by Chuck Darrow | Sep 25, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
Remembering When When pop-music titan Barry Manilow decided to bring his 1978 hit single, “Copacabana,” to life as a book musical, he certainly could have staged the show about “music and passion” at what was arguably the most-famous American nightclub of the mid-20th...
by William Kelly | Sep 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Few people today remember the old “Rickety Bridge” on the Somers Point-Longport Boulevard, but those who do can still hear the rumblings of the timber planks when a vehicle drove over them, especially late at night when all else was quiet. Originally built in 1916,...
by Bruce Klauber | Sep 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Since the inception of this column several seasons ago, a good deal of the history of Atlantic City’s colorful nightlife has been detailed. However, there has been one substantial omission: the LGBTQ clubs and nightlife in the city through the ages. According to the...
by shorelocalnews | Sep 12, 2025 | Mays Landing, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
During the Vietnam War Era between 1955-1975 nearly 9.1 million American military members served active duty while 2.7 million actually had boots on the ground in Vietnam. From the first day American troops set foot in Da Nang on March 8, 1965 until the final troops...
by Robin Stoloff | Sep 11, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, History, South Jersey
Twenty-four years ago, I held my one-year-old son close, unable to stop the tears. The world felt smaller, darker, and unbearably fragile. For many of us who lived through Sept. 11, 2001, that day is etched into our memories. We remember where we were, who we were...
by Bruce Klauber | Sep 11, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Had it not been for the entrepreneurs, the business people, the visionaries, the politicos, the dreamers, the inventors and the investors, there would be no Atlantic City as we know it. Think about it. The Atlantic City Boardwalk was the 1870 brainchild of a train...
