by William Kelly | Aug 7, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey, Sports
Golf came to Atlantic City by train. It came in over the rails that brought many thousands of tourists to Atlantic City daily. Many of the visitors had played golf in Philadelphia where the increasing popularity of the game spurred the construction of new golf courses...
by Bruce Klauber | Jul 31, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
It took comedian Rodney Dangerfield about 40 years to get some respect. As Jack Roy, the first professional name taken by the man born Jacob Cohen, he worked every third-rate nightclub imaginable, and for years sold aluminum siding to finance his dream of making it...
by Rebecca Oldham | Jul 24, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
Protecting over 48,000 acres of land, the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge offers itself as a home to more than 360 recorded bird species, including endangered species such as the piping plover, bald eagle and least tern. However, the refuge is more than...
by Steffen Klenk | Jul 24, 2025 | Features, Cape May County, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
Ocean City has a rich and unique history. Take a walk downtown or down a residential street, and you may notice something remarkable. But there’s one piece of history that has been buried in the sands forever. Lying underneath the 16th street beach are the remnants of...
by shorelocalnews | Jul 24, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Every decade seems to be characterized by the fads within those years as they have been by important historical events. Music tended to encourage new fads such as the flappers in the roaring ’20s, the hippies in the 1960s, disco in the ’70s and heavy metal...
by Delaney Crawford | Jul 17, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
Nothing says “summer at the shore” quite like a stroll along a boardwalk with the scent of saltwater taffy in the air, the sound of waves crashing on one side and laughter ringing out on the other. Here in South Jersey, we’re lucky enough to have not just...
