by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 19, 2024 | Features
By Bruce Klauber While I was writing the Shore Local piece about Jersey Shore songs, the name Bert Parks kept popping up. Those of a certain age may recall that Parks hosted the Miss America Pageant, when the pageant was held in Atlantic City, from 1955 to 1979, and...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 12, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features
By Bruce Klauber When we look back at the short but iconic list of shore newspaper reporters who also became radio and television personalities, two immediately come to mind: David Spatz, possibly one of the finest celebrity interviewers in the history of the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 12, 2024 | Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, Somers Point
By Bruce Klauber Vocal artist Paula Johns is one of the most versatile, popular, in-demand, and musical singers performing today. Johns, who will bring her considerable talents to Gregory’s in Somers Point 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, is often billed as a jazz singer, but...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 5, 2024 | Atlantic City, Features, History
By Bruce Klauber During the 1980s, the Rendezvous Lounge within what was then called Resorts International was one of the most exciting spots to hear live music in any hotel/casino in Atlantic City. One-time Louis Prima saxophonist Sam Butera, whose story was detailed...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 5, 2024 | Atlantic City Casinos, Features, History
By Bruce Klauber Casino gambling was legalized in Atlantic City on June 2, 1977. That’s when the floodgates opened for developers, entrepreneurs, real estate magnates, those with casino interests in Nevada and elsewhere, and a fair share of bunko artists, all of whom...
