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New Deputy Mayor Takes Oath

Cape May – Former Deputy Mayor Niels Favre took back the title yesterday at the City’s Reorganization Meeting July 1. Favre replaces Councilmember Linda Steenrod who took the helm at last year’s July 1 meeting.
Council also announced the settlement of a 20-year lawsuit between East Cape May Associates, owners of the 96-acre Sewell Tract located [...]

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Countdown to 60

The Beach Theatre will be 60 years old next June if it survives the wrecking ball and supporters gathered Saturday, June 27 at the Chalfonte Hotel to make sure the old girl makes it. The “Countdown to 60″ cocktail party featured a presentation by architect David Schultz outlining his firm’s “conceptual vision” for saving the [...]

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Blessing of the Waters

Cape May’s second annual Harbor Fest usually begins on Friday evening with the Blessing of the Waters in front of the Fisherman’s Memorial on Missouri Avenue. This year’s blessing was all the more poignant in light of the six fisherman who lost their lives March 24 when the  scalloper Lady Mary sank less than 70 [...]

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