by Bruce Klauber | Jan 8, 2026 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
The Daily Union was one of several daily newspapers that served Atlantic City and Atlantic County during the late 1800s and the early part of the 20th century. The Union was an evening newspaper, first published on Sept. 3, 1888. Records show that it had several names...
by Bruce Klauber | Dec 30, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, History, South Jersey
You could smell the unmistakable aroma of simmering brisket, roasted chicken and matzo ball soup all the way up and down Kingston Avenue in Atlantic City. Around 1985, I began writing a monthly column called “Backstage” for Frances Freedman’s much-missed Atlantic City...
by James FitzPatrick | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
Remembering the 1968 message that gripped the world It was Christmas Eve 1968 and the crew of the first manned space flight to the Moon was almost ready to come home. Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders were orbiting the Moon aboard Apollo 8, the...
by Chuck Darrow | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
Remembering When Recently, a friend of mine asked if what is currently called Showboat Hotel Atlantic City would one day re-acquire the gaming license it voluntarily forfeited when it closed in that darkest of casino-era years, 2014. In an instant, I mentally accessed...
by Bruce Klauber | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
There’s an old show business adage that says casino lounges are either for performers on their way up, or on their way down. There was a time in Las Vegas and Atlantic City when that was true. Comics Don Rickles and Shecky Green first worked the Vegas lounges, then...
by Bruce Klauber | Dec 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
Since it opened in 1929, Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, renamed Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in honor of the late mayor in 2017, the iconic venue has presented everything from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, to the Democratic National Convention and the Miss...
