Atlantic City’s post-Labor Day promotion gave rise to Miss America
More than a century ago, Atlantic City business leaders searching for a way to extend the summer tourism season created an event that would become a national institution. Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., emerged as the top contestant during the...
Toms River man sentenced for terroristic threats
On Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, Frank Marin, 29, from Toms River, NJ, was sentenced by the Honorable Christine Smith, J.S.C., to three years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to one count of third-degree terroristic threats. On Sept. 12, 2025, Atlantic City...
Help JFS stock its shelves with end-of-summer donations
As the summer season comes to an end, Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties (JFS) is encouraging residents and visitors with surplus non-perishable food, basic essentials and baby products to donate them to the JFS Pantry. JFS accepts canned and...
Little Shop of Horrors coming to Resorts Casino Hotel this October
Resorts Casino Hotel will welcome the dark comedy and Broadway smash hit musical, Little Shop of Horrors, to their Screening Room this Oct. 10, 17 and 24 at 8 p.m. Arriving just in time for the Halloween Season, Little Shop of Horrors is a cult classic stage show and...
‘We’re all in this together’: OCTC brings ‘High School Musical Jr.’ to the Music Pier
Get ready to “Bop to the Top” as the Ocean City Theatre Company (OCTC) presents Disney’s “High School Musical Jr.” on Friday, Aug. 28 and Saturday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean City Music Pier. Featuring talented students in 5th through 8th grades, this energetic...
