Alex Bartha: Steel Pier’s unsung music man
By Bruce Klauber Bandleader Alex Bartha had the longest run of any performer in the history of Atlantic City show business. The big issue with that statement is that only a very few people know who Bartha was. George T. Simon, who chronicled the histories of hundreds...
Study Tour of Egg Harbor Township Reveals Family History of Local Holocaust Survivors
To the naked eye, it is unclear what kind of history the land beneath a local Hispanic church, a Wawa and a Wal-Mart held. It’s only when shoulder-to-shoulder with a second-generation Holocaust survivor that the indelible mark of families and individuals who fled...
Monumental: The story of Atlantic City’s Greek Temple Monument
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City locals refer to it as “The Monument.” Visitors frequently view it as something that makes one of the entrances to Atlantic City a traffic challenge. And hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors drive or walk by having no clue what...
Collecting ‘key’ coins
By Douglas Keefe Most people who start coin collections, me included, begin by purchasing one of those folders that have holes for all the dates and mints where you insert the coins you find in pocket change or while going through coins given by relatives. Ultimately,...
The history behind Daylight Saving Time
By Steffen Klenk This coming Saturday, most of the country will mark the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST) by moving our clocks forward by one hour. While we lose an hour of sleep in this process, the reward of longer days and later sunsets are on the horizon....
