‘Love Letters in the Sand’: Pat Boone in Atlantic City
By Bruce Klauber He was once Elvis Presley’s number one rival. In later years, he was the butt of jokes and heavily criticized for recording cover versions of songs originally performed by Black artists, and he never performed in a casino. Yet he has sold almost 50...
1943 copper and 1944 steel cents
Shore Collectibles By Douglas Keefe It seems that not a week goes by where someone with a 1943 steel (some call them silver) cent thinks they found a rare coin. Hopefully, this will clear up the confusion. At the start of 1943, we had been at war for almost two years...
East Lynne Theater Company’s new home at the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church; historic note found during renovations
By Julia Train The Allen African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of Cape May is in the midst of being transformed into the Clemans Theater at Allen AME Church, which will serve as the first permanent home for the 45-year-old East Lynne Theater Company later this...
From Orson Welles to Mamie Van Doren: The story of Atlantic City’s producer/director Albert Zugsmith
By Bruce Klauber It’s almost impossible to believe that the same man who produced classic American motion pictures like “Touch of Evil” and “Written on the Wind,” also directed low-grade, exploitation films like “Sex Kittens Go to College.” But such was the career of...
Black History Month: Highlighting Phillis Wheatley, the first African American to publish a book of poetry
Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton During the turbulent times of the Revolutionary War, some names were forever etched into American history. From our earliest education, we were taught about George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Betsy Ross....
