Chuck Darrow

There is no reporter anywhere who has covered Atlantic City’s casino scene longer than Chuck, who was there when casinos were legalized by voters November, 1976. Since then, he has chronicled the good times and bad for regional publications and websites including the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, NJ and Philadelphia Daily News as well as Shore Local Newsmagazine, for which he began writing in 2023. During his nearly 50 years writing about local gaming halls, he has covered numerous casino openings (and closings) and a Who’s Who of show business legends who have performed in Atlantic City including Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Tony Bennett, Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Jerry Seinfeld and The Rolling Stones. Each week, Chuck keeps readers on top of what’s happening in the casinos so they may get the most out of their visits. When he’s not working the beat he loves, Chuck plays bass in Pure Petty, a popular Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tribute band.

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The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine surfs into Borgata

The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine surfs into Borgata

by Chuck Darrow | Aug 28, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File Anytime a member of The Beach Boys takes the stage, you can be sure a jukebox-worth of hits from the legendary band’s prodigious songbook will fill the air. But charter member Al Jardine is digging deeper while on his current tour that brings him to...
Remembering when Miss America became a modern woman

Remembering when Miss America became a modern woman

by Chuck Darrow | Aug 28, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey

Remembering When It wasn’t the best of times for the Miss America Pageant. By the time the 1970s dawned, American society was significantly different than it had been just a decade earlier. Among the most visible and wide-ranging changes were those in the status and...
Low Cut Connie rips it up at launch of Hard Rock’s original-music series

Low Cut Connie rips it up at launch of Hard Rock’s original-music series

by Chuck Darrow | Aug 21, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Music, South Jersey

The Casino File The folks at the Prudential North2Shore Festival and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City certainly knew what they were doing when they booked Low Cut Connie to kick off its monthly “Garden State Live” concert series, which is dedicated to New...
His love for The Boss’ music puts Hank Azaria on ‘EZ Street’

His love for The Boss’ music puts Hank Azaria on ‘EZ Street’

by Chuck Darrow | Aug 21, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey, Wahoo

Which one of these doesn’t belong with the others?: Police Chief Clancy Wiggum; tavern owner Moe Szyslak; nuclear-plant worker Carl Carlson; Bruce Springsteen. If you said “Bruce Springsteen,” you are incorrect. That’s because it was a trick question: All four have...
Margate show celebrates the ‘Cool’ side of summer camp

Margate show celebrates the ‘Cool’ side of summer camp

by Chuck Darrow | Aug 14, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Events & Happenings, Margate, South Jersey, Wahoo

For generations of Americans, sleepaway — or overnight — camp has been a seminal experience. From making lifelong friends to participating in activities that might never have otherwise been presented to young people, this summer ritual has been a crucial part of the...
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