your tribes come to your homes and gather around your grills and kitchen tables, try these recipes that were created or inspired by The Driveway.
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The Horseshoe Crab: Linchpin of the Delaware Bay
It may well be that 450 million years of perfect evolutionary development will prove to be the horseshoe crab’s ultimate salvation—or be the very thing that leads to its downfall.
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Neither Snow Nor Rain… a History of the Cape May Post Office
Take a journey through the history of the United States Postal Service in Cape May County.
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The Journey to Freedom’s Journey to Cape May
Despite the celebration of Wesley Wofford’s larger-than-life sculpture of Harriet Tubman, his piece was never intended for public consumption. At least not at first.
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Surfing the Seasons
Fickle Surf breaks create a more dedicated community of surfers in Cape May NJ
by Ryan Gallagher
Brit's Eye View
Cape May’s birding history
As I have got older in life, I have begun to realize just what an impact our history has on shaping how we act and think, even today in this era of information. Although America is a young country, it has quite a rich history in regard to birds. When […]
Beach Reads
Review: The Sound of Wings by Suzanne Simonetti
Just as the monarch butterflies float through the Cape May skies during migration season, monarchs are found in many chapters of The Sound of Wings. This story is told from the perspective of three Cape May women who are all at various stages in their lives. Although at first the […]
Architectural Observations
Wawa turned real estate office
Though the look and feel—and, perhaps the hoagies—of Wawas along the East Coast have changed over time, the one that once stood at the gravitational center of town represented the original archetype of this east coast convenience store. Nevertheless, the building at 502 Bank Street now boasts a drastically different […]
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Heads of the Glass: Colorful Artistry in Cape May
Life in the Glass Lane As far back as he can remember, Christopher Michalek has been an artist. But working with stained glass has changed his life. His father, the late Mike Michalek, was a local porcelain artist who displayed his work throughout New Jersey. “My Dad turned me on […]
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A Village within a City
Village Greene passes 50 years old…but who is counting or even thinking about this mid-century modern subdivision designed to bring people into Cape May following the 1962 Nor’easter? The front page of the April 29, 1965 Cape May Star and Wave features a photograph of the key players at the […]
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Let the Music Play: Exit Zero Jazz Festival in the time of COVID
Prologue Upon my arrival in Cape May in 2014 I learned of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival, produced by Michael Kline’s Spy Boy Productions. I immediately offered volunteer sweat equity in exchange for an opportunity to experience all the festival had to offer. I’ve worked it each year since the […]
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Cape May MAC at 50: What Comes Next?
Without any of the planned fanfare, without an in-person celebration, without the acknowledgement it surely deserved, Cape May MAC marked its 50-year anniversary.
