by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 25, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Cape May County, Features, Ocean City
By Chuck Darrow To get from Ocean City to Atlantic City you could go through Somers Point, Longport, Margate and Ventnor. But Deb Pellegrino’s route was a little more circuitous than that: Her journey actually took her through the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia,...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 18, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey, What's Happening
By Chuck Darrow Some eight years ago, the Hershey’s corporation cleverly built a TV ad campaign around “I Melt with You,” the 1982 hit single by the British band Modern English, which is one of the acts hitting Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Friday night...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 18, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey
By Chuck Darrow In October 1987, gaming tycoon Steve Wynn sold his 7-year-old Golden Nugget Atlantic City to Bally’s Corp., then-owner of Bally’s Park Place Casino-Hotel. The property was rechristened Bally’s Grand Hotel & Casino, and its official opening ceremony...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 11, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey, What's Happening
By Chuck Darrow When 1980s chart-topper Asia hits the stage Friday night at Tropicana Atlantic City, there will be more than music on the agenda. The show by the reconstituted band–indeed its entire tour—is also a tribute to one of its charter members. Bassist...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 3, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey, What's Happening
By Chuck Darrow Donny Osmond’s scheduled performance this Sunday night at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City brings to mind another solo set he did a number of years ago. The difference between the two is that Sunday’s show is designed to be a one-person...
