by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 29, 2024 | Atlantic City, Features
By Bruce Klauber There was a time when thousands of visitors poured into Atlantic City casinos 365 days a year. They ate, they gambled, they enjoyed a show and they traveled to Atlantic City from Philadelphia, Staten Island, Toms River and from states as far away as...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 22, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, History, Somers Point
By William Kelly While Richard Somers’ historic exploits in Tripoli have been well documented and retold in books, murals and plays, the story of the Somers-Washington ring is not as well known. Richard Somers was born in 1778 at his father’s tavern at Shore and...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 8, 2024 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Features, History
By Chloe Cramutola In many parts of the world – New Jersey being no exception – tales of swashbucklers landing ashore and burying their treasure have circulated throughout history. During the Golden Age of piracy, in the 17th and early 18th centuries, famous pirates...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 25, 2024 | Cape May County, History, Ocean City, Steffen Klenk
By Steffen Klenk Ocean City has a rich and unique history. Take a walk downtown or down a residential street, and you may notice something remarkable. But there’s one piece of history that has been buried in the sands forever. Lying underneath the 16th street beach...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller The 69th annual Night in Venice boat parade will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024 starting near the Ocean City-Longport bridge at 6:30 p.m. The first Night in Venice was held Aug. 12, 1907. The next day, the Ocean City Daily Ledger...
