by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Entertainment, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller Miss America 1923, was the third Miss America pageant, held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City on Friday, Sept. 7, 1923. At the conclusion of the event, King Neptune crowned the incumbent titleholder Mary Katherine Campbell as Miss...
by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 4, 2024 | A Look Back, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By William Kelly The Beatles came to Atlantic City on Aug. 30, 1964, played a half hour show that nobody heard, stayed for one memorable night, and left in a bread truck, but not before playing a game of Monopoly on the hotel room floor, eating a White House sub,...
by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 1, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller The Ocean City Beach Patrol will be celebrating their 126th anniversary this summer. Let’s look back at Ocean City’s life-saving pioneer. Joseph P. Krauss was Ocean City’s first lifeguard and an early leader in water safety. He...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 25, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller A souvenir is a must after a vacation in Ocean City. A matchbook cover was once the cheapest and smallest memory of a wonderful time spent in America’s Greatest Family Resort. The small, but useful advertising gimmick spread...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller One hundred and twenty years ago, R. Curtis Robinson, owner and editor of the Ocean City Sentinel, wrote: “With what Ocean City has as the twentieth century dawns, there are wonderful possibilities for the future. Look back during the past...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 20, 2023 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look BackBy Fred Miller Seventy-five years ago, there were four movie theaters on the Ocean City Boardwalk: Surf, Strand, Village, and Moorlyn. Last year there were none, but that may change in 2023. There are plans to re-open The Moorlyn Theatre this summer. The...
