Students reach new heights during Bubbles for Autism day

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:55 am

Students of Carl T. Mitnick School participate with their special area teachers during Bubbles for Autism Awareness Day on Monday, April 22. The students read stories about autism, sang songs, made an art project and, of course, blew bubbles.

Students of Carl T. Mitnick School participate with their special area teachers during Bubbles for Autism Awareness Day on Monday, April 22. The students read stories about autism, sang songs, made an art project and, of course, blew bubbles.

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'Victorian Luxuries' on display at Emlen Physick Estate

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:53 am

This hand-modeled majolica bowl was given to Dr. Emlen Physick as a housewarming present when the Physick house was built in Cape May in 1879. A hand-modeled bowl this large is good evidence of Dr. Physick's wealth and social status.

CAPE MAY - Learn about "Victorian Luxuries" during guided tours of Cape May's only Victorian house museum, the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., beginning April 26.

Get an in-depth glimpse of the Victorian lifestyle as tour guides lead you through each room in the estate. You'll find excellent examples of how luxury manifested itself during the Victorian era in Cape May.

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Nature Center looking for a few good volunteers

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:48 am

CAPE MAY – New Jersey Audubon’s Nature Center of Cape May is looking for volunteers for its nature store and welcome center.

The Nature Center is a volunteer organization that fosters environmental awareness in Cape May. The center’s nature store and welcome center needs volunteers to help out as receptionists, greeters and gift shop cashiers.

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Air station looks to solve identity crisis

Written by Mary Linehan Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:47 am

 LOWER TOWNSHIP – The Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum here at the Cape May Airport suffers from a little bit of an identity crisis.

“We are at the Cape May Airport, which is not in Cape May, and called Naval Air Station Wildwood, but not in Wildwood,” said Bruce Fournier, deputy director of the museum located in the World War II era hangar there. “Sometimes people who live and work here get confused about where we are.”

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Coast Guard kicks off Earth Day early

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:45 am

Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska/Coast Guardsmen and recruits take a break for a quick photo at Cape May Elementary School after conducting several Earth Day related projects to the school’s outdoor classroom April 17. Coast Guardsmen and recruits refurbished vegetable gardens, cleared the school’s nature trail and build another garden for the students.  CAPE MAY – Coast Guardsmen and recruits kicked off Earth Day early by helping a local elementary school repair, clear and expand its outdoor classroom Wednesday, April 17.

More than 30 Coast Guard volunteers helped build gardens and clear a nature trail used by children at Cape May Elementary School to learn everything from geography to science.

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Learning on the hoof

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:44 am

Students at the David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School in Villas were treated to a visit by Dodge and Officer Joseph Beisel from the Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit. The students learned a lot about horses and being safe.

Students at the David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School in Villas were treated to a visit by Dodge and Officer Joseph Beisel from the Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit. The students learned a lot about horses and being safe.

Bizarre History of Cape May > What’s in a name? Plenty of history

Written by Jacob Schaad Jr. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:32 am

How, when and by whom Cape Island/Cape May was discovered and named have been frequent topics of discussions in the long history of what is now called the nation’s oldest seashore resort.

There are undisputed claims that the Lenni Lenape were here first, but questions remain whether they came as tourists or year-round residents. Some archeological evidence contends that once they found the hunting territory and its fishing waters they never left. Others counter that the Native Americans could not have stayed here throughout the year because of the lack of potable water.

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East Lynne asks ‘Why Marry?’ in New York

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:16 am

East Lynne asks ‘Why Marry?’ in New York

CAPE MAY – The East Lynne Theater Company will present Jesse Lynch Williams' comedy "Why Marry?” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10 at The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th Street, east of Park Avenue) in New York City.

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