Brigantine’s beacon
The Brigantine Lighthouse was built in 1926 by the Island Development Real Estate Company to attract people to Brigantine Beach Island, the newly popular beach town nicknamed “the Twin Resort of Atlantic City”. Their slogan was “come to the...
Dog uncovers Prohibition-era whiskey on Margate beach
By Julia Train Austin Contegiacomo had just gotten off a 24-hour shift for the U.S. Coast Guard and was walking his dog on the beach near Margate Pier on Feb. 17 when he found nearly a dozen Prohibition-Era whiskey bottles. Contegiacomo was playing fetch with his...
Presentation to explore Cape May County’s only Revolutionary War battle
By Madison Russ While it may not be as legendary as the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet—fought right in Cape May County—may have been an important early win during the American Revolution. As the only battle fought in Cape...
Alex Bartha: Steel Pier’s unsung music man
By Bruce Klauber Bandleader Alex Bartha had the longest run of any performer in the history of Atlantic City show business. The big issue with that statement is that only a very few people know who Bartha was. George T. Simon, who chronicled the histories of hundreds...
Study Tour of Egg Harbor Township Reveals Family History of Local Holocaust Survivors
To the naked eye, it is unclear what kind of history the land beneath a local Hispanic church, a Wawa and a Wal-Mart held. It’s only when shoulder-to-shoulder with a second-generation Holocaust survivor that the indelible mark of families and individuals who fled...
