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November 5, 2024

A LOOK BACK

By Karen Bruno

March 13th 

1880 – The Mays Landing Record reported that Prof J.W. Ashborn would soon begin frescoing Al Smith’s new hotel on Peck’s Beach and predicted that he would soon have a lot of work after others saw his work.  Ocean City was established on Peck’s Beach the previous fall and would soon be open for its first summer.

March 14th 

2010 – The sixth annual Cape May County Transportation Infrastructure Conference took place that week and once again, the Beesley’s Point Bridge was a hot topic.  The owners of the bridge were given $900,000 in 1997 by the state to keep the bridge open for 20 years.  After the bridge closed in 2004 because of safety concerns, the county sued the state hoping to get the bridge open again.  As a compromise, the state sold the bridge to the county for $1 in 2009.  Though plans to repair the bridge in 2010 were discussed, the bridge was dismantled between 2013 and 2016.

March 15th

2000 – Workers dismantled the Wild Wonder Roller Coaster on Wonderland Pier.  Governor Christine Whitman christened the new roller coaster that spring, but after a malfunction of one of the cars caused the death of a mother and daughter that summer, the Gillian family promised that the ride would be taken down.  The fatalities were the first ever to occur on an amusement ride in the resort.  

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1 Comment

  1. If you thought it was bad judgement to print the opinion piece, why did you print it?

    Could it be that you are a Democrat political activist that real doesn’t care about the outcome of what ever you print and just wants to dump on any Republican you can????

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