Ann Gitter, owner of Knit Wit shop in Margate, passes away at 78
Ann Gitter, a fashion icon and owner of Margate’s revered Knit Wit clothing boutique for almost 50 years, has passed at the age of 78. Gitter was quite a bit more than a clothing store owner and Knit Wit was quite a bit more than a women’s clothing store....
‘The Last of the Red Hot Mamas’ in Atlantic City
Sofia Kalish was born on Jan. 13, 1887, in Tulchyn – part of the Russian Empire. Kalish and her family immigrated to the United States the following year and settled in Boston before moving to Hartford, Connecticut, where her father opened a restaurant. Young Sofia...
When the divas came to Atlantic City: Part Two
When popular music icons like Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee and Whitney Houston left us, many believed they could never be replaced. But as is inevitably the case in show business, new generations of divas – also with legendary status and tremendous drawing...
Recalling the 1968 Miss America backlash
The year 1968 will be forever remembered as one of the most tumultuous in American history. It was a year defined by the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and civil unrest in the streets of many...
