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Levenson’s Life at the Shore 48 Tom Briglia: Telling Great Stories With Photos 19 “Dream Come True” Back in Time: Weight-Loss Surgery 50 Old-Fashioned Christmas The Atlantic City at ARMC at Storybook Land Jitney Association 2nd Annual Touchdown 20 52 Flyers Are Gunning serves the needs of the local With Tom Cetrone for a Cup community as well as the Benefit Pictures millions of visitors to Atlantic 52 Bad Luck Still Has City. We provide convenient, 22 Diary of a Man’s Man Sixers Irrelevant on-time transportation to various points in Atlantic City. 23 Tis the Season for 53 Three and Out Spreading Joy JITNEY COLOR-CODED 55 Anthony’s Out to Lunch: 24 Chief Arthur R. Brown Jr. ROUTE NUMBERS MAUI’S DOG HOUSE Memorial Scholarship #1 Pink Dinner 58 A.C. Confidential New Hampshire Ave. to Jackson Ave. via Pacific Ave. 27 Harry Hurley Named to 59 Coming Soon To A.C. #2 Blue Politicker.com’s Top 100 60 Casino Tradeshow Marina Area-Trump Marina, Power List...Again Pictures Harrah’s, Borgata via Delaware Ave. to Pacific Ave. 28 Day in the Life: 61 Bet You Didn’t Know: Warren Bader Atlantic City - A Place #3 Green 32 BEST OF THE BEACH: We Call Home #4 OranGe 2008 Bay Drive, Locations for Jitney Northfield ticket sales: Atlantic City Meet the Jitney Association 201 Pacific Avenue Real Housewives Atlantic City of South Jersey Check Cashing 36 1226 Atlantic Avenue or 3100 Atlantic Avenue Checcs ON THE COVER 1429 Pacific Avenue The Real Housewives of South Jersey photo shoot took place on November 22, 2010 inside the Linwood studio of AC Photo under the direction of For information about photographer Gregg Kohl. 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Last but not least, we would like to thank The Fab 5 for making this memorable cover happen: Annika Bruggeworth, Liane Levenson, Daneen 609-344-8642 Benjamin, Kim Lucasti and Shernita Demby Dabney. the raw feed As 2010 comes to a close and the dawn of a new year is upon us, The Raw Feed would like to take the opportunity to recognize some of our area’s brightest stars who shined bright this year and who will likely continue to shine in 2011 … Despite the hits our local gaming industry took in 2010, two casino marketing teams stand EST. 2001 out for finding new and innovative ways to attract customers – locals in particular – to their properties. Don Marrandino’s marketing team at Ceasars Entertainment, led by Jennifer Weissman and Michelle Messina, have turned The Pool at Harrah’s into Atlantic Criminal Law City’s top hot-spot. Our apologies to the good folks at Borgata, but when “Industry Night” can attract a crowd of 1,500 on a Wednesday … in November … in this economy, there is a (Adult & Juvenile) new king in town. Mark Giannantonio and his team at Tropicana, led by Diane Spiers, have State/Federal/Municipal also transformed their property into the one of the region’s premier travel destinations, featuring some of the best dining, retail and nightlife venues in the city – all under one DWI/Traffic Offenses roof. Once again, our apologies to our friends at Borgata, but have you been to The Quarter lately? Both Marrandino and Giannantonio, and their respective teams have embraced the Expungements ideology that locals count and we are hoping that that catches on in 2011 … Casino Licensing We don’t know what is going to become of the A.C.C.V.A. or the C.R.D.A. in the New Year James J. Leonard Jr., Esq. in what we are calling Chris Christie’s “New Atlantic City,” but we can only hope that Immigration Law Maureen Siman is a prominent part of the Governor’s plan. Siman, who was named the 2010 Business Woman of the Year by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, is someone, to Divorce borrow a phrase from Senator Bill Gormley, who “gets it”… Domestic Violence Hearings / Restraining Orders Politically-speaking, we expect that as the “New Atlantic City” takes form, prominent politico’s like Senate President Steve Sweeney, AC Mayor Lorenzo Langford, Senator Jim Child Support/Child Custody Whelan and Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina will have a hard time keeping Issues their names out of the newspaper. This is a very important year for Atlantic City and for that matter, the State of New Jersey. We are expecting that County Democratic Chairman Personal Injury Pat D’Arcy will beat the drum loudly this year in an effort to help the aforementioned Administrative Law Hearings Whelan get re-elected and we expect that County Republican Chairman Keith Davis will do the same in an effort to unseat Whelan and maintain both Assembly seats… Erika A. Appenzeller Esq. James J. Leonard Jr., Esq., our distinguished (and humble) President / CEO of The Boardwalk Journal and its parent company The Boardwalk Media Group is also planning on expanding the scope of his operation in the New Year. The Leonard Law Group is opening a second A Full Service Litigation Firm office in Camden, which will open later this month and Leonard’s Boardwalk Media Group is finalizing plans to begin publishing a second monthly, The Voice, which will be in R newspaper form and will cater primarily to African-American readers.