by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 25, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Entertainment, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
By William Kelly There’s a legend that Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, was from Atlantic City, which turns out to be partially true. In the 1969 movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” there’s a scene where they get off a train in a desolate place in Bolivia...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 25, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller A souvenir is a must after a vacation in Ocean City. A matchbook cover was once the cheapest and smallest memory of a wonderful time spent in America’s Greatest Family Resort. The small, but useful advertising gimmick spread...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 25, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber In 1973, I was a journalism student at Temple University. Like many journalism students there at the time, I had hopes of landing a position at the Temple University News. But the clippings I had from my high school newspaper writings meant nothing to...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 18, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, History, Mays Landing, South Jersey
By William Sokolic Judy Young Link was born with roller skates on her feet. Okay, that maybe something of an exaggeration, but she has a photo of herself as a toddler standing on the polished floor of the The Ventnor Athletic Center ready to roll around the rink her...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 18, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber When the subject is Atlantic City history, several things come to mind: The Boardwalk, rolling chairs, the beach, salt water taffy, the Miss America Pageant, gambling casinos, and the diving horse. Atlantic City is not particularly known as the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller One hundred and twenty years ago, R. Curtis Robinson, owner and editor of the Ocean City Sentinel, wrote: “With what Ocean City has as the twentieth century dawns, there are wonderful possibilities for the future. Look back during the past...
