by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 24, 2024 | Features
By Bruce Klauber There’s nothing new about the concept of a talent show or talent contest presented on television, radio or elsewhere. The long-forgotten Major Bowes instituted the idea on radio in 1935 as “The Original Amateur Hour” and it was consistently top-rated...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 24, 2024 | Features
By Bruce Klauber Johnny Mathis is 89, and he still sounds like Johnny Mathis. He has not, like other singers of his generation, stayed too long at the fair. His voice remains instantly identifiable and is among the most imitated in the history of show business. If he...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 17, 2024 | Atlantic County, Downbeach, Features, Margate
By Bruce Klauber “The Barbary Coast” referred to a strip of Margate bars that stretched from the bayfront to Washington Avenue and then to the beach. These partying spots were in operation from the 1950s through the 1980s, although some were in business as early as...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 17, 2024 | Features
By Bruce Klauber As the Jewish people celebrate the High Holidays, this seemed an appropriate time to detail the long and unique association the Jews have had with Atlantic City. What led me to explore this were my distinct memories of families, including my own...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 10, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber If a survey were ever taken about the least controversial thing in the history of Atlantic City, the rolling chair, a part of the Atlantic City landscape for more than 100 years, would have to be among the top 10. After all, how could a chair with...
