1776’s Christmas miracle: South Jersey’s role in the Revolutionary War
By Seth Grossman On Christmas Day, several thousand visitors usually stand in the cold for hours at the Delaware River, just north of Trenton. There, they watch dozens of re-enactors, dressed as soldiers of colonial militias and the Continental Army, board large...Summer of ’65, Episode 28
Sonny Barger Has the Floor – The 99 Percenters Unite By Bill Kelly When Conway Twitty took a two-week hiatus from his gig at Tony Mart’s when the Hawks came in, he flew to California to do a couple of college concerts he had previously booked, and while there he...Trains helped Ocean City develop rapidly
A Look Back By Fred Miller Ocean City was founded in 1879 by the Honorable Simon Lake, Rev. S. Wesley Lake, Rev. Ezra B/ Lake, Rev. James E. Lake, Rev. William H. Burrell, and Rev. William B. Wood. The decisions they made in 1879 and 1880 laid the foundation for...Christmas by the numbers
By James FitzPatrick Contributing Writer Because Christmas has been so ingrained into our popular culture for so long, there is an endless array of subtopics, rabbit holes, and trivia questions one could explore surrounding the holiday. Here are just a few fun...Atlantic City’s forgotten piers: Steeplechase, Garden and Central
By Bruce Klauber As a kid I was fascinated by Atlantic City’s amusement piers. When I visited Atlantic City with my family several times in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I nagged them mercilessly to take me to Million Dollar Pier. When I reached driving age, the...
