by Michael | May 8, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Hugh Hefner and Atlantic City were made for each other, so it seemed. As the founder of the Playboy empire, Hefner had been selling flesh, flash and glamour since he founded Playboy Magazine in December 1953. Seven years later, he founded the first...
by Michael | May 1, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber It was an unlikely, unique, ahead of its time, and courageous love story, but it was a love story, nonetheless. Pearl Bailey was an internationally beloved entertainer. Louie Bellson was one of the finest drummers in the world of jazz. Pearl was...
by Michael | Apr 24, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, History, Margate, South Jersey
Life is What HappensBy Lisa Zaslow Segelman It was a 1962 turquoise Buick station wagon and for my first decade of life it served as my ride, my wheels, my best and only way to get to the shore. It worked for our family of six – parents in the front, two in the middle...
by Michael | Apr 24, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
By Sarah FertschStaff Writer It’s as iconic as the boardwalk, more widely loved than the casinos, piers and bayside brews. And you’ll find it in the humblest of homes – inside an old-fashioned candy shop. This is what Atlantic City is known for – the...
by Michael | Apr 24, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber The most publicized visit that a sitting United States president made to Atlantic City came in 1964, when the Democratic National Convention was held at Convention Hall. Lyndon Johnson, serving as president since the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of...
by Michael | Apr 24, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
Remembering WhenBy Chuck Darrow If you think about it, a casino is, in some ways, a microcosm of a city or state. Like them, a gambling den collects revenue, has a dedicated law enforcement operation and has a chief executive whose responsibility is to oversee all...
