Grace Kelly: Ocean City’s very own princess
For those of a certain age in this region, Grace Kelly was always a princess, long before she gave up a lucrative and storied career in motion pictures and officially became Princess Grace of Monaco in 1956. Kelly’s Cinderella story has been told frequently but is...
Lucy the Elephant’s historic move 56 years ago
On July 20, 1970, the Save Lucy Committee accomplished what many thought was impossible: moving Lucy the Elephant from Cedar Grove Avenue to her current home at Decatur Avenue, saving the beloved landmark from demolition. By the late 1960s, Lucy had fallen into severe...
The summer of 1957 in Margate
Long after the fact, I was told by surviving family members that my mother loved the Atlantic City area, and my father hated it. Mom loved Lou’s in Ventnor. Dad preferred playing golf and tennis in Tamarac, Florida. Still, being the relatively good husband that he...
85-year-old diving horse rider remembers Steel Pier’s golden age
At 85 years old, Barbara Gose can still picture the view from the top of the Steel Pier diving tower. Perched bareback on a horse nearly 50 feet above the water, she would look out over thousands of spectators filling Atlantic City’s legendary amusement pier....
One-room schoolhouse served early EHT students
Long before modern school buildings and school buses, children in Bargaintown received their education in a small one-room schoolhouse along Patcong Creek. The modest structure, measuring just 18 by 16 feet, stood on what is now Mill Road and served students in all...
