by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic City, Features, History, South Jersey
By Chuck Darrow Each day, an untold number of folks drive past the all-but-abandoned tract of land that sits at the intersection of Albany and West End avenues. It’s quite likely most of these people don’t give a second thought about what is the largest undeveloped...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
The Atlantic City Boardwalk in...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
Original Golden Nugget nightspot featured nothing but the best By Bruce Klauber Elaine’s Lounge, within the original Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, was an extraordinary venue where visitors, for the price of a drink, could see legendary...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
With locations in North Wildwood and Egg Harbor Township (pictured), Zaberers opened in 1961 and closed in the mid-1980s. The sprawling restaurant was called Zaberville. It was home of the Zaberized cocktail, $7.95 complete dinners, and enough decorations to entertain...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 19, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Many show business aficionados of a certain age know the story of how Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis became a comedy team at Paul “Skinny” D’Amato’s 500 Club in Atlantic City on July 25, 1946. They were, in every sense of the term, “an overnight...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 12, 2024 | Features, Atlantic County, Downbeach, Entertainment, History, Margate, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Though hardly remembered today, the late, ground-breaking news anchorwoman Jessica Savitch, who spent her formative years in Margate, was among the most influential individuals in the history of television news. At the height of her career in 1977,...
