John Cooke November 20, 2025

Cape May Coast Guard TRACEN anchored here?

The United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., is the nation’s only Coast Guard Recruit Training Center. In 1948, all entry-level training on the East Coast was moved to the U.S. Coast Guard…

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John Cooke October 8, 2025

Cape May Community Generosity

You don’t have to look far for signs of generosity in the Cape May community. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with it comes Operation Fireside. A program where recruits from the Cape May…

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John Cooke September 24, 2025

The Cape May coast is clearing

The late Jimmy Buffett, along with his sidekick Mac McAnally, penned the song, When the Coast Is Clear! The song has been my anthem for the end of the season. “The tourist traps are empty–…

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John Cooke July 30, 2025

Many of the best things in Cape May are free

In a previous column, I wrote about how tourists will stand on a corner, iPhone in one hand and a colorful street map in the other. It’s difficult to tell whether they are reading text…

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John Cooke June 5, 2025

Coast Guard graduates take additional training

The Coast Guard is developing a week-long course to help new enlisted members transition to military life, including adapting to being away from home, working as a team, and other aspects of military life. Around…

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