Super promoter Norman Schaut sold Atlantique City, the world’s largest Arts, Antiques and Collectibles Show, seven years ago when it was at the height of its popularity. To keep active and give back to his beloved Ocean City, Norman and his wife, JoAnne, decided to produce a series of seasonal craft festivals with all of the profits donated to local charities.

The Schaut’s have established a new tradition in this family resort. They have made it a center for quality craft shows on the East Coast.

The Department of Environmental Protection today temporarily closed to shellfish harvesting about 27,800 acres of Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, the Navesink River and the Shrewsbury River to protect public health from the adverse water-quality effects of last weekend's nor'easter.

The closure is effective immediately.

In the storm's aftermath, bacteria levels exceed national criteria for safe harvesting. The DEP will continue monitoring water quality to determine when it is safe for harvesting to resume.

St. Pattys day was celebrated at the North Wildwood Rec center due to the Nor Easter weather conditions on March 13.

The weather sure did not dampen anyone's spirits!

Bishop McHugh
Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School, located at 2221 Route 9 N., Ocean View, will host a "Shadowing Day" for students in any grade, kindergarten through eighth, on Monday, March 29. Prospective new students will be paired up with a Bishop McHugh student in the grade they will be attending in the 2010-2011 school year beginning at 8:15 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

Students will have the opportunity to receive a Bishop McHugh experience first-hand and explore the school's state-of-the-art facility, as well as make a few friends along the way.

With temps in the 50s, many boats are going back in the water. Time to get in action. If you having done your spring cleaning yet, better get to it. The marinas are opening and their stores are full of great new supplies.

At their last meeting, New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council enacted the following measures: Summer Flounder-six fish, 18" min. size, May 29–Sept. 6; Black Sea Bass - 25 fish, 12.5" min. size, May 22–Aug. 8 and Sept. 4-Oct. 4; or final season determined by the ASMFC. Weakfish-one fish, 13" min. size, no closed season. (Info courtesy of RFA)

ERMA — The students of Lower Cape May Regional High School will present the Julie Styne and Bob Merrill musical biography of Vaudeville and Broadway comedienne Fanny Brice, "Funny Girl," March 18, 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. and Sunday March 21 at 2 p.m. at the Paul W. Schmidtchen Theatre at the high school.

"Funny Girl" chronicles Brice's stage career from her beginnings at Keeney's Music Hall to headlining the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. Along the way, Brice embraces a relationship with Nick Arnstein, a world traveled man-about-town, professional gambler and con man.

Dylan Rutherford, a sophomore in the culinary arts program at Cape May Tech, uses a chisel to work on the ice sculpture of a butler, part of a presentation recently by Doug Gomersall who demonstrated the art of carving ice to create impressive ice sculptures.

The day’s program included a polar bear made from multiple blocks of ice, a star and the butler.

Events in the field of comic book collecting lately must had lots of people rushing to their attics and closets.

If they find any old comic books there, however, their next step should be on the computer to look up prices and discover what all the hoopla is really.

Three comic books published in the late 1930s recently sold for prices you would expect to see on original old fine arts. Right after the first Superman comic, Action Comics No. 1, 1923, sold for a million dollars, Detective Comics No. 27, featuring the first appearance of Batman, topped that price at $1,075,500.

Today's Cape May property owners face unique challenges ranging from legal matters to property management.

Do you want to know how to more effectively market your rentals?

Do you live out of the county and want to know what steps you should take to ensure your property is protected if a natural disaster (such as this winter's several nor'easters) hits?

Are you making the most of your Cape May experience for yourself and your guests?

The Elks Fresh Air Plunge will be held on March 20 at the Fifth Street beach in North Wildwood. Hosted by the South District BPO of Elks, this event benefits the Children’s Fresh Air Home in North Wildwood.

For more than 110 continuous years the Children’s Fresh Air Home has been making a lasting impression on the deserving children who have walked through its doors.