by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 12, 2024 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey, Wahoo
By Bruce Klauber The history of Atlantic City’s iconic amusement piers has been detailed in these pages several times before. But after the stories of Steeplechase Pier, Million Dollar Pier, Central Pier, Garden Pier and Steel Pier had been written and published, it...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 5, 2024 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber No one knows for sure just how many celebrities have graced the stages of Atlantic City’s hotel/casinos since the 1978 inception of legalized gambling. For talent buyers who worked in Atlantic City during the first several years of shore casinos, the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 27, 2024 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Downbeach, History, South Jersey
An Early History According to local historian and former Mayor Michael Cohen, in his book “Longport- The Way We Were,” the first recorded private landowner was Thomas Budd, who settled a claim against the Lord Proprietors of New Jersey in 1695. In the claim, he was...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 27, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Douglas Keefe What if I were to tell you there could be thousands of dollars worth of coins in your pocket change? Would you take the time to hunt for them? Well, it’s true! There are one-cent coins (incorrectly known as pennies) that are worth hundreds, thousands...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 27, 2024 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Known as the “Sandcastle By the Sea”, the Traymore Hotel was the largest hotel in Atlantic City with over 400 rooms. It closed its doors in the mid 1970s and was later imploded, marking the end of Atlantic City’s historic hospitality industry before...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 21, 2024 | Cape May County, A Look Back, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller On April 13, 1913, Howard S. Stainton bought Emma Morris Corson’s dry goods store at 808 Asbury Avenue. It was the beginning of what would become the largest department store in Cape May County. The store was always busy in the summer, but...
