by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 22, 2023 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 22, 2023 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 16, 2023 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 16, 2023 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 16, 2023 | Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
The Veterans History Project, affiliated with the , has been interviewing veterans since 2007, and has collected over 450 oral histories of local veterans. Their recorded stories are shared with the veterans, the historical society and preserved in the National...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 9, 2023 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller Seventy-eight years ago, November 11, 1945, Ocean City’s annual Armistice Day ceremonies were led by Mayor Clyde W. Struble. The program was held on the lawn of City Hall in front of the World War I monument and the World War...
