by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 30, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Although the grand hotels of Atlantic City like the Traymore, Ambassador, Dennis, Marlborough-Blenheim and the rest, continued to be relatively successful in the 1950s through the mid-1960s, not everyone could afford to stay in one of those palaces....
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 16, 2025 | Atlantic County, Features, History, Mays Landing, South Jersey
The 65-foot lighthouse, completed in 1943, was never really a working lighthouse in the traditional sense, but it is a major part of Mays Landing history. For many years it was known as the “singing tower” because music was played from speakers that were...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 16, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber The Steel Pier is not only a great amusement park; it’s the only amusement pier in Atlantic City. Those who never had the opportunity to visit the pier in its previous incarnation – the old pier was in operation from 1898 to 1978 – missed something...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 16, 2025 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, History, South Jersey
Ice skaters had lots of fun on Bargaintown Pond in Egg Harbor Township, shown here in 1948. The frozen pond attracted skaters from Atlantic City, Absecon, Somers Point and areas in between. The Linwood police were assigned to handle traffic on the roads leading to the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 3, 2025 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller One hundred and ten years ago, on Jan. 1, 1915, Mayor Harry Headley officially opened Ocean City’s $75,000 first City Hall. Headley and Commissioners R. Howard Thorn and Robert Fisher led tours of the beautiful three-story building...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber It’s not an amusement park or an amusement pier. It has no thrill rides and it’s miles from any Jersey Shore boardwalk. But the fantasyland known as Storybook Land has entertained generations of families and their children, with gentle delight,...
