Remembering Somers Point’s Mariners Bethel
A familiar building at the corner of Bethel Road and Ocean Heights Avenue in Somers Point has served many purposes over the past 175-plus years, reflecting the city’s rich maritime history and changing community. Originally founded in 1848 as Bethel United...
Teamwork: A century of comedy teams in Atlantic City
In addition to salt water taffy, the diving horse at Steel Pier, and the Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City will forever be known as the town where one of the most successful comedy teams in entertainment history, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, first teamed up....
Remembering when an OC lifeguard won Olympic gold medals
A Look Back The Ocean City Beach Patrol’s tradition of winning intercity rowing and swimming has its roots in the Olympic Games. Long before the lifeguards won either a Cape May County or South Jersey championship, OCBP Hall of Famer John B. Kelly Sr. was wearing...
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...
