Remembering Stainton’s Department Store
A Look Back By Fred Miller On April 13, 1913, Howard S. Stainton bought Emma Morris Corson’s dry goods store at 808 Asbury Avenue. It was the beginning of what would become the largest department store in Cape May County. The store was always busy in the summer, but...Remembering when Jackie Gleason ‘Honeymoon(er)ed’ at Resorts
By Chuck Darrow One byproduct of Atlantic City’s legal-gambling era has been the town’s status as the host of numerous exclusive entertainment events. Among them were The Beach Boys’ steeped-in-controversy July 4, 1983 beach concert presented by Caesars Boardwalk...Postcards From The Past
In the 1920s a 17-room mansion called the Bahai Vista was built for Grace Hutton Middleton, sister of F.W. Woolworth. It was located along the Black Horse Pike in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township. Middleton sold the building in 1940 and moved to...Atlantic City’s million dollar memories
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City’s Million Dollar Pier is recalled for the many things it used to be. It used to be an amusement pier. It used to be the Ocean One Mall. It used to be The Pier Shops at Caesars. It used to be the Playground Pier and currently is ACXI...Remembering Mayor Joseph G. Champion
Longest mayoral term and prolific city builder A Look Back By Fred Miller Joseph G. Champion began his political career with a humiliating defeat in the March 1896 election when he received only 32 votes. But he ran again in 1901 and began an unparalleled 26 years as...
