by Michael | May 15, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
The Casino FileBy Chuck Darrow Over the course of his nearly-60-year career, 1970s “shock-rock” icon Alice Cooper has sold some 50 million albums and remains a popular live attraction (if not the arena-filling sensation he once was). And he’s enshrined in the Rock...
by Michael | Apr 24, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
The Casino FileBy Chuck Darrow Once upon a time, when Atlantic City was the only place outside Nevada with legal casinos, thousands would ride chartered buses here for a day of gambling and related activities, from dining to, when the weather permitted, strolling the...
by Michael | Apr 24, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
Remembering WhenBy Chuck Darrow If you think about it, a casino is, in some ways, a microcosm of a city or state. Like them, a gambling den collects revenue, has a dedicated law enforcement operation and has a chief executive whose responsibility is to oversee all...
by Michael | Apr 17, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Linwood, South Jersey
By Chuck Darrow Walk into Sal Dupree’s modest business suite in Linwood’s Central Square and you are immediately overwhelmed by dozens of photos that seem to cover every available millimeter of wall space. Many are pictures of Dupree in various stages of his life, but...
by Michael | Apr 17, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey
By Chuck Darrow Covering the entertainment beat since the earliest days of the Gerald Ford administration has afforded me the opportunity to have observed what is pretty much the entire creative arc of Jerry Seinfeld’s standup-comedy career. I first encountered...
