by Cindy | Mar 20, 2025 | Atlantic County, Downbeach, Features, History, Margate, News, South Jersey
By Julia Train Austin Contegiacomo had just gotten off a 24-hour shift for the U.S. Coast Guard and was walking his dog on the beach near Margate Pier on Feb. 17 when he found nearly a dozen Prohibition-Era whiskey bottles. Contegiacomo was playing fetch with his...
by Cindy | Mar 20, 2025 | Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Madison Russ While it may not be as legendary as the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet—fought right in Cape May County—may have been an important early win during the American Revolution. As the only battle fought in Cape...
by Cindy | Mar 20, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo
By Bruce Klauber Bandleader Alex Bartha had the longest run of any performer in the history of Atlantic City show business. The big issue with that statement is that only a very few people know who Bartha was. George T. Simon, who chronicled the histories of hundreds...
by Cindy | Mar 16, 2025 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, Galloway, History, South Jersey
To the naked eye, it is unclear what kind of history the land beneath a local Hispanic church, a Wawa and a Wal-Mart held. It’s only when shoulder-to-shoulder with a second-generation Holocaust survivor that the indelible mark of families and individuals who fled...
by Cindy | Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City locals refer to it as “The Monument.” Visitors frequently view it as something that makes one of the entrances to Atlantic City a traffic challenge. And hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors drive or walk by having no clue what...
by Cindy | Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, History, South Jersey
By Douglas Keefe Most people who start coin collections, me included, begin by purchasing one of those folders that have holes for all the dates and mints where you insert the coins you find in pocket change or while going through coins given by relatives. Ultimately,...
