Atlantic City’s post-Labor Day promotion gave rise to Miss America
More than a century ago, Atlantic City business leaders searching for a way to extend the summer tourism season created an event that would become a national institution. Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., emerged as the top contestant during the...
Make final weeks of summer count
Letter from the editor I was sitting on the couch the other night, perfectly content in my summer state of mind, when a commercial came on. “Back to school!” Backpacks. Notebooks. Lunchboxes. Happy kids in brand-new sneakers skipping toward a school bus. “Sharp...
Cybersecurity incidents temporarily disrupt remote access to Cape May, Woodbine water systems
The water systems in Cape May and Woodbine were targeted in a cybersecurity incident late last month that temporarily prevented officials from remotely monitoring the systems but did not affect water supply or treatment operations, according to Cape May City Manager...
PETA calls for end to Ocean City’s Miss Crustacean Pageant, hermit crab races
Weeks before Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant and hermit crab races, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on Ocean City to end its longtime summer tradition, arguing that the events exploit animals and should be replaced with cruelty-free...
