by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 15, 2024 | Features
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City Magazine, The Boardwalk Journal, WHOOT!, Atlantic City Weekly, Atlantic City Boardwalk Illustrated News, and several others, were the forerunners of the magazine you are, hopefully, now reading. Although those...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 8, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, History, Somers Point, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber It’s been said more than once by pop music historians that Somers Point was one of the birthplaces of rock ‘n’ roll. That may or not be true, but there is no disputing that legendary Somers Point nightspots like Tony Mart were venues where many rock...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 8, 2024 | Features, History
By Bruce Klauber “On the way to Cape May, I fell in love with you. On the way to Cape May, I saw my dreams come true. I was taken by your smile, as we drifted by Sea Isle. My heart was really gone when we reached Avalon.” Sung and recorded by Thomas Francis “Cozy”...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 1, 2024 | Atlantic City, Features
By Bruce Klauber The spectacular failure of the Revel Casino Hotel, and the equally spectacular success of Revel’s successor, Ocean Casino Resort, detailed recently in these pages, had ramifications that went well beyond casino business profitability. The fact that...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 1, 2024 | Atlantic City, Entertainment, Features
By Bruce Klauber Although Atlantic City has been immortalized in movies, song and on television, efforts to bring the essence of the queen of resorts to the Broadway stage have been less than successful. In fact, enterprising producers have only attempted to bring the...
