ATLANTIC CITY – First held in 1929 as the Miss America Pageant swim, the newly revamped pageant swim will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 (raindate Aug. 19) starting at the Michigan Avenue beach. Renowned as the oldest continuous open water swim in the United States, the 89th annual Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The Miss’d America Pageant has announced it will keep the swimsuit competition when it crowns Miss’D America 2019 Sept. 22 at Borgata’s event center. “It would be a shame not to have our audience enjoy the visual effect of how our bevy of beauties painstakingly take their Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – DylanFestAC, the celebration of all things Bob Dylan and his connection to the Jersey Shore, returns to Mississippi Avenue with a street fair, art show and live-music concert Saturday, Aug. 25. The festival will open with a free street fair from 3-6 p.m. at the Noyes Arts Garage and Read more…
The contents tell his Civil Rights story GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – In 1966, Atlantic City attorney James Cooper, who lived in Margate, spent two weeks in Mississippi representing African-Americans during the height of the Civil Rights era as part of then President John F. Kennedy’s Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights. After Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Stockton University Board of Trustees Wednesday, Aug. 8 authorized moving forward with a purchase agreement with TJM Properties for property near the new Atlantic City campus that will open in September. The property includes 11 upland lots totaling approximately nine acres, one beach lot totaling approximately Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The seventh annual Historical Kentucky Avenue Renaissance Festival will be held 12-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 (raindate Aug. 12) along Kentucky Avenue between Atlantic and Arctic avenues. The free festival features historical exhibits, live musical entertainment, food and plenty of fun activities for the entire family. Blue Read more…
The Atlantic City Farmers Market in the Bartram Avenue Park just off the Boardwalk between Bartram and Kingston avenues is celebrating the Jersey Fresh peach harvest 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, July 29. “We’re having Jersey Peach Day,” said market organizer Mark Bolner. The market is one of hundreds Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – At its meeting July 18, the City Council approved the designation of a University District surrounding the new Stockton University Atlantic City campus. The designation supports Stockton’s role as a state-designated Anchor Institution in the city, according to a press release from the university. It is intended Read more…
Canadian Forces Snowbirds and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds to perform ATLANTIC CITY – Now celebrating its 16th year, the Atlantic City Airshow will return to the skies above the free beaches and World Famous Atlantic City Boardwalk Wednesday, Aug. 22. GEICO will return as the presenting sponsor, Greater Atlantic City Read more…