Authorities: Unidentified body found in Delaware

Last Updated on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 05:31 pm Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, April 10, 2013 04:39 pm

CAPE MAY – The Delaware State Police said Wednesday that a body was found in New Castle County, Del. near the Delaware River meets the bay, according to reports.

Authorities have not identified the body.

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Local anglers hooked for life

Last Updated on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 06:41 pm Written by Mary Linehan Wednesday, April 10, 2013 04:17 pm

Louis Haubois fishes on the second day of trout season at Ponderlodge Pond in the Villas Sunday morning.

Trout fishing season opens at Flynn’s Pond

LOWER TOWNSHIP – Fourteen-year-old Matt Lepor stood in the sunshine Sunday morning casting for trout, just 10 to 15 yards away from 81-year-old Louis Haubois, who was doing the same.

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The Bizarre History of Cape May > Cape May County was strong for Lincoln in 1860 and 1864

Last Updated on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:09 pm Written by Jacob Schaad Jr. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 04:13 pm

Predicting the outcome of presidential elections and analyzing their results has been a popular political pastime in the history of the nation, especially since 1936 when a highly respected magazine went off the deep end and predicted that Alfred Landon would defeat Franklin Roosevelt for president.

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Book reading in Somers Point

Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, April 10, 2013 04:12 pm

SOMERS POINT – Author Carol Fragale Brill, of Cape May, will read from her new book “Peace by Piece” at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 21 at the Point Diner in Somers Point. She will read, chat and answer questions about her writing process and how she crafts characters and plot.

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‘Boardwalk Empire’ fundraiser brings casino-style gambling to Cape May

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:55 am

CAPE MAY – The Wildwood Catholic PTA will present a night of fun, food, music and gambling at the “Boardwalk Empire” fundraiser 6 p.m. Friday, April 19 at Cape May Convention Hall, 714 Beach Ave., Cape May.

Guests will be able to try their luck at blackjack, Texas hold’em, poker, craps, roulette and the money wheel. All games will be conducted by croupiers from the Tumbling Dice organization.

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Lower looking for youth football coach

Written by Staff Reports Saturday, April 06, 2013 01:00 am

LOWER TOWNSHIP – The Lower Township Department of Parks and Recreation is seeking a qualified individual for an available volunteer youth football coaching position.

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Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman

Last Updated on Friday, April 05, 2013 04:28 pm Written by Staff Reports Friday, April 05, 2013 01:38 pm

CAPE MAY — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing boater approximately six miles west of Cape May Point in the Delaware Bay Thursday.

The 40-foot fishing boat Linda Claire was dredging for crabs when it capsized with three people aboard, two of whom were rescued by good Samaritans.

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Bizarre History of Cape May > Cape May history not immune to slavery

Written by Jacob Schaad Jr. Friday, April 05, 2013 11:51 am

Unlike in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, slavery was not a hot button issue in Cape May and in much of New Jersey before the Civil War broke out and during the war.

Some hotel owners in the pre-war days, concerned that the controversy was hurting business that came from the South, wished that the issue would go even farther south to South America, for instance. Others, who fought in the Civil War, including local hero Henry Sawyer, said they were doing it not to free the slaves but to stop the South from separating from the Union.

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