by Cindy | Mar 16, 2025 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, Galloway, History, South Jersey
To the naked eye, it is unclear what kind of history the land beneath a local Hispanic church, a Wawa and a Wal-Mart held. It’s only when shoulder-to-shoulder with a second-generation Holocaust survivor that the indelible mark of families and individuals who fled...
by Cindy | Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City locals refer to it as “The Monument.” Visitors frequently view it as something that makes one of the entrances to Atlantic City a traffic challenge. And hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors drive or walk by having no clue what...
by Cindy | Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, History, South Jersey
By Douglas Keefe Most people who start coin collections, me included, begin by purchasing one of those folders that have holes for all the dates and mints where you insert the coins you find in pocket change or while going through coins given by relatives. Ultimately,...
by Cindy | Mar 6, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Steffen Klenk This coming Saturday, most of the country will mark the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST) by moving our clocks forward by one hour. While we lose an hour of sleep in this process, the reward of longer days and later sunsets are on the horizon....
by Cindy | Mar 6, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy | Mar 6, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
