Witches and goblins to march in Cape May’s 26th Halloween Parade
CAPE MAY—The 26th annual Cape May Halloween Parade sponsored by the city of Cape May, the Cape May Kiwanis Club and the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts will step off in frightening fashion on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. with a menagerie of scary and comical costumes participating. With this big event on the horizon, now is the time to start making your costumes and building scary floats. Registration will be conducted on Oct. 25 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Victorian Bandstand in the Rotary Park, and judging is from 2 to 3 p.m. The parade will form on Lyle Lane behind the bandstand and march off promptly at 3 p.m. The parade route will travel Lyle Lane to Perry Street, south on Perry Street, east on Carpenter’s Lane to Washington Street and north to finish at the Emlen Physick Estate on Washington Street.
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Stroll down Jackson Street and enjoy authentic German food and the German beer tent located adjacent to the Mad Batter Restaurant, 19 Jackson St. Indulge in German sausages, pulled pork, crab cakes, funnel cakes, mini-donuts, Amish baked goods and Italian ices. Approximately 90 vendors, selling antiques, estate jewelry, handmade children’s clothing, toys, pottery, sandals and handbags, create an open-air marketplace. There will be children’s activities, plus live music by DJ Ed McDonough and jazz musicians.
Witches and goblins to march in Cape May’s 26th Halloween Parade
CAPE MAY—The 26th annual Cape May Halloween Parade sponsored by the city of Cape May, the Cape May Kiwanis Club and the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts will step off in frightening fashion on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. with a menagerie of scary and comical costumes participating. With this big event on the horizon, now is the time to start making your costumes and building scary floats. Registration will be conducted on Oct. 25 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Victorian Bandstand in the Rotary Park, and judging is from 2 to 3 p.m. The parade will form on Lyle Lane behind the bandstand and march off promptly at 3 p.m. The parade route will travel Lyle Lane to Perry Street, south on Perry Street, east on Carpenter’s Lane to Washington Street and north to finish at the Emlen Physick Estate on Washington Street.
Community plants pinwheels for peace
CAPE MAY—Artists’ Cooperative Gallery in Cape May invited the community to celebrate International Day of Peace, Sept. 21 by creating Pinwheels for Peace. The community made pinwheels at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery in Cape May and ”planted” them in Wilbraham Park located across the street in West Cape May. Local artists Janet Payne, Susan Ross and Laurie Schiffelbein were on hand to assist in the creation of pinwheels.
“It was great fun,” Payne said. “Every time someone finished making a pinwheel, held it up and watched it spin a huge grin came across their face. Young or old everyone had the same expression of joy. One local school brought a group of students. Next year we would like to see more schools involved.”
Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two high school art teachers in Florida as a way of spreading thoughts and feelings of peace. Last year 2 million pinwheels were “planted” worldwide.
The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery is located in West End Garage at 484 W. Perry Street in Cape May and is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through October. Call 770-8261 for winter hours.
Annual Scarecrow Contest at Physick Estate
CAPE MAY—The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) is once again transforming the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., for Halloween Happenings in Victorian Cape May. A highlight of the season's decorations at the Estate is Scarecrow Alley. Spooky, scary or just plain silly scarecrows are needed to help put the “spirit” back in the season at the Physick Estate.
Local families, businesses and organizations are invited to participate in the contest. Support stakes and straw for the scarecrows are available at the Emlen Physick Estate. Deadline to submit a finished creation is Tuesday, Oct. 6.
First place winners will receive a pizza party. For more information on MAC's Scarecrow Contest or to participate, please contact Anna Marie Leeper at 884-5404 ext. 111 or aleeper@capemaymac.org.
Lima Bean Festival time in West Cape May
WEST CAPE MAY—The annual West Cape May Lima Bean Festival will be held next Saturday, Oct. 10, with the rain date on Oct. 11. Always the Saturday before Columbus Day, the festival brings visitors back to days Lima bean fields covered a large part of the West Cape May farms. Since the 1970s the annual Lima Bean Festival has drawn visitors from around the world.
This year 100 or so vendors selling lima bean soup, lima bean stew, lima bean chili, lima bean salad, lima bean tacos and any other lima bean product they can invent will line the Wilbraham Park and Myrtle Ave at the corners of Broadway and Sunset in West Cape May. In addition to edible lima bean goodies, artists will sell lima bean earrings, lima bean stained glass, lima bean pottery, lima bean T-shirts, lima bean birdhouses, lima bean linens, etc.
There will be live music all day from Bill Bittman on the steel drum and Michael Davis and the Bullets. And don't miss your chance to vote for the 2009 Lima Bean King and Queen. Crowning is at 3 p.m.
The West Cape May Lima Bean Festival is sponsored by the Shade Tree Commission of West Cape May and proceeds from the festival go directly to maintain Wilbraham Park. Admission is free. For more information call Diane Flanegan at 884-9325.
Shell Show winners announced
STONE HARBOR—The winners of the raffle at the Jersey Cape Shell Show on Aug. 14 through 16 were:
Kathy Gage of Marlton, won "Sally's Shell Shop" donated by Carole Rappold
Mary Still of Cape May, won a framed shell picture donated by the Jersey Cape Shell Club
Mary McKenna of Broomall, Pa. won sun visors adorned with shellflowers donated by Maura Kelley
The next meeting of the Jersey Cape Shell Club will be Monday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor. The guest speaker will be Paul Callomon, collections manager for Malacology at The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, speaking about Japan and China in 2009.
Cape May Point State Park presents Critterfest
CAPE MAY POINT—On Sunday, Oct. 4 from noon to 3 p.m., Cape May Point State Park will host Critterfest. The event will be at the park museum, indoors and out, featuring pony rides, beach walks hosted by the Cape May Nature Center, Caroline’s ferrets, meet and greet with Smokey the Bear, touch tanks, horseshoe crab and turtle ponds, Tracy’s monarch butterflies, terrapins, hawk banding demonstrations, Animal Outreach adoptions, turtle races by the Turtle Singer, puppet shows, dog agility demonstrations with Chip the Wonderdog and a hermit crab races.
This event is free. Call 884-2159 for more information.
Car crashes and domestic violence keep police busy in Lower Twp.
LOWER TOWNSHIP—From Friday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 27, Lower Township Police responded to multiple motor vehicle accidents and domestic violence calls.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, during a two-hour period between 7 and 9 p.m., police responded to four domestic violence incidents, three of which involved assaults that required mandatory arrests.
According to a press release, officers were so busy responding to domestic violence calls that when a call came in for a motor vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of Fishing Creek and Bayshore roads, Middle Township Police had to be called for mutual aid to assist with traffic at the scene.
Over the weekend, officers responded to eight motor vehicle crashes, seven domestic violence incidents, 10 emergency medical calls, four trespassing complaints, five theft complaints and seven disorderly conduct calls; and completed 13 property checks and 25 motor vehicle stops.
Police find pills and weed on Villas man
VILLAS—Police arrested a Villas man Monday, Sept. 21, for possession of prescription pills and marijuana.
At about 3 p.m., Kyle D. Sikes, 32, of Villas, was under surveillance by Lower Township Police as he walked down Wildwood Avenue to a location on Bayshore Road to allegedly deliver various types of drugs.
According to the police report, officers intercepted Sikes while he was walking, at which point Sikes attempted to conceal the contraband inside a food container. A search of the container and of Sikes by an officer revealed he was in possession of Percocet pills and marijuana.
More drugs were located at Sikes home nearby.
Bail for Sikes was set at $25,000 cash and he was charged with possession of prescription narcotics, possession with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession with the intent to distribute.
He was taken to the county jail in lieu of bail.
