by Bruce Klauber | Mar 19, 2026 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
Long before the girl singing groups of the 1960s came along and dominated the record business, there were two female singing groups that not only sold millions of records, but also had long and stellar careers on stage, radio, television and in the movies, beginning...
by Bruce Klauber | Mar 12, 2026 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
Those familiar with Atlantic City history are likely aware of Vicki Gold Levi. For more than five decades, Levi has been an Atlantic City historian, curator, collector and booster, as well as the founder of the Atlantic City Historical Museum, and a consultant for the...
by Bruce Klauber | Mar 5, 2026 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
If you read about Atlantic City’s early civic leaders, it’s clear that they prioritized education. In 1901, almost 50 years after the city was incorporated, Atlantic City voters passed a referendum to establish the city’s first free library. No one knows exactly why...
by Michael | Feb 26, 2026 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber No, they didn’t cause the pandemonium that The Beatles did when they appeared at Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, now Boardwalk Hall, on Aug. 30, 1964, but the Atlantic City performances of the legendary divas of show business through the years filled...
by Bruce Klauber | Feb 19, 2026 | History, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
Antonio Giuseppe Pettine was a Philadelphia auto and aircraft mechanic who always had a way with a song. At the age of 25, he decided to give up mechanics in favor of a career as a professional entertainer. A recent, non-bylined piece in The Five Mile Beach Sun...
