Features - Shore Local Newsmagazine

Stars shine at Restaurant Gala

by Michael | Apr 3, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, Food & Beverage, South Jersey, Steffen Klenk, Wahoo

By Steffen Klenk The 42nd Annual Atlantic Cape Restaurant Gala welcomed more than 900 guests to the Harrah’s Waterfront Convention Center on Thursday, March 27, 2025. This year’s theme was Gala Goes Broadway. Over thirty restaurants presented their most elegant dishes...

Coastal Collective Arts brings new life to Ventnor’s creative scene

by Michael | Apr 3, 2025 | Art, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey, Ventnor

By Delaney Crawford When one door closes, another opens… After the recent closure of Makt Arts Studio, a beloved creative hub, the space is set to come alive again with the arrival of Coastal Collective Arts. This new venture, operated by longtime locals and...

Events and Happenings

by Michael | Apr 3, 2025 | Atlantic County, Calendars, Cape May County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

Multi-day Events ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ Friday, April 4-Sunday, April 6 Gateway Playhouse, 738 Bay Ave., Somers Point This comedy play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Heart debuted in 1939 in New York City and has enjoyed a number of revivals both on Broadway and...

Memories of ‘The World’s Playground’

by Michael | Apr 3, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey

By Seth Briliant My parents owned the Barclay Motel in Atlantic City, which was known in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s as “The World’s Playground.” I worked at the motel during my teenage years, first as a bellhop, then as a lifeguard, snack bar cook, and finally as a...

Thelma Witherspoon: A trailblazer in Hamilton Township politics

by Michael | Apr 3, 2025 | Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey

By Julia Train In 2022, Dr. Thelma Witherspoon made local history as the first Black woman to serve on the Hamilton Township Committee. This year, she’s running for the position again. Born and raised in Atlantic City, Witherspoon’s path to politics was inspired by...

What’s happening in Ocean City

by Michael | Apr 3, 2025 | Cape May County, Events & Happenings, Features, Ocean City, South Jersey, Wahoo

OC CON 2025 and Girls Weekend return to Ocean City Two major annual events this weekend will kick off the April calendar of family fun for Ocean City in 2025: the OC CON Comic Book and Memorabilia Festival and Girls Weekend. Now in its ninth year, the OC CON Festival...