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Mission Statement The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities is a multifaceted not-for-profit organization committed to promoting the preservation, interpretation, and cultural enrichment of the Cape May region for its residents and visitors, by: 1. Fostering a greater understanding and appreciation for the Victorian lifestyle and for the architecture, decorative arts, history and livelihoods of the Cape May region. 2. Preserving and restoring the Emlen Physick Estate, the Cape May Lighthouse, the World War II Lookout Tower (Fire Control Tower #23) and other landmark structures in the Cape May region. 3. Encouraging the performing arts in the Cape May region through presenting performances, conducting educational outreach and providing support services to other arts and cultural organizations. 4. Providing professional development to teachers and educational outreach to schoolchildren and adults in subject areas corresponding to the organization’s public programming. 5. Supporting the efforts to preserve the Cape May region’s historic architecture through the sponsorship of cultural and heritage tourism, and through providing support services to other non-profit organizations in the areas of cultural, heritage and ecological tourism. 6. Acquiring, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting objects pertaining to the Victorian period and to the architecture, decorative arts, and history of the Cape May region.
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MAC Celebrating our history... years Enriching your life From the Director............................................................................8 MAC Officers 1970 - 2015................................................................9 MAC Trustees 1970 - 2015.............................................................10 MAC Board of Trustees 2015........................................................11 MAC Senior Staff 2015...................................................................14 MAC Senior Staff 1970 - 2015........................................................15 MAC Timeline.......................................................................... 16-19 The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities   and the Rebirth of Cape May............................................. 22-27 Cape May Legacy Fund Donors............................................. 31-34 Michael Zuckerman Endowment for Collections Donors........38 Lessons of History Fund Donors.................................................39 MAC Volunteer Awards........................................................... 40-44 MAC Honor Awards.......................................................................45 Paul Aiken Encore Awards...........................................................45 CREDITS 45th Anniversary Patrons..............................................................46 Editor Index to Advertisers......................................................................47 B. Michael Zuckerman Assistant Editor Mary E. Stewart Designer Jean Barraclough -5-
Our sincere thanks to the hundreds of dedicated volunteers, faithful staff and steadfast Board of Trustees of the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities! Without your commitment year after year, Cape May would be just another unpreserved sleepy shore town with a struggling economy. By preserving Cape May’s Victorian heritage and urging for our status as a National Historic Landmark City, MAC made tourism in Cape May a year-round reality. Today MAC continues to innovate with programming and events that foster deep appreciation of our heritage and the spirit of historic Cape May.
Thank you, MAC, for 45 years!
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From the Director
On MAC’s 45th anniversary, I’d like to take stock by comparing the accomplishments of the past five years with the benchmarks I noted in six previous commemorative books. In 1985, I honored MAC’s army of volunteers, who founded the organization, saved the Emlen Physick Estate and started our public tour, special event and publication programs. In 1990, I highlighted our starting the Cape May Lighthouse project and the first steps towards the creation of a professional staff. In 1995, I celebrated MAC’s explosive expansion (in public programs, budget, staff) while pointing with pride to the premiere of the Cape May Music Festival. In 2000, I featured such accomplishments as our acquiring the Carriage House at the Physick Estate (leading to our changing exhibits and the Café & Tearoom), the launching of Spring Festival, Food & Wine Festival and our endowment fund, and major strides in educational outreach. In 2005, I noted the continued proliferation of new programming, major progress at our historic sites, tremendous strides in information technology and the resilience of our staff and Board. In 2010, I reported on the opening of the World War II Lookout Tower and our first Designer Show House, the expansion of Halloween programming and the debut of our first Facebook pages. While sustaining all of these initiatives, the past five years have witnessed a concerted effort to deepen our relationships with a wide range of constituencies: • Under the aegis of MAC Board leader Jeff Elliott, we launched three Friends Groups in 2010, “communities of passion” for lovers of the World War II Lookout Tower, the Emlen Physick Estate and the Cape May Lighthouse. Under the capable leadership of their staff coordinators (Bob Heinly, Barbara Oberholtzer and Nanci Coughlin, respectively), these Friends Groups have engaged hundreds of enthusiasts in a wide range of programs, while also raising significant funds to enhance these properties (e.g., the erection of an All Veterans Memorial at the Tower). • Under the direction of Board Member Myles Martel, the community has rallied around our Lessons of History Distinguished Lecture Series, including the creation of a sizable endowment fund to guarantee its future. • For the venerable Cape May Music Festival, the untimely April 2012 demise of jazz pianist George Mesterhazy has led to annual tribute concerts that attract the “Tout Cape May.” • The exhibits in the Carriage House Gallery (renamed the Carroll Gallery in 2014, in honor of Tom
and Sue Carroll) have switched from general themes to celebrations of community icons (e.g., the Chalfonte Hotel, historic preservationists, firefighters, watercolorist Alice Steer Wilson). • Weekly “Lunch and Learn” lectures through the winter months have provided intellectual sustenance for our year-round population. • Tom Carroll has recruited a large and enthusiastic crew of volunteers who, every week, cut, trim and manicure the Physick Estate grounds. • Targeted iniatives have sought to connect us with young families, second homeowners and visitors staying in rental houses and campgrounds. Equally important, the past five years have witnessed an explosion of events on the grounds of our historic properties, turning them into beehives of community activity. At the Physick Estate, the 2012 launch of August’s Craft Beer & Crab Festival (under the inspired leadership of Graydon and Diane Hutchinson) has grown into the single biggest day in the MAC calendar, while spawning such “copycat” events as the Harvest Brew Fest in September 2015, as well as the Cape May Hops Fest scheduled for June 2016. The Lighthouse grounds now host weekly Family Fun Festivals/Crafts Shows through the Summer, the Friends Group’s Christmas in July fundraiser, the celebration of National Lighthouse Day on August 7 and October’s Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey. And at the World War II Lookout Tower, the annual Armed Forces Day Ceremony has become a patriotic salute to veterans of all wars and services. Finally, the resilience shown since the turn of the century has been truly put to the test by the continued economic rollercoaster ride of the past five years. The MAC Board, under the successive presidencies of Doug McMain and Mary McKenney, has not only been an unwavering source of stability and steady governance but has also been a fruitful source of many of the innovations described above. The MAC staff, meanwhile has become the “poster child” for the productivity gains of our nation’s “jobless recovery.” Despite a wage freeze since 2007, our staff has eagerly taken on any number of new challenges, thanks to the inspired leadership of our management team (Chief Operating Officer Bill Ten Eyck, and his successor, Melissa Zeides, Chief Outreach Officer Mary Stewart and Chief Financial Officer Charles Kealy) and their talented and dedicated lieutenants.
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B. Michael Zuckerman, Ph.D.
MAC Officers 1970 - 2015
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John Andrus Edwin C. Bramble Rev. Robert O. Davis Michael Dyne Susan M. Golden
Incorporating Members 1970 Christine D. Laquer Robert Lenton Deborah Maine Bruce Minnix A. Gregory Ogden
Joyce F. Greenberg Thomas M. Hand Thomas W. Harris, Jr. Mildred V. Howell Frederick M. Kuhner
Presidents
Mary McKenney 2014-15 Doug McMain 2011-13 Diane Hutchinson 2008-10 Ed Henry 2007 Dave McGonigle 2004-06 Ed Henry 2001-03 Tom Carroll 1998-2000 Elan Zingman-Leith 1995-97 John Bailey 1992-94 Marianne Schatz 1989-91 nd
Lawrence Eppler 1988-89 Tom Carroll 1985-87 Charles Bernard 1984 Herb Beitel 1981-83 Bruce Minnix 1978-80 Shawn Wetherill 1977 Corinne Minnix 1974-76 Ray Schultz 1973 Frederick Kuhner 1970-72
Vicki Watson 2013-15 Jerry Reeves 2009-12 Mark Allen 2008 Tom Carroll 2007 Ed Henry 2005-06 Richard Juliano 2002-04 Joan Wells 2001 Ed Henry 2000 Jerry Reeves 1999 Fred Kuhner 1997-98 Tom Carroll 1996 Christy Igoe 1995 Fred Kuhner 1992-94 Tom Carroll 1989-91
John Bailey 1989 Evelyn McCoy 1988 Cindy Schmucker 1986-87 Sandy Miller 1986 Helen Diamond 1984-86 Charles Miller 1983 Larry Muentz 1982 Marianne Schatz 1979-81 Robert Cunningham 1977-78 Bradford Hull 1974-76 Robert Diamond 1973 Anna Marie Stango 1972 Joyce F. Greenberg 1971
1st Vice Presidents
2 Vice Presidents
Elan Zingman-Leith 1994 Joan Wells 1992-93 Christy Igoe 1989-91 Charlotte Todd 1988 Joan Wells 1987 Rona Craig 1986 Cindy Schmucker 1986 Winnifred O’Brien 1984-85 Sally Hirsh 1983 Marian Robertson 1981-82 Mary Trexler 1979-80 Mary Carolyn Pitts 1970
John Bailey 1989-91 Tom Carroll 1988 Sandy Miller 1986-87 Rona Craig 1986 Spurgeon Smith 1986 Karen Andrus 1985 Joan Wells 1984 Charles Bernard 1983 Marianne Schatz 1982 William Zerby 1979-81 Louise Zerby 1977-78 Tom Carroll 1974-76 Anna Marie Stango 1973 Bruce Minnix 1970-73
Bernie Haas 2015 Diane Hutchinson 2014 Chris Clemans 2013 Tom Carroll 2010-12 Doug McMain 2009 Myra Kurkowski 2008 Elan Zingman-Leith 2007 Nancy Bailey 2006 Jerry Reeves 2005 Andy O’Sullivan 2003-04 Tom Carroll 2001-02
Elan Zingman-Leith 1998-2000 Richard Juliano 1997 Fred Kuhner 1995-96 Christy Igoe 1992-94 Joan Wells 1991 Norris Clark 1990 Spurgeon Smith 1989 Tom Carroll 1989 Lee Weber 1988 Marianne Schatz 1985-87 May McLaughlin 1980-84
Treasurers
Chris Shoemaker 2014-15 Mary McKenney 2011-2013 Ed Henry 2009-10 Jerry Reeves 2006-08 Joan Wells 2002-05 Richard Juliano 1999-2001 Jerry Reeves 1996-98 Joan Wells 1994-95 Norris Clark 1991-93
Joan Wells 1988-90, 2005 Lawrence Eppler 1987 Herb Beitel 1984-87 John Dunwoody 1983 Wade Cooper 1979-82 Herman Hirsh 1975-78 Peter Bohn 1972-74 Wade Cooper 1971-72 Rev. Robert O. Davis 1970
Corresponding Secretaries
Recording Secretaries Bettyne Hull 1976-78 Mary Hand 1975 Eleanor Vernon 1974
Tom Carroll 2015 Doug McMain 2014 Diane Hutchinson 2011-13 Doug McMain 2010 Tom Carroll 2008-09 Diane Hutchinson 2007 Tom Carroll 2004-06 Elan Zingman-Leith 2002-03 Niels Favre 1999-2001 Richard Juliano 1998 Tom Carroll 1997 Angela Conran 1996 Norris Clark 1994-95 Tom Carroll 1992-93 rd
3 Vice Presidents
Secretaries
Jeff Elliott 2015 Tom Carroll 2014 Jeff Elliott 2012-13 Archie Kirk 2009-11 Elan Zingman-Leith 2008-09 Nancy Bailey 2007 Elan Zingman-Leith 2004-06 Dave McGonigle 2003 Andy O’Sullivan 2001-02 Joan Wells 1998-2000 Angela Conran 1997 Helen Fox 1995-96
Mary Carolyn Pitts Marion L. Sandman Ray Schultz John R. Thomas Ruth R. Veasey
Tom Carroll 1971-73
Vance Enck 1974-78
Past Presidents
Jeanette Harris 1972-73 Kathryn Hergelroth 1972 Kathryn E. Heckman 1971
Ed Henry 2004
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Frank Acker Goldie Satt Adams Mark Allen Bob Anderson Karen Andrus John Andrus Tom Atherton John Bailey Nancy Bailey Al Beale K.C. Bennett Edwin C. Bramble Reginald Brown Mathew Burtt Joanne Carrocino Tom Carroll Tom Chelius Norris Clark Christina Clemans
2011-15 1989-94 2006-07, 2009-13 1995-2004 1984, 1986-87 1970 2003-05 1987-88 1998-2005 2006-08 1976-84 1974-76 1976-78 2008-13 2014-15 1977-79, 1994-95 1988 1989, 2001-05 1995-2003, 2005-13, 2015
Dave Clemans 1989-94 Pat Collier 1988-91 Angela Conran 1991-95, 1998 Ralph Cooper 1994-2000 Wade Cooper 1983 Rona Craig 1986-88, 1996-98 Robert Cunningham 1978-79 Charles Czworkowski 1999 2009 Susan DeMaio Michael Dyne 1970 John Dunwoody 1982, 1985-86 Jeff Elliott 2010 Brenda Williams Elliott 2010-15 Vance Enck 1979-87 Lawrence Eppler 1986-87 Kendall Ewer 1974-77 Virginia Maine Ewer 1971-73 Niels Favre 1998 Bob Fite 1988-96 Helen Fox 1989-94, 1997 Dorothy Gaver 1980-81 David Gemmell 1983-85
MAC Trustees 1970 - 2015 1970, 1972-73 Susan M. Golden Joyce Greenberg 1970 Brian Groetsch 2015 Robert Gross 1972-75 Bernie Haas 2001-14 Peter Hand 1973-74 Thomas M. Hand 1970 Alfred Hanson 1979-83 Thomas W. Harris, Jr. 1970 Barbara Heim 2003-11 Ed Henry 1999, 2008 Edward H. Hergelroth 1971-72 Herman Hirsh 1974, 1979-82 Sheila Hollander 1973-75 Jack Hollander 1971-72 Maureen Horn 1988-90 Mildred V. Howell 1970 Diane Hutchinson 2005-06 Christy Igoe 1987-88 Patricia Joyce 2001-05 Richard Juliano 1996 Rev. Robert Kahl 1981-82 Archie Kirk 2008, 2012-15 Frederick M. Kuhner 1974-75, 1990-91 David Kurkowski 2005-06 Myra Kurkowski 2006-07, 2009 Christine D. Laquer 1970-73 Helenclare Leary 1996-98 1970-73 Robert Lenton Jean Lloyd 1989-90 Patrick Logue 2006-07 Deborah Maine 1970 Myles Martel 2009-15 Lisa Matusiak 2006-09 Evelyn McCoy 1978-87 Dave McGonigle 2000-2002 Mary McKenney 2010 May McLaughlin 1978-79, 1987-95 Doug McMain 2006-08, 2015 Charles Miller 1984-88 Sandy Miller 1984-86 Steve Miller 1991-96 - 10 -
1984-86 Bruce Minnix James D. Minnix 1971-73 John Mitchell 2012-14 Jack Morey 2002-06 Judy Obergfell 1986 Winnifred O’Brien 1978-83 A. Gregory Ogden 1970 Andy O’Sullivan 1999-2004 Edson Packer 1976-78 Don Pettifer 1992-95 Kay Pettifer 1988-89 Dan Preminger 1996-2001 Jerry Reeves 1994-95, 2000-02, 2004 Joseph Salvatore, MD 1997-2005 Marianne Schatz 1983-84 Cindy Schmucker 1985 Ray Schultz 1970-72, 1974-77 Chris Shoemaker 2013 Spurgeon Smith 1984-85, 1989 Tom Snyder 1987-89 Dennis Spilker 2007-08 Durant Stroud 1973 Nell Swain 1974-77 Gerald Tall 1980-82 John R. Thomas 1970-72 Charlotte Todd 1985-87 Altadena Tyree 1973-74 Ruth R. Veasy 1970-71 1975-76 Eleanor Vernon Walter von Schlichten 1975-80 Vicki Watson 2012 Lee Weber 1986-87 Joan Wells 1983-86, 1997 S. Herkness Wetherill 1974-77 Rick White 2009 Shirley “Becki” Wilson 2014-15 Louise Zerby 1979 Elan Zingman-Leith 1992-93 Susan Zingman-Leith 2013-15
Honorary Trustee Fred Kuhner
1999
Gathered at the Summer 2015 meeting of the MAC Board were (left to right): Michael Zuckerman, Frank Acker, Archie Kirk, Vicki Watson, Bernie Haas, Tom Carroll, Myles Martel, Chris Clemans, Jeff Elliott, Doug McMain, Suzie ZingmanLeith and President Mary McKenney. (Missing from photo: Chris Shoemaker, Joanne Carrocino, Brian Groetsch and Shirley (“Becki”) Wilson.)
MAC Officers & Trustees 2015 OFFICERS Mary McKenney, President Tom Carroll, 1st Vice President Vicki Watson, 2nd Vice President Bernie Haas, 3rd Vice President Jeff Elliot, Secretary Chris Shoemaker, Treasurer B. Michael Zuckerman, Director
TRUSTEES Myles Martel Frank Acker Doug McMain Joanne Carrocino Shirley (“Becki”) Wilson Chris Clemans Susan Zingman-Leith Brian Groetsch Archie Kirk
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MAC Senior Staff
Office of the Director
Director: B. Michael Zuckerman Assistant to the Director: Anna Marie Leeper
Department of Tours & Operations
Chief Operating Officer: Melissa Zeides Tour & Lighthouse Division: Director of Tour Operations: Nanci Coughlin Manager of Tour Operations: Rosemary Rombado Manager of Tour Systems: Barbara Oberholtzer Group Tour Manager: Sue Gibson Visitors Services & Special Events Division: Director of Visitor Services & Special Events: Janice Coyle Office Assistants: Sue Evangelista, Arlette Wright
(as of August 2015)
Maintenance Division Maintenance Director: Paul Smargiassi Maintenance Assistants: Dave Adams, John Adams Physick Estate Gardener: Sandy Nickel Physick Estate Housekeeper: Wayne March Retail Division: Director of Retail Operations: Emily McLaughlin Assistant Retail Manager: Renee Bond Lighthouse Shop Manager: JoAnn Karacz Merchandise Associate: Joe McLaughlin Show House Division: Show House Manager: Anne Gibboni Tearoom Division: Chef: David Corkery Dining Room Manager: Carla Colson Information Technology Division: Manager of Computer Services: Bernie Pease
Business Office Division
Chief Financial Officer: Charles Kealy Director of Accounting & Human Resources: Larry Ryan Staff Accountant: Vicki Miller
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Department of External Affairs
Chief Outreach Officer: Mary E. Stewart Administrative Coordinator for External Affairs: Barbara Hubmaster Development Division: Development Assistant: Anne Gibonni Education Division: Museum Education Director: Robert Heinly Administrative Assistant: Monica Heinly Marketing Division: Marketing Coordinator: Eliza Lotozo Brochure Delivery Persons: Randy Flamm, Wayne March, Frederick VanCott Advertising Representative: Denny Arnold Publications/Website Division: Publication/Website Manager: Jean Barraclough
Communications Division
Communications Coordinator: Susan Krysiak
Museum Division
Curator: Gail Capehart Registrar: Ben Ridings
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MAC Senior Staff 1970 - 2015
Director B. Michael Zuckerman 1982-Present Peg Sinclair 1982 Gardner Howes 1970-73 Assistant to the Director Anna Leeper 2001-Present Chief Operating Officer Melissa Zeides 2011-Present Bill Ten Eyck 2006–2011 Deputy Director for Tours & Operations Bill Ten Eyck 1996-2005 Assistant Director: Museum & Tour Operations Bill Ten Eyck 1995-96 Sandra Allison 1992-94 Director of Tour Operations Nanci Coughlin 2007-Present Tour Director Jo Tassiello 1992-2002 Sandra Allison 1989-91 Philip Ksycki 1989 Suzanne Fredrickson 1988-89 Doug Winterich 1987-88 Marilyn Springer 1985-87 Carol Boyd 1983-84 Manager of Tour Systems Barbara Oberholtzer 2005-Present Group Tour Manager Sue Gibson 2010-Present Becky Kennedy 2005-2009 Nanci Coughlin 2003-04 Mike Cosmo 1998-2003 Manager of Tour Operations Rosemary Rombado 2007-Present Nanci Coughlin 2004-07 Director of Visitor Services & Special Events 2009-Present Janice Coyle Director of Visitor Services Janice Coyle 2005-09 Kathy Cline 2004-05 Linda Rhinier 2002-04 Office Manager Kathy Cline 2000-2004 Anna Marie Leeper 1986-2000 Joan Alvarez 1985-86 Frances Henley-Lock 1984-85 Tobe Orrell 1983-84 Helen Davis 1982-83 1979-81 Jerry Burke
Special Events Director Anne Fitzsimons 2005-09 Paul Terruso 2003-05 Randall Segal 2002-03 Catherine DeHart 1996-2002 Mary Stewart 1989-91 Maintenance Director Paul Smargiassi 2014-Present Bill Pfaff 2009-2014 Corey Sukeforth 2007-09 Jerry Karacz 2002-07 Chip Conine 2001-2002 1994-2001 Sal Saioni Alan Senbertrand 1994 Lewis Thomas 1990-94 Anthony Frank 1990 Charlie Bernard 1989-90 Ronald Parker 1988-89 Tearoom Manager David Corkery 2013-Present Rob Guldin 2009-2012 Bill Walters - 2008 Dennis Belanger 2005-2007 Matt Ryan - 2004 Michael Patchen 2001-03 Leonard Sabanes 1999-2000 Director of Retail Operations Emily McLaughlin 2011-Present Jim Horner 2007-10 Phil Bond 2004-05 Angela Orio-Stinson 2000-04 Diane Morton 1998-99 Kathy Herbst 1998 1995-98 Sandra Allison Show House Manager Anne Gibboni 2008-Present Manager of Computer Services Bernie Pease 2009-Present Michael Leonard 2008-2009 Terry Dougherty 2005-2008 Chief Outreach Officer Mary Stewart 2006-Present Deputy Director for External Affairs Mary Stewart 1996-2005 Assistant Director: Performing Arts, Special Events and Administration Mary Stewart 1992-96 Director of Development Catherine DeHart 2001-03 - 15 -
Marihelen Bauer
2001 Museum Education Director Bob Heinly 2011-Present Museum Education Coordinator Marge Wetherill 1997 Bob Heinly 2001-2010 Arts Education Coordinator Janice Lake Betts 1998-2005 Publications/Website Manager Jean Barraclough 2014-Present Marketing/Communications Director Jean Barraclough 2002-2013 Jane Hale 1998-2002 Joanne Galloway 1996-98 Marketing Coordinator Eliza Lotozo 2014-Present Jill Hickey 2014 Marketing Director Susan S. Ricciardi 1989-1996 Communications Coordinator Susan Krysiak 2011-Present Communications Director Joanne Galloway 1994-96 Denise Prorock 1993-94 Chris Wood 1992-93 Andrew Cripps 1990-92 Bernard W. Groff 1987-90 Advertising Representative Denny Arnold 2014-Present Volunteer Coordinator Barbara Hubmaster 2006-Present Jane Bonner 1997-2005 Chief Financial Officer 2006-Present Charles Kealy Daniel Barbera 1996-2005 Comptroller Daniel Barbera 1994-96 Debra Walker 1992-94 Director of Accounting & HR Larry Ryan 1996-Present Curator Gail Capehart 2013-Present Elan Zingman-Leith 2006-2013 Elizabeth Bailey Reighn 1999-2006 Diane Cripps 1990-99 Doug Winterich 1988-89 Registrar Ben Ridings 2014-Present Heather Furlin 2013-2014 Barbara Colameco 2006-2013
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MAC Timeline 1970-2015
September- Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) incorporated October- First Fundraiser (Halloween Haunted House)
1991
1971 May: First Victorian Fair
June: First Film Festival November: MAC signs Physick Estate Purchase Agreement
1972
1992
June: MAC purchases assets of the Victorian Village Corporation for $2,400, including a sightseeing trolley and a collection of Victorian furniture.
1973
May: City of Cape May acquires Physick Estate; leases it to MAC October: First Victorian Weekend
1974
December: First Christmas Candlelight House Tour
1981
July: First Mansions by Gaslight Tour
1982
December: First full-time Director hired
1983
July: First Show “Mid-Atlantic Stage” (The Fantasticks)
1984
October: First 10-day Victorian Week
1986
December: Lease executed for Cape May Lighthouse
1987
1988 1989 1990
1993
1994
April: First Shakespeare Weekend July: Lighthouse Ground Floor opened, with first Lighthouse Museum Shop Fall: “Cape May Fare” published
1995
May: Lighthouse Tower opened to public November: First Community Concert Performance (Duo-pianists Markham and Broadway) July: First Cape May Kids Playhouse August: “Sentinel of the Jersey Cape: The Story of the Lighthouse at Cape May Point” published June: First Cape May Music Festival concert October: First Inn Deep Workshop September: Oil House at Lighthouse restored and converted into visitor orientation center and Museum Shop November: First Victorian Holmes Weekend December: First Evening Wassail Tour
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April: First Poe Mystery Weekend -Debut of Sun Porch Museum Shop at Physick Estate June: First “Back to the Fifties” Doo Wop Trolley Tour of the Wildwoods -Lease executed for the Washington Street Mall Information Booth February: First “Doctor Is In” living history tour at the Physick Estate April: “Back to the 50s” Trolley Tour wins Governor’s Tourism Award May: First Community Day May: First Volunteer Recognition Reception Summer: Cape May Ferry Special launched in partnership with the Delaware River and Bay Authority September: Transfer of Lighthouse ownership from U.S. Coast Guard to The State of New Jersey July: First “Keeper’s On Duty” living history at the Cape May Lighthouse October: First Fisherman’s Wharf Tour November: First Holiday Crafts Show December: First “A Physick Family Christmas” Tour April: Cape May Music Festival wins Governor’s Tourism Award June: Cape May Lighthouse reopens after major restoration November: First MAC Honor Award presented to Fred Kuhner February: Cook’s Bedroom exhibit opens in Physick House Museum April: First Around Cape Island Tour aboard the Cape May Whale Watcher May: First formal Music Festival educational outreach program June: First Harbor Safari (co-sponsored with the Nature Center of Cape May) July: MAC goes on the Internet August: “The Beacon” Lighthouse Educational Outreach Packet developed October: First sign language interpreted tour of the Physick Estate -First Delaware Bay Lighthouse Adventure
2001 February: Opening of “Victorian Art Form: Botanical
1996 April: Debut of MAC’s first promotional video
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
-First Spring Victorian Weekend June: Servant’s Hall exhibit opens in the Physick House Museum November: First Holiday Preview Weekend April: Debut of the Self-guided Audio Walking Tour of Cape May May: MAC donates acoustical shell to Cape May Convention Hall July: First U.S. Coast Guard Base Trolley Tour August: Completion of first phase of Carriage House restoration September: Opening of Carriage House Gallery with “Traditions in Elegance” exhibit of Teapots from the Twinings Teapot Collection -Debut of Carriage House Gallery Shop -First Cape May Food & Wine Festival December: MAC Endowment Fund launched April: Lighthouse Tower restoration completed - First Vintage Dance Weekend - Debut of www.capemaymac.org May: MAC receives the New Jersey Pride Award for Economic Development August: Republication of “Cape May: Queen of the Seaside Resorts” October: Opening of “Toys, Tools and Textiles” exhibit in the Carriage House Gallery, MAC’s first “homegrown” exhibit February: Opening of the “Feeling of Community: Cape Island’s African American Heritage” exhibit in the Carriage House Gallery (first co-sponsored exhibit with the Center for Community Arts) July: Opening of the Twinings Tearoom at the Physick Estate September: Opening of the “Glass for the Victorian Table” exhibit (in partnership with Wheaton Village) October: Re-interpretation of the Formal Parlor and Music Room in the Physick Estate April: First General Operating Support grant award from the New Jersey Historical Commission May: Dedication of the Fred Kuhner Garden at the Carriage House Tearoom July: First Kids’ Day at the Physick Estate September: Opening of the “Clocks and Victorian Style” exhibit October: First “Cape May On Fire Walking” Tour November: Work begins on Lighthouse Grounds Restoration Project
2002
2003
2004
Illustrations” Exhibit April: 1915 Model T Ford becomes latest Physick Estate attraction May: Opening of “Cool Cape May: A Century of Beach Life” Exhibit June: Cape May Legacy Fund established September: Opening of “A Stitch in Time” Victorian Quilt Exhibit January: Opening of “Somebody to Cheer For: Black Professional Baseball and African-American Community Life in New Jersey” Exhibit February: World War II Tower Project launched April: First Family Treasure Hunt Tours offered June: Opening of “What’s Cookin’? Two Centuries of American Foodways” Exhibit September: Return of “Traditions in Elegance: 100 Teapots from the Norwich Castle Museum” Exhibit October: First Cape May Wine School class January: Opening of “Stompin’ at the Shore” Exhibit May: Opening of “Mr. Ford’s Model T” Exhibit -First performance of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony at the Cape May Music Festival June: Ribbon-cutting for the Physick Estate Grounds Restoration/ADA Access Project September: Opening of “The Fight of the Century” Exhibit November: Fire Control Tower No. 23 named to National Register of Historic Places December: First Tea with Mrs. Claus offered January: Opening of “Glimpses of America” Exhibit February: First Chocolate Fantasy Buffet April: Opening of “The Doll House” Exhibit -First Winery Cellar Tours at the Cape May Winery June: Lease executed for Fire Control Tower No. 23 September: Opening of “Ladies Who Lunch” Exhibit October: First Evening Ride with the Ghostwriter -Food & Wine Festival named Top 100 Event in North America
2005
January: Opening of “Photos from the Lifeboat Project” Exhibit
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January: Opening of “Two Women, Two Worlds” Exhibit April: First Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tour -Opening of the first Designer Show House May: Opening of “World War II in Cape May” Exhibit, featuring the Wall of Cape May Heroes June: First Welcome to Cape May Trolley Tour September: Opening of “Dr. Physick and his World” Exhibit (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18)
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2006 January: Opening of “A Feeling of Community:
2007
2008
Education and Segregation on Cape Island” Exhibit May: Opening of “Back to the Fifties: The Life and Times of Doo Wop Design” Exhibit September: Opening of “Victoriana A to Z” Exhibit November: Opening of first “Old-Fashioned Christmas” Exhibit -First Ghosts of Christmas Past Trolley Ride -First Santa’s Trolley Ride -First Community Tree Lighting at the Physick Estate January: Opening of “Small Towns, Black Lives-African American Communities in New Jersey” Exhibit February-May: First “Song to Symphony” Music Festival educational outreach project April: Debut of “Consuming Passions: Victorians & Their Food,” the first themed tour in the Physick Estate May: Opening of “Here Comes the Bride: Weddings in America” Exhibit August: Debut of MAC’s second website September: Opening of “Consuming Passions: Victorians and their Food” Exhibit October: First Scarecrow Alley at the Physick Estate -First Phantoms of the Physick Estate Tour -First Midnight at the Physick Estate Tour -First Madame’s Parmentier’s Psychic Tea January: Opening of “Proudly We Serve: Our African American Military Service from the Civil War Forward” Exhibit April: Opening of “Mediums Well Done: The World of Victorian Spiritualism” Exhibit - Launching of Cape May Gift Certificate program August: First National Lighthouse Day Celebration at the Cape May Lighthouse September: First Board-organized fund-raising gala
2009 May: Debut of “Visit Cape May,” MAC’s
2010
first Facebook page July: MAC receives PNC Arts Alive grant for the Cape May Music Festival October: First historical lecture: “Shackleton’s Way” -150th Anniversary celebration at the Cape May Lighthouse November: Adoption of new name: The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities -Opening of the first Dickens Village Christmas Exhibit January: Opening of “Black, Blue & True: to the Tune of Inspiration” exhibit April: Opening of “Glowing: Cape May Stained Glass” exhibit -Debut of “On the Town” themed tour in the Physick Estate -First Chocolate Championship Tour & Tasting May: First annual Armed Forces day Celebration at the World War II Lookout Tower June: Debut of Murder at the Physick Estate August: Launch of the “Friends of the World War II Lookout Tower” November: Launch of the “Friends of the Cape May Lighthouse” -Launch of the “Friends of the Physick Estate”
2011 January: Opening of “Can I Get A Witness?” Exhibit
April: Debut of “Victorian Health and Fitness” theme tour in the Physick Estate -Opening of “Remembering South Cape May” Exhibit July: First “Family Fun Days” at the Cape May Lighthouse
2012 January: Opening of “Schools for the Colored” Exhibit
2009 January: Opening of “Family Tree: The Continuous
Circle of Life of the First Local Free Black Settlements” Exhibit February: First Cape May Wine Trail March: Opening of the World War II Lookout Tower April: Opening of “What Were They Thinking: 160 Years of Bad Taste” Exhibit -Debut of “HERstory” themed tour in the Physick Estate -Debut of Volunteer of the Month Program - 18 -
April: Debut of “What Those Victorian Wore” theme tour in the Physick Estate -Opening of “Cape May’s 20th Century Renaissance” Exhibit -First “Girlfriends Getaway Weekend” May: Dedication of All Veterans Memorial at the World War II Lookout Tower June: Debut of “Nuts & Bolts” Tour of the Physick Estate -First “Clueless at the Physick Estate” August: First “Craft Beer & Crab Festival” October: First Lessons of History Lecture: “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy: Lessons for Today’s Citizen Leaders”
2013 January: Opening of “Celebrating Community Service” 2014 Exhibit April: Debut of “Victorian Luxuries” theme tour in the Physick Estate -Opening of “Cape May’ Chalfonte Hotel” Exhibit June: Debut of “Behind the Walls & Under the Crawls” Trolley Tour October: Lessons of History Lecture: “Lessons from Lincoln: The Poetry and Prose of Freedom” - Debut of MAC’s third website
2014
September: First “Jazz Brunch” at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom October: Renaming of Carriage House Gallery in honor of Tom & Sue Carroll -Lessons of History Lecture: “The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution”
2015 January: Opening of “Center for Community Arts
January: Opening of “The Way We Were: Cape May County’s Once Thriving Black Businesses” Exhibit -Debut of Lunch & Learn lecture series in Carriage House Gallery April: Debut of “Dr. Physick Throws a Party” theme tour in the Physick Estate -Opening of “Cape May Ablaze” Exhibit May: Opening of “War on the Homefront” Exhibit at the World War II Lookout Tower June: First “Dr. Physick’s Neighborhood Walking Tour” July: First “Christmas in July” at the Cape May Lighthouse
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Celebrates 20 Years of History” Exhibit April: Debut of “At Home with Nature” theme in the Physick Estate Tour -Opening of “Light, Particularly: Alice Steer Wilson’s Cape May” Exhibit -Debut of “Story Stops” at the Physick Estate May: Opening of “The Terror of Submarines” Exhibit at the World War II Lookout Tower June: First “Cape Mayhem Trolley Tour” July: Debut of “Shakespeare at the Estate” September: First “Harvest Brew Fest” at the Physick Estate
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The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities and the Rebirth of Cape May 1970-2015 by B. Michael Zuckerman, PhD., Director (1982 - ) Cape May’s spectacular rebirth as a Victorian theme destination has followed a highly unusual course. No wealthy philanthropist came to its rescue, showering millions of dollars to transform the town (as did a John D. Rockefeller, Jr. at Colonial Williamsburg). No government super-agency stepped in and waved its magic wand (as did a National Park Service at Philadelphia’s Independence National Park). Rather, Cape May’s revival has been a classic example of community “bootstrapping,” involving three major partners. The first is the City of Cape May, which has provided the necessary regulatory controls and resort infrastructure. The second is the Cape May business community, whose members have poured their life savings and sweat equity into restoring hundreds of historic buildings. The third is a cultural not-for-profit organization, the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (MAC). Since its founding in 1970, MAC has forged alliances with both other partners to further Cape May’s rebirth. In its early years, MAC focused largely on the city government, fighting to shift it towards a pro-preservation stance. With this struggle won, MAC’s partnership with Cape May’s business community then rose to the fore. Through its sponsorship of cultural and heritage tourism, MAC has become a principal agency for Cape May’s economic revival. By aggressively marketing an evergrowing roster of tours and special events, MAC has helped lure mass audiences to Cape May on a year around basis. These visitors, in turn, provide the solid customer base that the business community needs to sustain scores upon scores of preservation success stories.
1970-2015
MAC years
Celebrating our history... Enriching your life
MAC’s history to date falls into four distinct phases: the Pioneer Phase (1970-80), when MAC waged its battle with City Hall and laid the foundation for its cultural and heritage tourism mission; the Adolescent Phase (1981-87), when MAC experimented with different approaches before reaching its present trajectory; the Growth to Maturity Phase (1988 – 2002), in which MAC fulfilled much of its early promise as the leader in Cape May’s economic and cultural rebirth; and A Challenging Decade (2003 - present), in which MAC has re-engineered itself in the face of economic, cultural and demographic upheavals. PIONEER PHASE (1970-1980) MAC was formed in September 1970 at a critical juncture in Cape May’s history. In the course of the 1960s, Cape May had become a magnet for growing numbers of historic preservationists and artists, attracted by its unparalleled (albeit dilapidated) collection of Victorian seaside architecture. Their vision was increasingly at odds with the city government, which saw modern motel construction as Cape May’s panacea. When the historic Hotel Lafayette was torn down in the summer of 1970 to make way for the Marquis de Lafayette, the preservationists vowed that they would band together and fight any future demolitions. They did not have long to wait. In September, the developer-owners of the Emlen Physick Estate (with its 1879 mansion and outbuildings,
By 1970, the dilapidated Physick Estate was truly Cape May’s “haunted house.”
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Watson & Henry Associates vacant and vandalized, and (currently) Bob Russell of on eight overgrown acres) HMR Architects. announced plans to bulldoze From the outset, this landmark to make way for however, MAC’s founders tract housing. To forestall this started programs that went far disaster, MAC’s founders (Fred beyond restoring the Physick Kuhner, Bruce and Corinne Estate. One of their major Minnix, and Carolyn Pitts) initiatives was to extend took the lead in incorporating MAC’s interpretative net the Mid-Atlantic Center for over the entire community. the Arts. By the very name In 1971, they started offering they chose, they signaled that guided walking tours of Cape saving the Physick Estate was May’s Historic District. The but a first step to achieving a following year, they purchased very broad mission. the trolley tour franchise of Their efforts to raise the the defunct Victorian Village $90,000 purchase price for the Development Corporation Physick Estate inadvertently led MAC’s founders into a The Physick Estate, after 45 years of MAC’s TLC (tender loving care). (a for-profit entity started in the mid-1960s, whose assets pitched battle with City Hall. also included an inventory of Federal funding was the Victorian furniture that was likeliest source, but the HUD grants written by MAC’s founders had to be funneled through placed in the empty Physick House). And in 1973, they began the municipal government. To the shock and fury of the new major historic house tours that opened large numbers of Cape organization, the city administration turned down the federal May’s Victorian gems to the public. Equally important, MAC’s founders launched special grant, citing its opposition to the loss of tax ratables. Not to be denied, MAC’s leaders mounted a political events that served a variety of purposes. They first focused on revolution to achieve their goals. Running on a platform of fund-raisers at the Physick Estate, starting with a Halloween quality of life and historic preservation, Bruce Minnix led a “Haunted House” in October 1970 and a Victorian Fair on the reform ticket to victory in the November 1972 elections. His grounds in the spring of 1971. They broke truly new ground first actions as mayor in 1973 were to accept the HUD grant, in 1973, when they held the first Victorian Weekend over the purchase the Physick Estate for the City of Cape May and Columbus Day holiday. As it grew in popularity, this October immediately lease it to MAC for its restoration and operation event became a powerful magnet stretching the Cape May tourism season beyond the traditional ten weeks of summer. as a public cultural facility. Minnix’s four years in office, crowned by the entire city’s They continued this trend the following year, when MAC’s first being declared a National Historic landmark in 1976, proved Christmas Candlelight House Tour put Cape May on the path of to be a turning point in Cape May’s history. During his tenure, becoming a major Christmas destination. That same year (1974), MAC’s founders added a crucial the slogan “our future is in our past” became the official policy of city government. Although Minnix was defeated for re- marketing tool to their budding organizational structure. Filling election in 1976, this commitment to historic preservation has a void, they launched the publication of “This Week In Cape May” (TWICM). Supported in full by advertisers and distributed been carried on by every successive administration. At the same time that they were waging these political free throughout the community, TWICM has become the battles, MAC’s founders were busy laying the organization’s “bible” for generations of Cape May visitors. TWICM’s success foundations. Their first priority, naturally, was to restore helped propel MAC into its role as a principal marketer of Cape the Physick Estate. They rallied an army of volunteers, May’s many attractions and happenings. who repaired leaking roofs, sanded and painted, reglazed ADOLESCENT PHASE (1981-87) missing windows, cleared jungle growth from the grounds, After a decade of spectacular growth and creativity, MAC and carried out the myriad other labors needed to bring the Estate back from the brink. A fierce internal debate ensued found itself at a crossroads as it entered the 1980s. Like a over how the facility would be used, with one faction urging typical teenager, it faced some confusion as it experimented that the main house be converted into artists’ studios and with options and experienced a variety of growing pains. apartments and another advocating a more historic use. The Ultimately, MAC emerged from these trials stronger than ever, latter view prevailed, leading to a thorough restoration of the with a sharpened sense of mission and a greatly enhanced main house, and its operation as a Victorian house museum infrastructure. The overriding issues of this phase involved volunteer “burn (a mission which has continued down to the present). This project has benefited from a succession of professional out” and the beginnings of a professional staff. 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and crafts shows, to co-sponsor shows throughout the year; and in 1986, MAC labor began to flag in the face of an joined with a local sightseeing boat to ever-growing public tour schedule. By offer guided boat tours around Cape the late 1970s, MAC reluctantly turned Island. to hired staff to lead trolley and Physick While the sum of these Estate tours, drive the trolleys, handle experiences was positive and pointed clerical chores and mow the grass. to a bright future, it took one particular The further decision to create a event to catapult MAC to its next professional staff truly set off a storm phase of growth—the “acquisition” of controversy. As volunteer burn of the Cape May Lighthouse. The out began to invade MAC’s Board Lighthouse project was conceived leadership, President Herb Beitel (1981by Tom Carroll, who started working 83) led the move to replace the Office on it in 1983. It took three years of Manager with its first full-time Director intensive negotiations, involving the (this writer) at the end of 1982. The residents of Cape May Point, the U.S. following summer, the organization Coast Guard and the New Jersey added a full-time Tour Director. Division of Parks and Forestry, before After several years of “creeping MAC received a long-term lease for professionalization,” a predictable this 1859-vintage structure. Under the backlash occurred, and it took all lease, MAC assumed responsibility for of President Tom Carroll’s (1985-87) the restoration and operation of the strategic skills to steer MAC through Lighthouse as a museum. In 1987, the this crisis. Efforts to turn back the clock ground floor was opened to the public to a more “pure” volunteer state were and planning was completed for the defeated, and the organization was public safety improvements needed for committed firmly to its present growth climbing the tower. trajectory. The addition of the Cape May Nothing cemented this course Lighthouse to MAC’s roster proved more than the explosive increase momentous in a number of ways. It in MAC’s public programming The Cape May Lighthouse, after its 15-year, offered a new area of interpretation, throughout this period. As Cape May’s $2 million restoration. involving lighthouse and maritime fortunes rose in the 1980s in response history and technology. It brought to a national craze for Victoriana, so major new audiences to MAC’s did the range and complexity of MAC’s tours and activities. doorstep (e.g., lighthouse buffs, families with children), with From the single trolley tour route of the 1970s, a second the 60,000 visitors in 1988 increasing to a peak of 116,000 by was added in 1983 and a third in 1985. In 1984, the four-day 2001. Reflecting the Lighthouse’s importance as a heritage Victorian Weekend in October was expanded to a 10-day tourism attraction, these numbers significantly enhanced Victorian Week. Christmas trolley tours were introduced MAC’s contribution to the local economy. The Lighthouse also to flesh out the holiday season, and special events were housed MAC’s first Museum Shop. Finally, the Lighthouse had launched for February, April and May. a huge impact on MAC’s organizational structure, more than This phase also saw the start of MAC’s participation in doubling its budget between 1986 and 1988. joint ventures with for-profit partners. In 1981, the owners of three of Cape May’s leading Victorian landmarks approached GROWTH TO MATURITY PHASE (1988-2002) MAC with a proposal to join with the Physick Estate in a Once through its Adolescent Phase, MAC embarked on MAC-sponsored Mansions By Gaslight tour. Offered weekly a period of continuous success as the cultural and heritage throughout the peak season, this tour proved so successful tourism engine pulling the Cape May economy. In the process, that it was joined by a second group of houses (Cottages at it again more than doubled its organizational scale and budget, Twilight) in 1983 and by numerous other combinations in the while offering an ever-wider array of cultural and educational years since. These ventures have greatly enhanced MAC’s programming. ability to interpret the interiors of large numbers of Cape May’s Central to this mature accomplishment was continuation restored Victorians for the public, while forging closer links of the internal “era of good feeling” that was forged during Tom between MAC and the business community and providing an Carroll’s first presidency in the mid-1980s. It was achieved important additional source of earned income. Other kinds by the transformation of the MAC Board of Trustees from a of partnerships also took root in this period: starting in 1983, “working board” to a “policy board,” and the prevalence of a MAC brought in Don Coffman, a major promoter of antiques spirit of mutual respect and partnership between the Board - 24 -
and staff. Much credit for this ongoing harmony belonged to the successive presidencies of Marianne Schatz (1989-1991), John Bailey (1992-94), Elan Zingman-Leith (1995-97), Tom Carroll’s second term (1998-2000) and Ed Henry (2001-03). A mature professional staff made it possible to manage existing programs while allowing MAC to strike out in new directions. A crucial infrastructure was created, involving the gradual introduction of professional standards to a host of areas, including: accounting, ADA accessibility, collections management, communications, computer networks, database management, educational outreach, employee management, emergency planning, interpretation, long-range planning, maintenance, marketing, publications, restoration, retail, special events, staff training, and volunteer management. With this strong organizational capacity, MAC was able to build vigorously on the foundations laid during its first two decades. A key factor behind MAC’s growing professionalism was the emergence in 2000 of truly massive General Operating Support grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission. This injection of State funding contributed to a 50% increase in MAC’s operating budget in the first three years of the decade, which, in turn, accelerated many advances in the infrastructure needed to deliver MAC’s wide range of public programs. Throughout this phase, MAC continued to make great strides in its efforts to extend the tourism season. In 1990, MAC launched the Cape May Music Festival as a strategy to attract visitors to the area during the “soft” weeks before the peak summer season. With significant grant support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and unprecedented contributions from scores of area businesses and individuals, the Music Festival has grown into MAC’s flagship cultural offering. This phase also saw a continual expansion of Christmas programming, with the number of Candlelight House Tours increased from one to three, a wide variety of offerings added to the calendar, and the holiday season stretched from the weekend before Thanksgiving (Holiday Preview Weekend) to the weekend after New Year’s. In 1990, MAC introduced successful Sherlock Holmes Weekends in March and November. In 1996, MAC transplanted the best of October’s Victorian Week to a Spring Victorian Weekend,
Pat and Bill Carpenter (left) and their daughter, Sue Priester (second from right), have been the most generous private donors to the Cape May Music Festival.
Since its opening in 1999, the Carriage House Cafe & Tearoom has been one of the most popular attractions at the Physick Estate.
which grew into a 10-day Spring Festival (in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May). Part of this “season-stretching” was accomplished with an expanding roster of partners. For nearly a decade, Cape May’s innkeepers lent their expertise to the INN Deep workshop on how to acquire, restore and operate a bed-and-breakfast inn. In 1997, Cape May’s restaurant community joined forces with MAC to launch the Cape May Food and Wine Festival, scheduled for the third week in September. Since 1995, another key partner has been the Cape May Whale Watcher, with whom MAC co-sponsors daily Around Cape Island and other specialty boat cruises. Nor have MAC’s partnerships been limited to the for-profit sector. Throughout this phase, MAC developed important joint ventures with the City of Cape May, including administering the Washington Street Mall Information Booth (in return for selling City Beach Tags) and co-sponsoring a series of children’s cultural programs and crafts shows at Cape May Convention Hall. MAC also joined forces with a number of area nonprofits, cosponsoring nature walks with the Nature Center of Cape May; cross-marketing the Cape May Lighthouse with Historic Cold Spring Village, Naval Air Station Wildwood and Hereford Inlet Lighthouse; offering exhibits and programs that celebrate Cape May’s African American heritage with the Center for Community Arts; running the Doo Wop 50s Trolley Tour of the Wildwoods with the Doo Wop Preservation League; packaging Naval Air Station Wildwood with the World War II Trolley Tour; and providing marketing outreach and ticket sales for area theater companies. With the Delaware River and Bay Authority, MAC offered packages that encourage visitors to leave their cars on the Delaware side and take the Cape MayLewes Ferry and a shuttle bus to a MAC trolley tour. This phase has also saw several giant steps forward in MAC’s administration of its historic sites. The Physick Estate underwent a systematic reinterpretation of the interior and grounds, taking into account the latest historical scholarship. The Physick Estate Carriage House was rescued from its
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Mary McKenney (2014-present), the MAC Board has provided just the steady languishing condition and, after a major “hand on the tiller” that the organization 1996-1997 overhaul, was converted to has needed to weather these choppy a multipurpose facility. Starting with seas. Without succumbing to panic, the the Twinings Teapot Collection is the Board has encouraged the kind of “trial fall of 1997, the Carriage House Gallery and error” experimentation that has (renamed the Carroll Gallery in 2014, harnessed the creativity and talents of in honor of Tom & Sue Carroll) has Board and staff members, alike. hosted an array of changing exhibits Perhaps MAC’s most ambitious that have hugely advanced MAC’s undertaking of the ‘00s was its efforts to museum and educational missions. interpret Cape May’s important World Then, with corporate sponsorship from War II history. The centerpiece of this Twinings Teas and a grant from the venture was the successful completion Casino Reinvestment Development of MAC’s third major restoration project Authority, MAC launched a Tearoom in – the World War II Lookout Tower the summer of 1999 out of the Carriage (Fire Control Tower No. 23) on Sunset House horsestalls and adjoining garden Boulevard. After leasing the structure patio. The Carriage House Gallery Shop from the State Park Service and raising also became another source of audience more than $1 million in grant funding, a outreach. Finally after a decade of year of construction led to the opening planning, the historic landscape around of the tower to the public in the spring the main house was recreated in 2002of 2009. A first year visitation of nearly 03, combined with measures to provide 20,000 confirmed the wisdom of adding wheelchair access to the house museum. MAC’s 2009 restoration of the World War this new historical theme to MAC’s roster At the Cape May Lighthouse, the II Lookout Tower on Sunset Boulevard has of attractions. A growing recognition 1989-1990 refurbishing of the tower furthered our interpretation of the important of the central role that history plays in windows and doors and the Oil House World War II history of the Cape May area. MAC’s missions was signaled by the was followed by a $600,000 federally and members voting to change the name of state funded restoration of the lantern the organization – to the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and and repainting of the tower in its original colors in 1993- Humanities – in November 2009. 1994. An additional $750,000 in federal/state grants led to the The years since then have seen the launching of seven complete restoration of the Lighthouse structure in 1997-98. strategic initiatives that have helped sustain the organization With the revamping of the Lighthouse grounds in 2000-01, this through challenging times: 15-year project was brought to substantial completion. 1) Constantly expanding the use of the Physick Estate A CHALLENGING DECADE (2003 - Present) grounds to attract and serve the public, starting with the Over the past dozen years, MAC’s 32-year growth curve Victorian Family Fair and various crafts shows, and adding has been significantly challenged by the confluence of three first Scarecrow Alley, then the Craft Beer & Crab Festival, adverse factors: 1) The upsurge of State funding in the early and 2015’s additions of Shakespeare at the Estate and the years of the century has been reversed by the fiscal crises that Harvest Brew Fest. have wracked New Jersey since 2002. Over this period, MAC 2) Constantly expanding the use of the Lighthouse grounds to has lost nearly $500,000 in annual operating grants, amounting attract and serve the public, starting with the National Lightto more than 10% of its peak budget. 2) After riding the great house Day celebration, and adding first Family Fun Days at Victoriana craze of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, attendance at MAC’s the Lighthouse (now every Wednesday from July through signature historic sites and house tours has been hard hit by mid-August), then the Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey an evident decline in public enthusiasm for historic sites, in (in October) and most recently Christmas in July on July 25. general, and the Victorian period, in particular. 3) The great 3) Constantly expanding the use of the Café & Tearoom to real estate bubble of the ‘00s led to the loss of a substantial attract and serve the public, starting with Bach’s Lunches, number of Cape May’s Bed and Breakfast inns (long MAC’s and adding Teddy Bear Tea Parties, Madame Parmentier’s most ardent partners); and in the Wildwoods, the rampant Psychic Teas, Princesses and Pirates Lunches, Jazz Brunchdemolition of vintage motels and diners led MAC to suspend es, and 2015’s additions of Art Parties and the Carriage its 15-year effort to interpret this important historic resource. House Coffee concession. MAC’s Board and staff have responded to these challenges 4) Switching the thrust of the Carroll Gallery exhibits, from with admirable fortitude and creativity. Under the successive more academic, object-based exhibits (e.g., clocks, teapresidencies of Dave McGonigle (2004-6), Ed Henry (2007), pots, Victorian glass) to community-oriented exhibits that Diane Hutchinson (2008-10), Doug McMain (2011-13) and connect us with different constituencies in town (e.g., the (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25)
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Chalfonte Hotel, firefighting, Alice Steer Wilson’s watercolors). 5) Recognizing the declining interest in Victoriana by tilting our October programming from a 10-day Victorian Week to primarily Halloween, replacing our general historic inns tours with ones that have a particular theme (Sherlock Holmes, chocolate), while striving to sustain and reinvigorate the one kind of tour that still draws a mass audience – the Christmas Candlelight House Tours. 6) Seeking to provide ever-increasing opportunities for people to have meaningful engagement with MAC, ranging from our three Friends groups (with their wide array of “grass roots” programs) to the Lessons of History Team and Museum Division and Physick Estate grounds volunteers. A particular focus involves attracting, educating, entertaining and engaging more young business people and families. 7) Developing innovative and aggressive marketing programs to carry our message to the widest possible public, including the use of electronic media (e.g., email outreach, Facebook, Twitter) and outreach to visitors staying at area rental properties, hotels and campgrounds. In its first 45 years, MAC has been a major force behind Cape May’s dramatic rebirth. As of 2015, with strong Board leadership, a membership base of 3,500, an annual audience of some 280,000 and a staff of 160 (25 full-time and 135 parttime employees, making MAC one of Cape May’s largest employers), MAC stands poised to help Cape May sustain its preservation success story for years to come. August 2015
This Scarecrow Alley scarecrow captured both the rise of Halloween as a major seasonal event and the emergence of the Craft Beer & Crab Festival as MAC’s single biggest day of the year.
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Cape May MAC years Legacy Fund Donors 1997-2015 1970-2015
George & Irene Abraham Frank & Beth Ackers, Jr. Donna & Michael Amundsen Dr. Charles Antinori Bob Anderson & Lisa Campanella Thomas & Barbara Atherton Lester & Roberta Aungst Judy Austermiller John & Nancy Bailey The Bacchus Inn (John & Lisa Matusiak) Virginia Baker Kim & Jim Balaschak Marge & Tony Baranowski John & June Barkovitch Jeanne Barr Curtis Bashaw Harry & Betsy Bassett Linda Batista Margaret & Anthony Battistelli Edward & Bess Bauers Rebecca Baxter Al & Nancy Beale Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Bechtel Patricia Beebe Richard & Joan Behr Lee & Jill Bellarmino Edward & Kathy Bennet Joseph Bernasz Kathy Bifulco Gerald & Johanna Birkelbach
Mary & James Black Emily Blackwell Michael & Jane Bloom Blue Amber Motel (Will Kahane) Albert Borgia John & Patricia Bowman Ruth & Roy Brader Kevin & Susan Bradley George & Barbara Brautigam Morris & Hinda Bregman Warren & Elizabeth Brodt Mr. & Mrs. William Gill Brooks Karissa Brothers Paula Brown Dale Buralli & Joanne Bernardi Beverly Burke Buckingham Motel (Lynda Valletto) Victor Bukovecky Alice Bushey Edward & Janet Butler Stanley & Marilyn Cach Robert & Rosalinda Canfield Cape May Carpentry, Inc. Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Cape Harbor Motor Inn (Tony & Maria Papamarkos) Cape May Mobil (Barney Linn) Cape May Point Civic Club Cape Savings Bank Capri Motor Lodge
In June 2014, Chris & Dave Clemans (left) were thanked for hosting the Cape May Music Festival’s 25th Anniversary reception by founding chairman Norris & Athena Clark and MAC Director Michael Zuckerman.
Hazel Carey John Carroll Martha Carroll Tom & Sue Carroll Mary E. Case Tony & Lynne Celia Marguerite Chandler David & Debra Chapman Howard & Betsy Clark III John P. Clark Norris Clark Dave & Chris Clemans Cliveden Inn (Al & Sue DeRosa) Dale Coleman Jeannette Collins Nancy & Eileen Collins Colonial House Questers ColorSource Inc. (Murray Ellis) Matthew & Jane Colucci Al & Marge Conly Patrick & Mary Barbara Conner The Corner Cottage (John & Donna Shultz) Thomas A. Cottone, Jr. Curran Investment Management Frank & Lois Curro Dairy Queen Mildred Darlington Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Davis Mr. & Mrs. James W. Davis Robert & Sally Davis Rev. & Mrs. Robert O. Davis Sallie Davis Mr. & Mrs. John E. Davison, Jr. Catherine DeHart Ellen & Frank DeRose Marian DeSatnick Mr. & Mrs. John Detrick Daniel & Mary DeWaters Rosalie DiBianca Bonnie & Carmen DiCello Maria DiMeglio Arthur & Marilyn Doersam Linda & Elmer Dolqueist William & Alice Donner Doo Wop Preservation League Wister & Joy Dougherty (CONTINUED ON PAGE 32)
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Cape Legacy Fund Donors... Mr. & Mrs. John Drach Scott & Liz Duffy Elizabeth Dymowski Nancy Easton Richard & Angela Eberle Michael & Rosemary Eden Wayne & Gail Edwards El Precio (Joe & Sarah Jordan) Kathleen Emerson Eric Arenberg Builders (Eric & Denise Arenberg) Exclusive Land Design (Mark Saioni) Betsy Faber The Fairthorne (Ed & Diane Hutchinson) Niels & Liz Favre Christopher A. Feiss Frank & Connie Felicetti Fred & Anne Ferrari Joel Fielder Mary Fisher Mr. & Mrs. T. Franklin Fiske, Sr. Robert Fite Marilyn F. Fitz Patricia Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Dudley A. Fitzpatrick Linda Fitzsimmons Bill & Helene Flounders Richard & Susan Foxx Roger & Heather Furlin Carol Laura Gaffney William & Anne George Carl & Maureen Germer Charles Gillies Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gillies Gingerbread House (Joan Echevarria) Ron Goldstein & Judy Love Mr. & Mrs. Roger Graham Grand Hotel of Cape May (Bob Belansen) George & Muriel Gray Joan P. Green Michael & Sandra Greene Susan Greene Eric & Mary Helen Gregory Robert & Anne Griffith Vince Grimm & Will Kratz Donna Groon Joe Gruber Thomas & Judith Guinan Gregory Guyon John C. & Chara C. Haas Renee & Christopher Haines William & Nancy Haley Walt & Pat Hanley Dr. & Mrs. Robison Harley Mrs William B. Harvey John & Catherine Hasson Clifford & Barbara Heim
Patricia Helt Joan Hemming Charles Henderson & Gale White Roger Henry The Henry Sawyer Inn (Barbara & Mary Morris) Henry’s on the Beach, Zoe’s & Harpoon Henry’s (Ed & Teresa Henry) Heritage House (Carolyn Detrick) Ken Hess Margaret Hill Alan & Susan Hirsch Ricki Hobdell Douglas & Donna Hole Jonathan & Gail Hole Ted & Bea Hole Joan Hollander Dr. & Mrs. William Hollander Michael Hollenbach Kenneth & Anna Hopkins Hot Dog Tommy’s (Tom & Mary Snyder) Hotel Macomber (Dale, Penny & Crystal Hardin) Jennifer & Rick Hubbs Earle & Barbara Hughes Humphrey Hughes House (Terry & Lorraine Schmidt) Fred & Nancy Hunter Mrs. Helen Hurley Charles Hutchinson & Lauren Kowalick Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hyde Pauline Iaconangelo Cristy Igoe
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Carolyn I. Inciardi Inn at 22 Jackson Street (Chip & Barbara Masemore) Inn at the Park (Jay & Maryann Gorrick) Steve & Sue Irving Doris Italiano Diane Jackson Mrs. J. Alexander Jacobs Susan Jankowski Jim Berry Heating & Cooling, Inc. The John F. Craig House (Frank & Connie Felicetti) John Johnson & Anne Horan Marlyn Johnson Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Bob & Bonnie Jones Patricia Joyce Dr. & Mrs. David Judd Charles & Lorraine Juechter Richard & Elizabeth Juliano George Kaffenberg, Jr. David & Helen Kalb Kimberly Kavanagh Lewis & Trudy Keen V. Dale Keepfer John & Janet Kerney David & Eunice King Eileen Kirk Kerry & Judy Kirk Rev. & Mrs. Richard J. Kirk Mr. & Mrs. John Kleylein Klothes Kove (Chris Marcotte) Larry & Kay Koppenhaver
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Cape Legacy Fund Donors... Wilhelmina Korevaar & Robert Pearson David & Marianne Kozak Norman & Lorraine Kreider Bob & Becky Kriebel Walter & Yvonne Kuemmerle Sarita Kuhner Linda Labinsky La Mer Motor Inn (Gus & Fofo Andy) Franz & Margo Lassner Johanna & Christopher Lawson Walt Lazeroff Helenclare Leary Mary E. Lee Pete & Joanne Leonard Laura Lesperance Carol Levine & Todd Horowitz Martin Levitas & Roberta Rote Corinne Litzenberg-Griffin Bill & Doris Lombardi Skip & Linda Loughlin Dr. & Mrs. Arganey Lucas, Jr. Carol Macmillan Dr. & Mrs. Alphonse Maffeo Sharon Magraw Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Maher The Mainstay Inn (Tom & Sue Carroll) The Mainstay Inn (David & Susan Macrae) Eugene & Maria Mancuso Manor House (Tom & Nancy McDonald) Manzoni Realty (Carl & Joyce Manzoni) Edward & Evelyn Marcantonio Anthony Marino Gregg & Maylee Marsano George & Johanna Martin
John & Cecelia Martin Benedict & Diane Martorana Joan Mason Glenn & Patricia Matis Albert A. & Charlotte M. Mattei Shirley Maturkanick Henry & Carol Mauermeyer Gregory & Suzanne Mayes Janet Mazefsky C.M. Mazzochetti Claire McAlinden Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McAlpin James & Charity McBride Patricia S. McElreavey Dave & Nancy McGonigle Mr. & Mrs. Hunter McMullin Brian & Dee Meara Tom & Ellen Measday Alex & Susan Mecinski Richard & Maryann Melus Carolyn & Steven Miller Jerry & Judy Miller Kenneth & Patricia Miller Ron & Susan Miller The Mission Inn (Susan Babineau-Roberts & Raymond Roberts) Bill & Maryanne Mistick Jim & Betty Moffatt Susan Mogel Erma Molin Eric & Kathleen Muck John & Kathleen Mueller William & Joan Muhr Paul & Michele Mullian Peg & Jim Murphy
Tom & Sue Carroll (right) were congratulated at the October 2014 dedication of the Carroll Gallery in their name by (left to right): MAC Director Michael Zuckerman, Curtis Bashaw and MAC President Mary McKenney.
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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company (Andy Chiang) Richard & Carol Nick Don & Lee Nolan Barbara Norton Mary Ellen Norton Marge & Dave Nowicki Mr. & Mrs. Edward O’Connor James & Lisa O’Donnell Willian & Eve O’Hay Tom & Janet O’Reilly William & Elaine O’Shea Ralph & Rosemary O’Shansky Neil & Estelle O’Sullivan The Oasis (Mohamed Abdelsalam) Barbara Oberholtzer John & Jennifer Ochman Oldelights (Bob Anderson & Lisa Campanella) The Original Fudge Kitchen (Joe & Paul Bogle) Lorraine Owsiak Ethelmae Oxner Evelyn Pagano Linda Palmer Thomas & Ellen Palumbo Carol Paquette Paramount Air Service (Barbara Tomalino) Dr. & Mrs. Ted Passon, Jr. Davis & Diane Patterson Phyllis Patton Diane Platt Richard & Ellen Phillips Donald Pocher Adelaide & Harry Poole Dr. & Mrs. James Porterfield Mr. & Mrs. John W. Powell II The Queen Victoria B & B (Doug & Anna Marie McMain) The Queen Victoria B & B (Joan & Dane Wells) Betty Ann Quinto Sue Ellen Raby Patricia Rainey Studio & Gallery (Patricia Rainey) Tom & Patti Raynor Curtis & Cheryl Reed Deborah Reese Catherine Rein Tom & Mary Ann Rende Frank & Joan Rettaliata Carol Reynolds Ryhthm of the Sea Bed & Breakfast Inn (Robyn & Wolfgang Wendt) Thomas & Barbara Rittenhouse Rosalie & Orlando Rivera (CONTINUED ON PAGE 34)
Cape Legacy Fund Donors... Dr. & Mrs Joseph Rizzo Peter & Anita Rohrer Herbert & Joanne Ruetsch Mark & Pat Ruskoski Karen Russell Mary Sacco Winifred Sadlo Clyde & Patricia Sain Saltwood House (Don Schwiekert) Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Salvatore Christopher & Carol Saracco Henry & Mary Anne Satt Walter & Patricia Savage Ann H. Savidge Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Scena Cindy Schmucker Della Schulz William & Audrey Schwab Candice Clifton Scott Robert & Mary Ellen Scott Margaret A. Scurato Selective Insurance Foundation John & Karen Sekella Gregory & Denise Senko Henry & Eileen Seward Richard & Anita Shapiro Steve & Sandy Sheller Sheller, Ludwig & Badey (Steve Sheller) John & Betty Shepherd Michael & Mary Ann Shouvlin John & Nancy Showers M. Edward Shull Barbara Simon Karen & Donna Smith Frank & Sue Smith Michael Soojian & Terry McKissick South Jersey Gas Co. Barbara St. Clair Robert & Jan Stahley Frederick A. Stanley Sharon Steinberg Anne Stephany Mary & Sandy Stewart Beverley M. Stix Elizabeth & Alan Stock Philip & Deborah Stock Maria Sullivan Marian E. Sullivan Diane & Edward Supple Elizabeth Swann Mary Swartz Lawrence & Lois Tancredi Tim & Cellina Taormino Donna & James Tavaglione Marian Taylor Sharlette Testa Lisa Thamasett
Thomas Webster House (Bernie & Harry Gamble) Frank L. Thomson Frank & Nina Thorp Carolyn Tice Drs. Christopher & Roseanne Traficante Donal Trappler Anthony Tumminia Dr. & Mrs. Philip Tumminia Gerard & Eline Turano John & Jamie Turano Barb Turnier Two Mile Landing (Jim Salasin) Cecelia Tyler Kenneth & Kathryn Van Cleave Mr. & Mrs.Phillip Van Orman Robert Vander Vliet Victorian Lace Inn (Carrie & Andy O’Sullivan) Victorian Society of America Victoriana Apartments (Neil & Estelle O’Sullivan) Victorious of Cape May (Renny & Maryanne Papendick) Elizabeth Villeneuve Adrienne & Loren Vosika Douglas & Amy Wacker Bernadette Walker Marion Walter Rose Marie Walter Weston & Catherine Wardell
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Joseph & Barbara Weber Weddings by the Sea (Catherine Walton) Don & Judy Weems Stephen & Karen Weierich Herb & Sheila Weiner Joan & Dane Wells Dr. Franklin & Margot West Dennis & Esther Whelan Don & Alethia White White Dove Cottage (Frank & Sue Smith) Ken Whitworth & Bill Conte Jack & Susan Wichterman Jean Bouder Wiegand Joy Will Elma Wilcox Harvey & Grace Williams Bruce & Elizabeth Wilson Elaine & Bill Winder Windward House (Sandy Miller) Dr. & Mrs. Lindley Winston Jan & Bud Wood Wooden Rabbit (Dave & Nancy McGonigle) Barbara Wright Edna Wyant Dennis & Susan Yankosky Andrew Yurkowski Elizabeth & Robert Zebrowski Robert & Elena Ziccardi Michael & Evelyn Zuckerman
Distinguished lecturer David O. Stewart (second from right) was congratulated at his October 2014 presentation on “The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution” by MAC President Mary McKenney and Lessons of History Team members (left to right): Michael Zuckerman, Team Chair Myles Martel, Tom Carroll and Doug McMain.
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Michael Zuckerman MAC Endowment for years Collections Donors 1970-2015
Established in 2013, in honor of his 30th anniversary as MAC Director, the Michael Zuckerman Endowment for Collections underwrites restoration and acquisition projects for the Physick House Museum. Founding Members Jack & Pat Carroll Tom & Sue Carroll Marguerite Chandler & Richmond Shreve Chris & Dave Clemans Tom & Peg Curran Bob Fite Richard & Susan Foxx Ed & Teresa Henry Ed & Diane Hutchinson Tedd & Mary McKenney PNC Bank (Jean Canfield) The Priester Foundation (Sue Priester) The Queen Victoria B & B (Doug & Anna Marie McMain) Sturdy Savings Bank (Jerry Reeves) Jane & Dan Valdes-Pena Joan & Dane Wells Donors Jody & Cheryl Alessandrine John & Carol Andriello Les & Bobbi Aungst John & Nancy Bailey Dan & Michelle Barbera Robert & Barbara Biller Brown & Brown Of New Jersey (Kristen Handel) Anne Burrows Mary Case Josephine Cathrall David & Debra Chapman Ronnie & Barry Cohen Bruce & Robin Corini Roger & Heather Furlin Muriel & George Gray Art & Patricia Hall Mike & Mary Lou Hayko Henry Sawyer Inn (Barbara Morris) Joan & Evelyn Hollander Steve & Sue Irving
Marilyn Johnson Eileen Kirk Judge Richard B. Klein Harry & Susanne Kritikos Dave & Myra Kurkowski Franz & Margo Lassner Harry & Lynda Leaming Anne LeDuc Bob & Jayne Lester Louisa’s Chocolate Bar (Louisa Hull) Myles & Leslie Martel Dave & Lynne Martz Tom & Linda McAlpin Bill & Mary Ann Mistick Wayne & Joyce Monsees Gus & Mary Ann Musso Robert & Barbara Oberholtzer The Original Fudge Kitchen (Joe & Paul Bogle) Paramount Air Service (Barbara Tomalino)
Margaret Philp Dave & Cheryl Repici Bruce & Karen Riede Barbara Rittenhouse Vivianne Rowan Sally Sachs Joe & Annie Salvatore Don & Judy Schenck Steve & Sandy Sheller Marc & Lauren Shenfield George & Carol Sick Chuck & Carolyn Snyder Diane & Ed Supple Rev. Rina Terry George & Margaret Thompson Anthony Tumminia Dr. & Mrs. Philip Tumminia Colin & Susan Ungaro Ray & Peggy Zemaitatis
Sturdy Savings Bank’s Michael Clark (right) congratulated MAC Director Michael Zuckerman on the bank’s $5,000 contribution to the Michael Zuckerman Endowment for Collections.
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Lessons of History: MAC years Distinguished Lecture Series Fund Donors 1970-2015
Established in 2012, the Lessons of History Fund helps perpetuate the Lessons of History Distinguished Lecture Series Les & Roberta Aungst Jill & Lee Bellarmino Patricia & Craig Boyd Larry & Ann Carlson Tom & Sue Carroll Chris Clemans Sotheby’s International Realty (Chris & David Clemans) Peter Cole & Bea Pessagno First Resorts Corp. (Steve & Janet Miller) Roger & Heather Furlin John & Mary Lou Gartland William & Anne George
Matthew K. & Barbara Glenn Pamela Gory George & Muriel Gray Robert Hadfield Ed & Diane Hutchinson Stephen & Susan Irving Laurie & Robert Jacobs David & Eunice King Malcolm & Dorothy Knapp Bob & Becky Kriebel Myles & Leslie Martel Tedd & Mary McKenney L. Martin Miller
Gary & Donna Padussis Queen Victoria Bed & Breakfast (Doug & Anna Marie McMain) Catherine Rein David & Barbara Schindler George & Theresa Schu Mr. & Mrs. Donald Segal Lauren & Marc Shenfield Mike & Sue Smith Drs. Christopher & Rosanne Traficante Adam Travetti Dr. Bud & Jill Waisbren Marjorie Wetherill Larry & Clare Wharton
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1970-2015
MAC MAC Volunteer Awards years 1970 - 2015 In 1997, we honored the “Top 6” volunteers. Starting in 1998, we have recognized volunteers for the number of days of service they contributed to make our many tours and events run successfully. Two categories of service are acknowledged – Gold Award winners, who give 35 or more days of service per year; and Silver Award winners, who give between 20 and 34 days of service. MAC’s all-volunteer Board of Trustees has chosen not to give Volunteer Service Awards to currently serving members.
TOP 6 VOLUNTEERS (1997)
Bob Fite - Kay Morgan - Kathy Naughton - Marie Rice - Walter Savage - Pamela Sigafoose GOLD AWARD WINNERS (1998-2015)
35 or more days of service Nancy Anto 2002-04, 2007 Kathy Aubin 2001 Jack & Emily Barrett 2010-11, 2013 Bruce Bigham 2002, 2009-10 Joyce Bigham 2001-02, 2009-10 Christine Blinn 2005 Geri Breth 2013 Hazel Carey 2001-02 Rich Chiemingo 2001-04 Anne Doherty 2006-07, 2012 Stina Ferguson 2010 Terry Ann Ferrara 2005, 2010 Patricia Foy 1998 Heather Furlin 2014
Bill Graupner 2010 Barbara Heim 2001-03 Clifford Heim 2000-09 Barbara Hubmaster 2004 Evelyn Wise Hunt 2000 Nina Hutchison 2000 George Kaffenberg 2002-03, 2005 Helen McDevitt 2010 Bill & Erma Molin 1999 Kay Morgan 1998-2001 Jim Rodan 2011-12 Cazimir Rupinski 2004-06 Maryjane Rupinski 2004-06, 2009-10, 2013 Walter Savage 1998-99 Eileen Seward 2005–10 John Shaw 2007 M.J. Soens 2010
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Mary Swartz 2010-11 Meg Terry 2000-01, 2007-10 Thom Weber 2007 Dane Wells 1998 Helen Whomsley 1999, 2000-02 Harriet Wilson 2010-13
SILVER AWARD WINNERS (1998-2015)
20-34 days of service Nancy Anto 2000-01, 2005-06 Dorothy Badders 2007 Richard Baker 2011 June Barkovitch 2000 Jean Barraclough 2003-04 Emily Barrett 2006-10 Jack Barrett 2007-10 Nancy Benson 2010, 2013-14 Joyce Bigham 1999, 2000, 2003-07, 2011 Bruce Bigham 2000-01, 2003-07, 2010 Christine Blinn 2001, 2003-04 Geri Breth 2012, 2014 Anthony Bruno 2006 Jules Camposea 1998 Hazel Carey 1999, 2000 Sue Carroll 2007-11, 2013-14 Eileen Cassidy 2013-14 Lynda Cogswell 2009-10 Helen Czupick 2000-01 Bart & Sally Denithorne 1998 Sue Dowling 2007 Alice Downey 2010-11, 2013 Frank Dynan 2010-11, 2013-14 Carol Elisee 2005 Charles Ellner 2013 Georgia Embs 2005 Vance Enck 1998-99 Joe Evangelista 2011-12 Terry Ewing 2014 Liz Favre 1998, 2008 Niels Favre 1998
1970-2015
MAC Volunteer Awards MAC years 1970 - 2015
Stina Ferguson 2006-10 Terry Ann Ferrara 2003-04, 2006, 2008 Heather Furlin 2012 Roger Furlin 2014 Jeannette Collins Fox 2008, 2010 Tom Glynn 2010-11 Janet Goetaski 2009-10 Bill Graupner 2009 Bill Harris 2001 Carol Hartman 1999 Barbara Heim 2000, 2013 Monica Heinly 2003-04 Mary Hoffman 1999 Margie Homan 2003-05, 2007 Nina Hutchison 1999 George Kaffenberg 2001, 2003-04 Ed Kent 2010 Helen McDevitt 2007-09 Paul McHendry 2010 Mary McKenney 2010 Liz Miller 2009 Merrill Miller 2009 Erma Molin 2000-01 Joe Moke 2010-11 Kay Morgan 2002-03 Irene Morris 2011 Gus Mosso 2011, 2103 Mary Ann Mosso 2011, 2013 Kathy Naughton 1998-99 Mary Norton 2003-05 Warren Nuessle 2012-14 Vince Panzano 2010 Pat Parry 2010, 2014 Tom Price 2014 Joan Purchase 2000 Dick Quin 2013 Curt Rangen 1998 Jim Rodan 2010, 2013 Charlie Rumsey 2003-04 Maryjane Rupinski 2007-08, 2011, 2014 Patti Sands 2013-14 Kathy Santorsola 2012 Walter Savage 2000-01, 2003-05 Randall Segal 1998-99 Pamela Sigafoose 1998-2001 Judy Siverson 1998 MJ Soens 2010 Anne Stephany 2005 Shirley Stiles 2011 Lenny Sulvetta 1999 Mary Swartz 2010 Denny Sweetman 2012, 2104 Laura Ten Eyck 2005
Meg Terry 1999, 2002-04, 2013-14 Betty Vandenburg 2010 Mary Lou Verna 1999 Thom Weber 2001, 2005-06 Helen Whomsley 2001, 2003 Grace Williams 2011 Harriett Wilson 2008-09, 2014 Jerry York 2013 Taylor Zeides 2012 Ernestine Zeli-Bove 2006
Youth Service Awards
Taylor Zeides 2013-14 Rachael Zeides 2013-14
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS (1999-2015)
In 1999, this award was inaugurated to recognize those people who donate their professional skills and services in significant ways. A Ca Mia Ristorante 2009 Bob Alls 2010 Cecilia & Kurt Axelsson 2003 Bill Bader 2008 Don Baldo 2011 Sandy Beane-Fox 2010 Jill Bellarmino 2014 Pastor James Berger 2005 Tim Bobb 2012 Ruth Brown 2001 Terry Brown 2002, 2011 Cape Island Baptist Church 2003 Cape May Fire Police 2009 Cape May Tourism Commission 2007 Cape May Victorian Dancers 2007 Cape Savings Bank 2001 Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May 2007 Dave Clemans 2000 Ellen Christine Colon-Lugo 2005 Comcast 2009 Kyle Cook 2006 Wade Cooper 2008 Craig Coughlin 2012 Tom Curran 2008 John Drechen 2011 Eileen Elia 2012 Episcopal Church of the Advent 2002 Joe Evangelista 2010 Gil & Joyce Ewing 2008 Liz Favre 2003 Karen Fox 2013 - 41 -
Heather Furlin 2012, 2014 Libby Goodman 2005 Dan Hartman 2012 Julie Heck 2010 Ernie & Betsy Heegard 2011 Historic Accommodations of Cape May 2002 Bill Huf 2008 Marvin & Larry Hume 2010 Graydon Hutchinson 2012 Jerry Inderweis 2003 Robin Jess 2002 Bob Kenselaar 2011 Lorraine Kiefer 2003 David Knipe 2006 Wilma Korevaar & Bob Pearson 2014 Dave Kurkowski 2003 Karlos LaSane 2001 Keith Laudeman 2010 Lt. Chuck Lear 2010 Anne LeDuc 2003 Joyce Lieberman 2010 Paul Mathis 2009 Shirley Maturkanich 1999 Bruce McCullough 2014 John McKeon 1999 Bill McGinnity 2013 Craig McManus 2005 Ben Miller 2012, 2014 Merrill & Liz Miller 2008 Sandy Miller 2000 Lee O’Connor 2010, 2013 Michael & Jeannie O’Neill 2009 Andy O’Sullivan 1999 Brandy Owens 2000 Gary Padussis 2013 John Pekich 2000 Michael Pinkston 2007 Tom Price 2014 Sue Priester 2011 Jerry Reeves 2014 Dave Repici 2010 Jim Rodan 2013 Dottie Rogers 2010 Joe Ross 2006 Bob Russell 2010 Bill Saponaro 2006 Mark Scarpa 2005 Lorraine Schimdt 1999 Al & Jan Seabra 2011 Randall Segal 2000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 42)
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MAC Volunteer Awards MAC years 1970 - 2015 Bonnie & Lance Pontin (John Wesley Outstanding Volunteer Service Awards (continued) Frank & Connie Felicetti (John F. Craig House) 2001 Inn) 2006-11 Ed Shull 2001 Joe & Fran Geores (Inn at Journey’s End) Diane & Roger Ring (Buttonwood Stephany Snyder 2009 2001 Manor) 2006 Diane Sorantino 2003 Joe & Joanne Giovanetti (Beauclaire’s) Susan Babineau-Roberts & Raymond Charlotte Todd 2000 2006-07, 2014 Roberts (Mission Inn) 2005 Mary & Matt Trella 2002 Dale & Penny Hardin (Hotel Macomber) Don Schweikert (Saltwood House) 2008 Heather Turner 2003 2002 Terry & Lorraine Schmidt (Humphrey Vicki Watson 2006 Jim Huckleberry & Teresa McCartney Hughes House) 2003-04, 2010 Wheaton Village Glassblowers 2001 (Brass Bed) 2002-04 Dane & Joan Wells (The Queen Victoria Jeremy Woodoff 2001 Sally Hulbert (Ashley Rose Victorian Inn) B & B) 2001-04 Jordan Wouk 2008 2005 Lori Whissel (Angel of the Sea) 2013-14 Susan Zingman-Leith 2010 Ed & Diane Hutchinson (Fairthorne) Elan & Susan Zingman-Leith (Leith Hall) 2002-11, 2013 2001-05, 2007, 2010-11, 2014 HOUSE TOUR HOMEOWNER Archie Kirk (Linda Lee & The Bedford) Donna Zlocki (Summer Cottage Inn) AWARDS (2001-2015) 2005-12 2005-06, 2008-12 In 2001, this award category was Amy Kozlow & Paul Carbone (Mason inaugurated to recognize the generosity Cottage) 2005-07, 2010-11 MAC STAFF “OVER AND ABOVE” of local homeowners for opening their Jim & Lenanne Labrusciano (Albert AWARDS (2005-12) doors for MAC’s popular year-round Stevens Inn) 2003 10 or more days of service historic house tours. Todd Land (Eldredge House) 2008 This category of recognition was PRIVATE HOMEOWNERS Lisa & John Matusiak (Bacchus Inn) 2008 added in 2005 to acknowledge MAC Frank & Beth Acker 2004, 2010, 2013-14 Dave & Susan McCrae (Mainstay Inn) staff members who give generously of Dr. Charles B. Antinori 2001 2005 their time outside their normal area of Niels & Liz Favre 2004 Tom & Nancy McDonald (Manor House) responsibility. Heather & Roger Furlin 2012 2003-04 John Alvarez 2010 Frank & Marianne Giannone 2004 Doug & Anna Marie McMain (The Queen Les Aungst 2006-12 Dave & Myra Kurkowski 2009 Victoria B & B) 2006-14 Jean Barraclough 2005-07, 2009-12 Bill Saponaro 2001-02, 2008 Barbara Morris (Henry Sawyer Inn) 2005, Joyce Barth 2005-08, 2010 Bill & Audrey Schawb 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 Dawn Brautigam 2008-10 2012 Andy & Carrie O’Sullivan (Victorian Lace Anne Burrows 2010-12 Ann & Walter Taylor 2001 Inn) 2003-05, 2010-11 Rich Chiemingo 2005, 2009-12 Ted & Jill Wiederseim 2014 INNKEEPERS Roseann Baker & Mary Rose Wineburg (King’s Cottage) 2001-02 Roseann Baker & Barbara Preminger (King’s Cottage) 2005 Curits Bashaw (Congress Hall) 2014 George & Kathleen Blinn (Captain Mey’s Inn) 2001, 2003-05 Allison & Joan Bjork (White Dove Cottage) 2003, 2010-11 Tom & Sue Carroll (Mainstay Inn) 2001-04 Corbin & Lynda Cogswell (Linda Lee) 2001-03 We were pleased to name the Physick Estate Grounds Crew Sue & Al DeRosa (Cliveden Inn) 2007 our August 2014 Volunteers of the Month for their tireless Dennis & Lucille Doherty (The Dormer grooming of our landmark property. Shown here (left to House) 2005-06 right): Jerry York, Geri Breth, Steve Irving, Warren Nuessle, Niels & Liz Favre (Canterbury Cottage) Sue Irving and coordinator Tom Carroll. Not present: Frank 2001 Acker, Dave Martz and Denny Sweetman. - 42 -
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MAC MAC Volunteer Awards years 1970 - 2015 Audrey Conant 2007-12 Nanci Coughlin 2012 Janet Coupland 2012 Ray Crew 2010 Anne Doherty 2008-10 Sue Dowling 2008-10 Carol Elisee 2006-07 Kathleen Familetti 2007-12 Rosalie Gallagher 2007-12 Judy Gatt 2006-12 Betty Gordon 2005-06 Scott Griffith 2009-12 Carol Hartman 2007-12 Dan Hartman 2007 Margo Harvey 2010 Monica Heinly 2008-10 Barbara Hubmaster 2005-12 Charlie Kealy 2007-10 Frank Killino 2005-12 Ginger Killino 2005-12 Mal Knapp 2010-12 Andy Lamont 2010-11 Barbara Lamont 2007-12 Marie Lawrence 2005-10 Susan LaSalle 2012 Tony LaSalle 2012 Anna Leeper 2010 Dave Lewis 2012 Drake McCarron 2009-10 Joanne McCarron 2008 Brian McGrath 2012 Jane McNutt 2010 Judy Mohler 2010 Sandy Nickel 2012 Betty Quinto 2007, 2009-12 Rosemary Rombado 2010-12 Harry Schmidt 2010, 2012 Mary Ann Schrobsdorff 2007, 2009-10 Pamela Sigafoose 2005, 2010 Mary Lou Verna 2007 Patricia Wallace 2011-12 Greg Yacabell 2008, 2010 Trish Zackey 2008-09
MAC Staff Over and Above Silver, Gold & Platinum Awards (2013-14)
Silver Awards – 10-24 shifts of service Les Aungst 2014 Jean Barraclough 2013 Audrey Conant 2013 Nanci Coughlin 2013
Anne Doherty 2013-14 Kathleen Familetti 2013-14 Rosalie Gallagher 2013 Charlie Kealy 2014 Frank Killino 2014 Malcolm Knapp 2013-14 Wilma Korevaar 2014 Tony LaSalle 2014 Carol MacMillan 2013-14 Jane McNutt 2013 Sandy Nickel 2014 Barbara Oberholtzer 2014 Bett Quinto 2013 Jackie Richards 2014 Rosemary Rombado 2013 Harry Schmidt 2013 Mary Stewart 2014 Gold Awards – 25-44 shifts of service Les Aungst 2013 Jean Barraclough 2014 Rich Chiemingo 2014 Audrey Conant 2014 Heather Furlin 2013 Judy Gatt 2014 Scott Griffith 2013 Barbara Hubmaster 2013 Ginger Killino 2013-14 Barbara Lamont 2013 Jane McNutt 2014 Jackie Richards 2013 Patti Wallace 2014 Platinum Awards – 45 or more shifts of service Janet Coupland 2013-14 Rosalie Gallagher 2014 Judy Gatt 2013 Carol Hartman 2013-14 Roger Henry 2014 Barbara Hubmaster 2014 Frank Killino 2013 Barbara Lamont 2014 Joe McLaughlin 2014
OUTSTANDING STAFF VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS
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Al Bennett 2007, 2013 Sharon Bostrom 2008, 2010 Rich Chiemingo 2007, 2010, 2012 Audrey Conant 2007, 2014 Nanci Coughlin 2010, 2011 Janet Coupland 2013-14 Ray Crew 2010 Kathleen Familetti 2009 Jackie Fazio 2012 Sue Evangelista 2010 Mary Ann Gaffney 2013 Rosalie Gallagher 2013-14 Judy Gatt 2009, 2013 Anne Gibboni 2011 Carol Hartman 2009, 2014 Bob Heinly 2010, 2012 Barbara Hubmaster 2010 Jim Horner 2009 Charlie Kealy 2010 Ginger Killino 2009 Eileen Kirk 2012 Barbara Lamont 2014 Tony LaSalle 2010 Marie Lawrence 2007 Anna Leeper 2010 Pat & Carol MacMillan 2009, 2014 Christine Mancuso 2010 Sandy Nickel 2014 Barbara Oberholtzer 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014 Rosemary Rombado 2010, 2011 Mary Stewart 2008, 2010 Matt Vendetta 2014
Volunteer of the Month (January 2010-OCTOBER 2015)
Les Aungst 2010 Don Baldo 2011 Richard Baker 2011 Emily Barrett 2011 Jill Bellarmino 2015 Nancy Benson 2013 Joyce & Bruce Bigham 2010 Tim Bobb 2012 Sharon & Marc Bostrom 2011 Dawn Brautigam 2010 Geri Breth 2013 Sue Carroll 2012 Eileen Cassidy 2013 Audrey Conant 2012
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1970-2015
MAC Volunteer Awards MAC years 1970 - 2015
Volunteer of the Month (continued) Peggy Dougherty-Gora 2015 Frank Dynan 2014 Gil & Joyce Ewing 2011 Stina Ferguson 2015 Roger Furlin 2014 Judy Gatt 2011 Tom Glynn 2011 Laura Goodavage 2015 Scott Griffith 2014 Carol Hartman 2010 Ernie & Betsy Heegard 2012 Barbara Heim 2012 Roger Henry 2014 Graydon Hutchinson 2012 Lorraine Kiefer 2010 Ginger Killino 2010 Eileen Kirk 2012
Wilma Korevaar & Bob Pearson 2014 Mal & Dottie Knapp 2010 Barbara Lamont 2014 Margo Lassner 2013 John Linington 2012 Bruce McCullough 2014 Helen McDevitt 2010 Bill McGinnity 2013 Joe McLaughlin 2014 Ben Miller 2014 Liz & Merrill Miller 2011 Joe Moke 2011 Mary Ann & Gus Mosso 2013 Jeanne-Andree Nelson 2015 Warren Nuessle 2012 Bob Oberholtzer 2010 Lee O’Connor 2013 Carolyn Owens 2012
Gary & Donna Padussis 2013 Vince Panzano 2011 Pat Parry 2015 Physick Estate Grounds Crew 2014 Jerry Reeves 2014 Dave Repici 2012 Jim Rodan 2011 Maryjane Rupinski 2015 Patti Sands 2015 Harry Schmidt 2011 Jordan Shelton 2010 Carol Sick 2013 Janice Wilson Stridick 2015 Patti Wallace 2014 Barbara Whitlock & Tom Gore 2015 Harriet Wilson 2010 Greg Yacabell 2012 Ernestine Zeli-Bove 2013
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MAC years
MAC Awards PAUL AIKEN ENCORE AWARDS The Paul Aiken Encore Awards are sponsored by the South Jersey Cultural Alliance. MAC, a founding member of the Alliance, has presented its award each year to recognize outstanding support.
MAC HONOR AWARDS Given each year, MAC Honor Awards recognize those people who have been instrumental to MAC’s growth and success. Jeff Elliott - 2015 Doug McMain - 2014 Christina & David Clemans- 2013 Jerry Reeves - 2012 Barbara Heim - 2011 Diane Hutchinson - 2010 Bob Fite – 2009 Bill & Audrey Schwab – 2008 Bill Saponaro – 2007 Historic Jackson Street Neighborhood Association - 2006 Ed Henry - 2005 Joan & Dane Wells - 2004 Niels Favre - 2003 William & Patricia Carpenter - 2002 Center for Community Arts - 2001 Tom Carroll - 2000 Congressman Frank LoBiondo - 1999 Assemblyman Nicholas Asselta & George E. Thomas - 1998 Helen Fox - 1997 Pastor Forrest Spriggs - 1996 Bruce & Corinne Minnix - 1995 Fred Kuhner - 1994
Senator Jeff VanDrew – 2015 Cape May County Open Space Board - 2014 City Manager Bruce MacLeod - 2013 Freeholder M. Susan Sheppard - 2012 Mayor Edward J. Mahaney - 2011 Ray & Ellen Burke – 2010 Brown & Brown of New Jersey - 2009 Diane Wieland - 2008 Gordon Dahl - 2007 Freeholder Leonard Desiderio - 2006 Comcast Cable - 2005 Cape Savings Bank - 2004 Sturdy Savings Bank - 2003 Marc Mappen - 2002 Casino Reinvestment Development Authority - 2001 PNC Bank - 2000 Delaware River & Bay Authority - 1999 Twinings Teas - 1998 The Art Institute of Philadelphia - 1997 Pashley Insurance Agency & Pashley Financial Services - 1996
Doug McMain (center) was congratulated on receiving the 2014 MAC Congratulating Senator Jeff Van Drew (center) on his receiving Honor Award by President Mary McKenney and Director Michael MAC’s 2015 Encore Award were (left to right): Jeff Elliott, Doug and Zuckerman. Anna Marie McMain, Allison Murphy, Diane Hutchinson and Michael Zuckerman.
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The following businesses and individuals congratulate the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities on its 45th Anniversary! Antinuri Family August Farmhouse Antiques & AppraisalsBobbi & Les Aungst John & Nancy Bailey Vickie Banks Tony & Marge Baranowski Joan & Richard Behr Jill & Lee Bellarmino Nancy Benson Rob & Linda Benz Joann\e Bernardi & Dale Buralli J.T. & Elizabethann Binstead John & Julianne Bogdan Joe & Paul Bogle Lenore & Martin Bowne Joal & Jim Britton Gene & Rosemary Bubnis Richard & Margaret Burgess Denise Bushnell & Stephan R. Sharp Stanley & Marilyn Cach Dan Callahan Audrey Conant Alberta S. Costello Cape May Cottage Rentals Tom & Sue Carroll Joe & Eileen Cassidy Mrs. Josephine Cathrall Bud & Peggy Cawthern Tony & Lynne Celia Bill Conte & Kenny Whitworth Robin & Bruce Corini Warren & Janet Coupland Dan & Mary DeWaters Peggy DeWane Louis DiCriscio & Nova Ahrens Tom & Diana DiMarcello Steven Docimo Kathleen & Bob Familetti Stina Ferguson Thomas J. Fisher Gail & Craig Fitz Steve & Terry Fox Richard & Susan Foxx Ron Frech Roger & Heather Furlin
Carolann Gaites Judy Gatt Jennifer & Joel Gerace Sue & Lou Gonsalves Peggy & Stan Gora George & Muriel Gray Janet & Greg Greenwood Robin Grenke Scott Griffith Clifford & Barbara Heim Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Heinly Evelyn & Joan Hollander Kim & Ted Heininger Henry Sawyer Inn Roger L. Henry Historic Hotel Macomber Icona Resorts Diamond Beach International Micro Systems Steve & Sue Irving MaryAnn Jakubowski Jersey Cape Realty, Inc. Becky & Rich Johnson Marlyn McAtee Johnson Charles Kealy & Margo Oleksiak Caitlin Kelly Tara Keohane & Daniel Lindeblad Bill & Barb Killeen Ms. Eileen Kirk Tricia & Gerald Kraemer Bob & Becky Kriebel Amy & Lewis Kriegel Gene J. Kubal The Kullberg Family Myra & David Kurkowski Barbara & Andy Lamont Ben & Bev Larzelere Margo & Franz Lassner Anna Marie Leeper & Family Lynn & Dan Lenco Mindy & Michael Levy & Family Ron & Roz Levy Gloria & Wasil Linko Little Oaks Campground “Lovers of the Point� Joan & Jeremy Luciano & Family
Seward Al & Martha Maffeo Carol & George Sick John & Patricia Magovern Alan & Prudence Silfies Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Mancuso Lee & Jennifer Simon Mr. Anthony M. Marino Karen Smith Ben & Diane Martorana Mike & Sue Smith Henry & Carol Mauermayer Jim Sonzogni Mary Lou & Laura Mazzacco Betty Steger Claire McAlinden Kathleen & Kevin Stepanuk Tom & Linda McAlpin The Stewart Family Paul & Priscilla McClement Ruth Anne & Jim Stewart Theresa & Charles McMeSandy & Mary Stewart namin Alan J. & Elizabeth A. Stock Janet & Stephen Miller Sally Strehle Jim & Betty Moffatt Paul & Janice Stridick Wayne & Joyce Monsees Diane & Ed Supple Montreal Beach Resort Mary L. Swartz Barbara Morris Dorothy & Henry Szychulski MaryAnn & Gus Mosso Chris & Rose Traficante Bill & Peggy Myers Frankie & Laura TramonEric & Janice Muck tana Diane & Joe Nadolski Tri-City Paper Mary & Rainer Newman Phil & Cathy Tumminia Joe & Kay Nicastro Mary Frances & Charlie Carol Nick Trunk Kathy & Ken Paczkowski Jane & Dan Valdes-Dapena Bruce & Melissa Padulsky Richard S. & Barbara Vance Tom & Ellen Palumbo Jim & Marlo Vandegrift Richard & Christine Patches Len & Lin Verrastro Russ Perry Jeff & Charlotte Wagoner Thomas & Florence Price Kate Bennett Walder Joan S. Randolph Nancy Ray & Edward Crutch- James D. & Jeanmarie Warrington field Drs. Richard & Sandra Weiss Reges Oceanfront Resort Jill & Ted Wiederseim Richard & Beatrice Reinacher Carol Cunningham Reynolds Brian & Marge Wilcox Family Karen & Bruce Riede Scott & Synda Willand MaryAnn & Mike Richardson R. Richard Willis Tia & Tony Riviera Will & JoAnn Wilson Royal River Company Robert & Frances Wolansky Mrs. Walter Sachs Marie Wszolek Frank & Charlene Samanich Jack & Arlette Wright Carol & Chris Saracco Dave Yeager Henry & Mary Anne Satt David & Gail Yeager LaVerne Schaeffer Gail R. Zarr Don Schenck Marie Zarr & Family Bill & Audrey Schwab Bob & Mary Ellen Scott Gary W. & Darcy L. Seagraves Eileen M Seward/E. Henry H.
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Advertiser Index
Thanks to the following Cape May County organizations and businesses for their support! Tours & Attractions Avalon Golf Club.................................... 12 Cape May County Department of Tourism.....................69 Cape May Whale Watcher......................57 Heritage Links Golf Club........................50 Historic Cold Spring Village...................39 Historic Smithville & Village Green........20 Laguna Oaks Golf Club..........................62 The Museum of Cape May County..........36 Morey’s Piers..........................................2 Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum.............................39 Utsch’s Marina...................................... 71
Services & Accommodations Avondale by the Sea..............................48 Billmae Cottage..................................... 13 Blue Water Awnings.............................. 13 Brown & Brown Insurance....................28 Burke Motor Group............................... 12 Byron’s Plumbing & Heating..................58 Cape Harbor Shell.................................48 Cape May Contracting & Maintenance....55 Cape May County Chamber of Commerce.....................28 Cape May County MUA.......................... 61 Cape May Historic Accommodations........7 Cape Publishing......................................6 Capri Motor Lodge.................................36 Carroll Villa Hotel..................................58 Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May...........................7 Chris Clemans Sotheby’s International Realty.........................58
City of Cape May...................................29 Clark’s Moving & Storage......................48 Coldwell Banker/Sol Needles Real Estate......................................44 Dave Adams Roofing & Siding...............69 Fenwick Architects................................30 Grand Hotel...........................................72 Hi-Tech Auto Service.............................60 Icona Beach Resort...............................48 Inn of Cape May....................................27 Jersey Cape Motel.................................48 Jersey Shore LSV Rentals......................68 Kelly Products.......................................62 Lower Township Chamber of Commerce.....................30 MAC’s Maintenance Team......................56 Maryhouse.com Vacation Rentals........... 31 Model Cleaners.....................................48 Ocean View Veterinary Hospital.............20 Paramount Air Service................. 54 & 59 Periwinkle Inn......................................52 Polar Bear Mechanical...........................65 REMAX at the Shore.............................62 Shores of Wesley Manor........................66 Steger Beach Service............................55 South Jersey Electric Vehicles...............68 Weddings by the Sea............................. 13
Dining & Entertainment 410 Bank Street....................................70 Aleathea’s Restaurant...........................27 Cape May Stage...................................... 11 Coastal Blue Oceanfront Bar & Grill......48 East Lynne Theater Company................. 19 FiNS Seafood Grille.................................3 Fresco’s................................................70 - 47 -
Hemingway’s........................................72 Mad Batter Restaurant..........................58 Tuckahoe Inn........................................60 Uncle Bill’s Pancake House....................67 Zoe’s....................................................60
Specialty Shops Blooms Florist......................................48 Cape Atlantic Book Company................54 Cape Winds Florist................................48 Cape May Artists’ Cooperative Gallery...64 Cape May Cigars & Wine.......................63 Cape May Gourmet Company..................51 Cape May Olive Oil Co............................51 Cape May Peanut Butter Co....................51 Coastal Designer Outlet.........................64 Country Greenery..................................48 Fiber Arts Yarn Shop.............................48 Fit & Chics...........................................54 Gaiss’ Market........................................50 Good Scents..........................................48 Great White Shark................................48 Harbor Furniture Outlet.........................49 Hello Gorgeous......................................63 John Bailey.............................................7 Kravet Fabrics.......................................53 Quality Home Center.............................64 Red Oak Trading ...................................48 SOMA NewArt Gallery.......................... 21 Sunset Beach Gifts, Golf & Grille...........56 Sunset Liquors......................................67 Tony’s Produce......................................48 Totally Casual........................................66 Uniquely Yours......................................52 Washington Street Mall Association.......37
CAP 11 South Main St. Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
www.avondalebythesea.com
www.thecountrygreenery.com
609.465.1662
When words are not enough 860 Broadway, West Cape May, NJ 609-884-1865 www.capewindsflorist.com
305 N. Railroad Ave., Rio Grande, NJ 609-889-0780 • www.clarksmoving.net
FIBER ARTS YARN SHOP Stocked with Yarns
good scents
315 Ocean St., Washington Commons Cape May • (609) 898-8080
Jackson Street & Carpenters Lane, Cape May 609-884-0014 • goodscentscapemay.com
Casual Elegance Meets Iconic Accommodations
Contemporary American Cuisine
from Around the Globe
For the latest happenings, follow us on
9701 Atlantic Ave., Diamond Beach, NJ 609-729-6600 • www.iconaresorts.com
Red Oak trading
324 Washington Street Mall, Cape May • 609-827-8320 facebook.com/redoakcapemay
9701 Atlantic Ave., Diamond Beach, NJ
609-224-1124
www.coastalbluenj.com
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Oceanfront Inn
Beach Ave. & Gurney St. Cape May • 609-884-2332
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Located at Exit O on the G.S. Parkway www.capeharborshell.com
COMPLETE FOREIGN & DOMESTIC AUTO REPAIR
609-898-0855
1518 Rt. 9 North, Swainton, NJ Phone: (609) 465-2694 www.TheCountryGreenery.com
Great White Shark “The Coolest Cape May Shop!” 410 Washington Street Mall, Cape May, NJ 609-884-1811 • greatwhitesharkcapemay.com
JERSEY CAPE MOTEL
“It’s Like Coming Home” 769 Rte. 109, Cape May, NJ (609) 884-7382
WHOLESALE PRODUCE & EGGS 401 Route 9 North, CMCH, NJ www.modelcleanersonline • 609 465-4101 - 48 -
1795 BAYSHORE RD. VILLAS, NJ (609) 886-2051
We put more in your shore decor.
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Showroom Open Year Round Monday–Saturday 9am–5pm Sunday 11am–4pm Serving all of the Delaware Valley Free Local Delivery, Setup and Removal
514 N. Wildwood Blvd., Burleigh, NJ 08210 | 609-465-3208 | harborfurniture.com - 49 -
Play Nine Any Time! Golf Club
Minutes from Ocean City, Sea Isle, Avalon & Stone Harbor beaches! Family fun for affordable golf 1375 U.S. 9, Ocean View, NJ 08230 • 609-390-4500 www.golfheritagelinks.com
Gaiss’ Market has stood for quality for the better part of a century!
Congratulations to MAC on its 45th Anniversary!
1215 Bayshore Rd., Villas, NJ • 609-886-5121 www.gaissmarket.com - 50 -
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Fresh Ravioli & Long cut pasta Small batch sauces Condiments Breads Cheese Charcuterie
31 5 O C E A N ST
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CA P E M AYG O U R M E T. N E T
Purveyor of fine oils, vinegars and accompaniments.
Subjective or not, with over 100 items to try we’re pretty confident you’ll find what satisfies your buds.
Because
tasting before buying is better.
516 Carpenter Lane
Happiness is also available online at capemaypeanutbutterco.com
609-898-4444
324 carpenter lane, cape may capemayoliveoilcompany.com
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Unique Apparel, Jewelry & Accessories
UNIQUELY YOURS Romantic Era Boutique
Appointments Accepted
24 Decatur Street, Cape May junesuniquelyyoursweddings.com ❖ 609-305-4203
Periwinkle Inn OCEANFRONT
1039 Beach Ave. • 609-884-9200
www.periwinkleinn.com
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Kravet
congratulates MAC on its 45th Anniversary
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Real books for real people
City Centre Mall • 2nd floor Washington Street • Cape May • 609-846-7688 www.capeatlanticbookcompany.com
FIT & Chics Fashions & Finds in Cape May
The store “just around the corner” featuring unique and quality brands for women and girls
BARBARA TOMALINO
609-886-9090
“Millie,” Director of First Impressions
www.paramountair.com Sole Dione Plus Studio
Part of the Jersey Shore Experience since 1945
208 Ocean St. Cape May • 609-600-2089 - 54 -
Ask us about our complimentary beach service packages.
#1 in the Sun since 1933! Beach Rentals Surf & SUP Lessons and Rentals 11 Locations on Cape May Beach (609) 884-3058 StegerBeachService.com
RESERVATIONS
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General Contracting Renovations & Remodeling Additions & Decks Victorian Carpentry
609-884-0300
capemaycontracting.com
Summertime Emergencies
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Cape May would not be what it is today without MAC and the dedication of all who make it what it is!
Tripadvisor “One of the es Top 25 Beach!” in the US Open Year Round! Cape May Diamonds The Sunken Concrete Ship Year-Round 18 Hole Mini Golf 9 Wheelchair Accessible Holes Dolphin & Bird Watching Large Affordable Jewelry Selection All Natural Foods/Bath & Body Products The Grille (April-October)
At the End of Sunset Boulevard on Cape May Point • 609-884-7079 • www.sunsetbeachnj.com
MAC’s Maintenance Team Starting in the spring of 2009, a new group of volunteers decided to help the understaffed MAC Maintenance Department by taking on some of the grounds work. Their goal was to help make and keep the lawns and gardens of the Estate the most attractive public space in Cape May. Now, every Friday, both at 9am and 1pm, two teams descend upon the grounds to drive and push mowers, edge the walks, whack the weeds, rake the leaves, crawl through the flower beds on their knees and go home exhausted. This Band of Friends’ average age is about 70 years, but they are noted for their hard, steady work. They take great pride in their work and leave the Estate looking beautiful.
o have We salute all wh They served on the Texeacmee.ded have met and their goal!
Frank Acker Jean Barraclough Geri Breth John Bailey Tom Carroll Joe Cassidy Jan Dwyer
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Roger Furlin Roger Henry Diane Hutchinson Ed Hutchinson Steve Irving Sue Irving Dave Martz
Warren Nuessle Theresa Schmal Mark Shenfield Harley Shuler Denny Sweetman Jack Wright Jerry York
Around Cape Island Cruises Whale & Dolphin Watching Lighthouse Cruises Wine Cruises Brews Cruises Natural, Local and Historical t tes s a & F r n NJ t s the rge La Sou In
1218 Wilson Drive Cape May, NJ
(609)884-5445
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BYRON’S
The Carroll Villa hoTel
A NAtioNAl lANdmArk Hotel
PLUMBING & HEATING, INC.
We’re #1 in the #2 business!
SERVING ALL OF CAPE MAY COUNTY! Specializing in
Located in the heart of the Historic District 1/2 block to beach & shopping The best breakfast in town at The Mad Batter 19 Jackson St., Cape May, NJ Since 1882... one of Cape May’s original seashore retreats
PLUMBING • HEATING AIR CONDITIONING Wildwood, NJ 609-522-7452
www.byronsplumbingandheating.com
877-275-8452
MASTER PLUMBER • HVAC CERTIFIED
www.carrollvilla.com
(License #5659)
LICENSED & INSURED SINCE 1978
Celebrating 40 Years of Family, Food & Fun! CAPE MAY’S NO T TRADIT
The
(License #3253)
1975 IONAL TRADITION SINCE
MAD BATTER
AT THE NATIONAL LANDMARK CARROLL VILLA HOTEL
Rustic bridge over Lake Lily
Proudly Supporting the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities
Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Cocktails
on our Front Porch, Garden Terrace or Skylit Dining Room
Christina P. Clemans Licensed Real Estate Broker 1159 Washington St. Cape May, NJ 08204 (609) 884-3332
Live Music • Happy Hour 19 Jackson St., Cape May, NJ
609-884-5970 • www.madbatter.com
David Clemans
©MMVIII Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliations LLC. All Rights Reserved, Regatta at Argenteuil used with permission. Sotheby’s International Reality® is a licensed trademark to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Office is Independently Owned And Operated.
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Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Open Every Day Serving
On the beachfront 715 Beach Ave., Cape May (Across from Convention Hall) (609) 884-1233 zoescapemay.com
• Lunch from 11:30am • Dinner from 4pm • Early Birds Daily 11:30am til 5pm • Sunday Morning Breakfast 9am - 12pm
A tradition since 1 963
Pet Friendly Patio
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Casual Catering
Hi-Tech
Beautiful bay views Summertime deck seating
AUTO & TRUCK SERVICE CENTER
We proudly service & maintain MAC’s trolleys!
Come by boat!
Approved Auto Repair & Emergency Services
Banquets, parties and special occasions are welcomed! 1 Harbor Road & Route 9, Beesley’s Point (Just outside Ocean City) 609-390-3322 • www.tuckahoeinn.com
Master Certified
2309 Rt. 9 South, Rio Grande www.hi-techautoservice.com
888-465-6704
Overlooking the scenic Greate Egg Harbor Bay - 60 -
Keep our county beautiful Single Stream Recycling. Papers, Cardboard, Aluminum and Steel (Tin) Cans, Glass Jars and Bottles,Plastic Bottles, Jars and Containers (No Plastic Bags) PLACED TOGETHER IN ONE BIN
TOOKIE TOUCAN (TWO-CAN) SAYS “Trash and recycling don’t mix. Put trash in one can and recycling in another.”
For information or recycling labels, contact your local municipality. Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority www.cmcmua.com • (609) 465-9026 - 61 -
Recycle!
Congratulations to MAC on your 45th Anniversary! Kelly Products Co., Inc. FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT
Restaurant Equipment & Supplies MARKETING & PROCUREMENT, INC.
1147 Rt. 9 South Cape May Court House, NJ
609-465-1444 • Fax: 609-465-1337
Discover a New Level of Luxury in Real Estate. Discover The RE/MAX Collection
www.kellyprod.com
Coastal Marketing Group Christine Rothwell | Brian Groetsch www.CapeMay4Sale.com
609.884.4242
315 Ocean St., Suite 24
Open to the Public
Cape May, NJ
600 Bayberry Drive, Cape May Court House 609-465-4560 • LagunaOaksGolf.com Visit us on Facebook - 62 -
Fashion Jewelry • Fashion Accessories Local Wine & Tastings
Most Jewelry Under $20.00 507 Washington Street Mall, Cape May, NJ • 609-884-4200 hellogorgeouscapemay
Premium Cigars • E-Cigs & Vapor Fine Wine & Tastings
609.884.0088 421 Washington Street Mall, Cape May capemaycigars.com - 63 -
Brand Names For Less
LOCAL ART 122 Sunset Blvd., West Cape May, NJ 08204 www.capemayartistcoop.com 609-435-5253 • FREE PARKING
Delivery Service Available
Follow us on Facebook: Cape May Artists Cooperative Gallery
Quality HOME CENTER
Mon.-Sat.10-5; Sun. 11-4
Sea Isle Blvd. & Route 9 609-624-1544
Design Sell Install Remodel
Exit 17 GSP South/Exit 13 GSP North
SPECIAL ORDERS WELCOMED
“Floor to ceiling -- Wall to wall When it comes to your kitchen, we do it all!” SHOWROOM HOURS: Weekdays 8am-5pm; Saturday 9am-4pm
www.coastaldesigner.com • Just behind the WAWA! - 64 -
1249 Rt. 9 South, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
609-465-5029 • www.qualityhomectr.com
A DIVIS
ION OF
HEATING • PLUMBING • ELECTRICAL • REFRIGERATION • AIR CONDITIONING
The Bears Who Care Since 1970 ✔ Commercial and Residential Service ✔ Prompt, Reliable, Courteous Technicians ✔ Maintenance Plans Available
Congratulations to MAC on their 45th Anniversary! For superior service call Polar Bear Mechanical today!
PolarBearMechanicalSJ.com 609-884-4402
Robert E. Shields NJ Lic. #11061
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Totally Casual
Your Source for Quality Outdoor Furniture
Celebrating our 20th Anniversary! 604 N. Wildwood Boulevard Cape May Court House, NJ 609.465.7370 | GS Parkway Exit 6 totallycasualoutdoorfurniture.com
A Good First Impression is Important.
Stop by today for a tour and we’ll turn that first impression into a reality. ~ Offering enjoyable lifestyles and quality care ~
The Shores UNITED METHODIST HOMES
For more information, call Patti Smith today at 609-399-8505 2201 Bay Ave., Ocean City, NJ 08226 www.theshoresretirement.org • 609-399-8505 RESIDENTIAL LIVING. ASSISTED LIVING. SHORT TERM REHABILITATION.RESPITE CARE. MEMORY SUPPORT. LONG-TERM CARE. HOSPICE.
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Pet-Friendly Outdoor Patio Dining Available
Uncle Bill’s
Beach Avenue & Perry St., Cape May (609) 884-7199
& Family Restaurant Est. 1962
www.unclebillspancakehouse.com
609-435-5052
FREE Delivery • FREE Parking
Weddings & Celebrations Welcome! Open Daily 10am to 10pm; Sunday 12 noon to 10pm
Beer • Wine • Spirits • Ice • Snacks 106 Sunset Blvd., West Cape May • www.sunsetliquorsnj.com - 67 -
RENT a street-legal low-speed vehicle for your vacation!
FREE DELIVERY anywhere in Cape May County direct to your door!
1060 Rt. 47 South, Rio Grande • (609) 846-7513 • www.drivegreenwithsjev.com
SOUTH JERSEY ELECTRIC VEHICLES LLC “Driving People Green for 30 Years” Sales ~ Service
Golf Carts
Electric Vehicles
SHOWROOM LOCATION: 1060 Rt. 47 South, Rio Grande • www.drivegreenwithsjev.com
(609) 846-7513
“The proud supplier of electric vehicles to the Emlen Physick Estate” - 68 -
Call us for all your shore house needs 609-889-5000 FREE ESTIMATE! • Roofing • Doors • Windows • Siding Full Licensed & Insured Lic. #13VH05958200 Registered with NJ Consumer Affairs We accept Visa, M/C & AMEX
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UTSCH’S MARINA Bait & Tackle Shop - Ship’s Store
FOR ALL OF YOUR FISHING AND BOATING NEEDS
“....Your Home Away from Home!” Cape Queen Cape May Whale Watch & Research Center Charters 609-884-0001 609-898-0055 Fishin’ Fever Sportshing 609-868-6014 East CoastParasail, Jet Boat Adventures Free Spirit & Jet Skis Fishing 609-703-6639 609-898-UFLY Full Ahead Sport Fishing 609-847-2304 Gone Fishin’ IV Bayhawk Charters 609-374-0680 Heavy Hitter TRANSIENT, FUEL, DOCKAGE, Sport Fishing 609-605-1084 SALES AND SERVICE Legal Limits & Northern ALSO AVAILABLE Lights Charters 609-605-1084 www.capemayharbor.com Reel Busy - Find us on Facebook! Sport Fishing 609-774-3480
609-884-2051
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On 45 Years!
From our Family to Yours Plan Your Weekend Away Checkout The Grand Hotel’s Rhapsody Packages to getaway this fall & winter. Make your holiday plans with The Grand Hotel. Thanksgiving Dinner starting at $32.95 for adults. Like us on Facebook for special offers.
Join Us Daily Bountiful Breakfasts 8am ‘til 11:30am Unique Lunches 12 noon ‘til 4pm Regional Dinners 5pm ‘til 9pm (‘til 10pm Friday & Saturday) Oceanfront at 1045 Beach Ave Reservations Suggested · 609.884.5611 GrandCapeMay
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