by Bruce Klauber | Nov 13, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
They came, they wrote, they ate Most entertainment industry veterans agree that the 1980s and 1990s represented Atlantic City’s golden era of traditional casino entertainment. All of the legends – from Sinatra to George Burns – mostly on view only in Las Vegas before...
by Bruce Klauber | Nov 6, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Garden Pier has been standing in the Inlet section of Atlantic City, on South New Jersey Avenue and the Boardwalk, since 1913. Not a lot of residents or visitors have heard of it, and the few that have, know little of its history. It’s sad and hard to believe that the...
by Michael | Nov 6, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Not a lot is known about Atlantic City’s Abe’s Oyster House, which is curious and unfortunate. Some newspaper reports claim that Abe’s opened in 1923, although promo materials including matchbooks and menus that are still around, say that it actually opened in 1897....
by Bruce Klauber | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey, Top Stories
Remembering Bahai Vista, Adventure Village and the Atlantic Drive-In Before the Atlantic City Expressway opened in 1964, traveling from Philadelphia and other points north to Atlantic City meant driving on either the White Horse Pike or the Black Horse Pike. In...
by Bruce Klauber | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Cape May County, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
There are dozens of cities, towns and municipalities throughout the country where the sale of alcohol is prohibited. In Pennsylvania alone, it’s been reported that over 2,500 municipalities are “dry,” to one degree or another. In this area the best-known dry town is...
by Chuck Darrow | Oct 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
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...
