by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 20, 2023 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 20, 2023 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 20, 2023 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey, What's Happening
A Look Back By Fred Miller Thirty-one years ago, Dec. 31, 1992, Ocean City held its first First Night celebration. The alcohol-free New Year’s Eve program, which featured 25 programs at five locations, was sponsored by the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce in cooperation...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 20, 2023 | Atlantic County, Business, Features, History, Mays Landing, Somers Point, South Jersey
Business Buzz By Rich Baehrle In a day and age when competition is so intense that some major retail chains have gone out of business, we have a local family business, The Hub Work and Leisure Stores, that is doing very well. With two locations, one in Somers Point...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 20, 2023 | Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
The Kelly Family Olympics By Bill Kelly On the Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend, 1965, Mrs. Kelly read the newspaper that included a small, one-column, three-paragraph story with the headline: “Ocean City Beach Riot Injures 12; 15 Arrests,” but the news report...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 20, 2023 | Atlantic County, Features, History, Somers Point, South Jersey
800 Shore Road in Somers Point has always been a place where friends meet. First as Sooy’s Ice Cream Shop, then Oscar Nichols, Eliason’s General Store and Gerety’s Market. It finally became Charlie’s Bar in 1944. The building also housed the Somers Point Post Office...
