Features - Shore Local Newsmagazine

Sex and Atlantic City: Caesars hosts author Candace Bushnell

by Chuck Darrow | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File Usually, an author’s public appearance is limited to questions from an interviewer and/or the audience. But Candace Bushnell, whose 1990s New York Observer column, “Sex and the City” spawned the turn-of-the-century pop-culture juggernaut that was the...

Atlantic City Headliners

by shorelocalnews | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Calendars, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Friday, October 31 John Fogerty 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Dirty Heads 9 p.m. Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Bachman-Turner Overdrive 8 p.m. Borgata Event Center Gimme Gimme Disco: Halloween Edition 9 p.m. Sound Waves at Hard Rock Saturday, November 1 John...

Remembering when the Claridge was AC’s ‘smaller, friendlier’ casino

by Chuck Darrow | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey, Wahoo

It was old. It was small. It was plagued by financial issues pretty much from the moment it opened on July 20, 1981. Nonetheless, what was originally called Del Webb’s Claridge Hotel & Casino was a pretty special place. Before we get into the particulars of the...

Twisted Livin’ to debut at Anchor Rock Club, Friday, Nov. 7

by Michael | Oct 30, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

Twisted Livin’, breakout New Jersey-based blues rock trio, make their performing debut at Atlantic City’s premiere non-casino live music venue, Anchor Rock Club, 247 S. New York Ave., Friday, Nov. 7. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m....

Live & Local Music Calendar

by shorelocalnews | Oct 30, 2025 | Events & Happenings, Atlantic County, Calendars, Cape May County, Entertainment, Features, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Thursday, October 30 Atlantic City Anchor Rock Club Monsters of Academia 8 p.m. 247 S. New York Ave. Bar One at Resorts Karaoke w/ DJ Joe 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. 1133 Boardwalk Nola’s Bar at Ocean Casino DJ Gabor Kiss 8 p.m. 500 Boardwalk Rush Lounge at GoldenNugget Dane...

Red Oak set to open this weekend

by shorelocalnews | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Business, South Jersey

Cannabis business transforms prominent Absecon corner What was once a deteriorated, long-abandoned True Value building in Absecon has been reborn through the vision of Red Oak’s founders. They set their sights on bringing a premium cannabis experience home to the New...