In-person casino gambling surges during July in Atlantic City
Gamblers returned to Atlantic City’s casino floors in large numbers during the height of the summer season, producing the resort’s best July for in-person gaming since 2012. The city’s nine casinos won a combined $304.2 million from slot machines and table games in...
The hidden history of Atlantic City nightclubs
While there’s no doubt that Atlantic City 500 Club is the most famous nightspot in the city’s history, there were other clubs in the boardwalk area through the years that, at least for a time, rivaled the 500 in terms of popularity and notoriety. However, clubs like...
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...
Toms River man sentenced for terroristic threats
On Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, Frank Marin, 29, from Toms River, NJ, was sentenced by the Honorable Christine Smith, J.S.C., to three years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to one count of third-degree terroristic threats. On Sept. 12, 2025, Atlantic City...
Help JFS stock its shelves with end-of-summer donations
As the summer season comes to an end, Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties (JFS) is encouraging residents and visitors with surplus non-perishable food, basic essentials and baby products to donate them to the JFS Pantry. JFS accepts canned and...
