by Bruce Klauber | Feb 12, 2026 | History, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
The Super Bowl is history, and there’s no doubt that aside from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the biggest and most exciting action took place in the sportsbooks of the world’s gambling casinos, Atlantic City included. Given the fervor, the frenzy and the...
by Bruce Klauber | Feb 5, 2026 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, South Jersey
The rich history of Atlantic City’s Million Dollar Pier has been chronicled in these pages several times, as has developer Bart Blatstein’s failed attempt to transform the venue into a destination filled with upscale restaurants, nightspots and retailers that he...
by Bruce Klauber | Jan 29, 2026 | History, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
Ground-breaking bandleader Paul Whiteman may have been many things, but “The King of Jazz,” a moniker foisted on him in 1923 by a publicist during a photo shoot for a musical instrument manufacturer, was not one of them. For the historically minded, what Whiteman did...
by Bruce Klauber | Jan 22, 2026 | Sports, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
One of the staples of early television programming was professional wrestling. The fledgling and short-lived DuMont Television Network first presented pro wrestling on the national airwaves in 1948, with the initial matches taking place at New York City’s St. Nicholas...
by Bruce Klauber | Jan 15, 2026 | Entertainment, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
Although entertainers Frank D’Rone and Frankie Randall were different stylistically, they also had a lot in common. Both were singers and instrumentalists with a jazz orientation. Both were protégés – Randall of Frank Sinatra, and D’Rone of Nat “King”...
