A Senior’s Observations, Opinions and Rantings: The nudist colony crew team
Senior Moments The Oct. 9, 2025 edition of Shore Local Newsmagazine ran a story by Mari D’Albora Dattolo on the old Sunshine Park Nudist Colony, formerly in Mays Landing. Allow me to share my personal experiences with the nudist colony, and it’s not what you may...
Meet Donald DeGrazia: A 107-year-old Atlantic City native
Atlantic City native Donald DeGrazia is now 107 years old — yes, you read that right — and is now living in Linwood. He has more than a century of memories, milestones and improbable encounters — stories his son, Gregg DeGrazia, says still define his remarkable...
How locals reacted to the Pearl Harbor attack
A Look Back Eighty-four years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese forces attacked American and British territories and possessions in the Pacific, including the home base of the U. S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The next day the United States entered World...
Ocean City home tour highlights history and preservation
This past Saturday, Dec. 6, the nonprofit Friends of OCNJ History and Culture hosted their third annual Holiday Home Tour. This self-guided tour welcomed 500 attendees and featured as many as 18 properties, consisting largely of historic inns, businesses, cottages,...
When Merv Griffin ruled the Atlantic City Boardwalk
Who would have thought that a modestly talented afternoon television talk show host would eventually become not only a media mogul, but one of the top players in the hotel/casino business? Probably no one. But it happened and the legacy of Merv Griffin, both on...
