SEE PICS & VIDEO > Election season is underway in Atlantic City and candidates are busy shaking hands, kissing babies and sharing their vision for AC. Running for the 6th Ward seat is Jesse Kurtz. The youthful but well-seasoned Kurtz already has an enviable track record in local Atlantic City politics. In 2009, the married […]
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When Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt described it as a date that will live in infamy. Sixty years later, another tragedy occurred on September 11, 2001. I was living in NYC during that time and for several months following that fateful day my life was surreal. Flyers posted on light
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“I was terrible at sports”, said Honey Davenport the reigning Miss’D America, the drag queen version of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. “But health and fitness do figure into my day.” Although she doesn’t go to a gym, Honey works-out five to six days per week while performing on-stage as a drag queen,
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Regarding the Aug. 29 Press of Atlantic City story, “On the brink of change”: I am the owner and head coach of the Running Center, a fitness company founded in New York City in 1999 that specializes in training runners. I agreed to be interviewed for this story because my understanding was that it was going
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BB Does AC. Again. Bart Blatstein opens the checkbook and places another bet on Atlantic City’s rebound. The Philly based developer is buying the former Showboat casino property from Stockton University for a scant $22 million. The sale to Blatstein’s Tower Investments Inc., is scheduled to close Nov. 9., and will add to his seaside
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Latest from Harry Hurley > This is Formica’s first-ever county-wide run. Frank Formica may be the chairman of the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, but according to him he’s “just a bread baker.” First elected District 2 Atlantic County freeholder in 2009, he became chairman when Jim Curcio left the freeholder board to become Atlantic
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WATCH VIDEO > ABC’s Sunday 9-11pm telecast of The 2016 Miss America Competition in Atlantic City was more than just a showcase of talent, beauty and character. It was a TV ratings winner too. The final half-hour from 10:30-11pm as Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell was crowned, The Miss America Competition drew a VERY strong, 7.9 million viewers. Despite tough competition,
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The excitement in Atlantic City reached a climax Sunday night as Miss Georgia; Betty Cantrell, was crowned Miss America 2016. The spiffy new Boardwalk Hall served the 52 contestants and over 10,000 attendees well. Not too big. Not too small. Really a great place to see a show, whether Miss America, Madonna, ice hockey or a
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A little rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the popular ‘Show Us Your Shoes’ parade on Saturday night, September, 12. The Atlantic City Boardwalk was all smiles as the 52 Miss America contestants kicked their damp heels up high….for all to see. [foogallery id=”29980″]
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ZOEY GRENIER, MISS ALASKA. It’s a sport that most people know little about, except for possibly every four years during the Winter Olympics. It’s the sport of biathlon, a competition in which contestants ski around a cross-country trail system while carrying a bore rifle, which is used during the marksmanship portion of the race. Zoey
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