by Chuck Darrow | Apr 9, 2026 | Entertainment, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
It’s impossible to catalog all of the changes Atlantic City has experienced over the past seven decades, but there is at least one constant that has spanned that time: Paul Anka. When the 84-year-old singer-composer takes the stage of the Event Center at Borgata...
by shorelocalnews | Apr 2, 2026 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
The Monster of Deadman’s Hole (1888) The San Diego Union reported that two hunters had killed a bizarre, half-human half-animal beast in an out-of-the-way location called Deadman’s Hole northwest of San Diego. The creature was said to have the body of a bear,...
by David Weinberg | Apr 2, 2026 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
If Greg Winter was a few inches shorter than 6-foot-3, he would be a legend. In the spring of 1978, the Phillies were looking for someone to serve as their new mascot. Winter, who was a member of the Phillies grounds crew at Veterans Stadium at the time, was summoned...
by Bruce Klauber | Mar 19, 2026 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
Long before the girl singing groups of the 1960s came along and dominated the record business, there were two female singing groups that not only sold millions of records, but also had long and stellar careers on stage, radio, television and in the movies, beginning...
by Bruce Klauber | Mar 12, 2026 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
Those familiar with Atlantic City history are likely aware of Vicki Gold Levi. For more than five decades, Levi has been an Atlantic City historian, curator, collector and booster, as well as the founder of the Atlantic City Historical Museum, and a consultant for the...
by Max Slusher | Mar 12, 2026 | History, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, South Jersey
This is the second in a two-part series about a little-known secret Revolutionary War mission in South Jersey involving General George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, the French Fleet and a plan to attack the British in New York City. In October of 1779, Lieutenant...
