When the Steel Pier made jazz history
As reported in these pages and just about everywhere else, Atlantic City’s venerable Steel Pier, a part of the town’s entertainment landscape since 1898, is for sale. The Cantanoso family, owners of the Pier since 2011, bought it for $4.25 million and is selling it...
The history of dog breeding and a look at the sporting breeds
As early as the time of the Ancient Roman Empire, humans were classifying dogs into groups, based on what their jobs were. While dogs of modern times are primarily companions, early on they were domesticated to be of service to humans. Dogs were bred to perform a...
Long lost towns of the Pines
The Pine Barrens of New Jersey contain more ghost towns, some say, then the entire America west. The Pinelands of today with its pristine woodlands and unique plant and animal communities, is a very different place than the busy industrial center it once was hundreds...
Atlantic City dining back in the day: Part II
Newspaper and magazine articles about Atlantic City’s restaurants of yore always seem to elicit a healthy response from readers. The recent piece within these pages about fondly-remembered, long-gone eateries was no exception. Two responses to that piece stand out. A...
Here’s Mike! Mike Douglas in Atlantic City
Merv Griffin was not the only famous, television talk show host to have an interest in Atlantic City. Though he didn’t own a Boardwalk hotel/casino ala Griffin, the popular, Philadelphia-based talk show host Mike Douglas spent a good deal of time in Atlantic City...
