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Practice areas Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Municipal Services Legislative Services Dennis Gomes with son, Aaron Anti-Trust Legislative Services Banking & Financial Services Healthcare Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights Labor Law and Litigation Go Ahead, The Sordid History The President Casino/Gaming Union and Collective Call it a Comeback of Monopoly and the Prodigy 34 40 44 Commercial Litigation Bargaining Issues One of the top casino turn- Played by over a billion A chance meeting Condemnation Professional Malpractice Litigation around artists in the business, Dennis people during the last 75 years, at the Seaview Country Club Condominium Law/ Land Use/Zoning and Planning Gomes takes us inside Resorts Casino this classic board game has with Warren G. Harding Homeowner Associations Redevelopment Projects Hotel and reveals his plans to ignite quite an interesting past. Here, begins the life of a local icon, Criminal/White Collar Crime Maritime the landmark’s extinguished flame. we set the record straight. Sonny Fraser. Defense Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions by Sherry Hoffman by Kevin Tostado by Bill Kelly Construction Litigation Military Law Education Personal Injury Elder Law Insurance Coverage, Fire, Departments Employment Law Property Damage, Employment Litigation Mold, Malpractice 8 Editor’s Letter 26 the Good Life Employment Related Business Advice Probate Litigation Contributors Join Alyson Boxman Levine for a culinary adventure and Counseling Real Estate/Commercial and Residential at the Viking Cooking School. Public Employee/Employment Research and Appeals 11 The Raw Feed Environmental Law/Litigation Tax/Corporate/Business Juicy news from our undercover journalist 28 Sports Talk As hockey invades the area, Pete Thompson checks Estate Planning/Estate Administration Tax Appeals Title Insurance Litigation 12 t he Insider out the scene. Executive Compensation Title Insurance Litigation Worker's Compensation A listing of the news and happenings around town Family and Domestic Law 50 the Dining Guide Guardianship Litigation 20 Out & About A spotlight on FIN, Tropicana’s superb seafood restaurant; a recipe for Dancing Shrimp; and a Candid photographs from community events listing of local restaurants. 22 r unning in Heels 59 Out to Lunch Finding a four-leaf clover covered in snow in not Diner Anthony Previti discovers that Jo-Jo’s impossible, explains Michelle Dawn Mooney. Italian Grille is as good as he remembers.

24 Diary of a Man’s Man 60 On the Red Carpet Chris Ferry gets revved up for spring training. Celebrity sightings from around the area are featured.

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A resident of Browns Mills, NJ in the Jersey pine barrens, William Kelly 609.624.9500 is the author of two books, “300 Years at the Point - A History of Somers Point, NJ” and “Birth of the New Beginnings Birdie,” a history of National Experience, Locally Based golf at the Atlantic City Country Club. Kelly is co-founder of the Committee for an Open Change is happening Archives (COA) and COPA, the Coalition in Atlantic City and now is an on Political Assassinations in Washington exciting time for area residents. D.C. Both organizations were instrumental With the stalled Revel project in the passage of the JFK Act, which released the records on the assassination of President now moving forward, the Kennedy. He is currently working on another recent sale of the Trump book surrounding Somers Point and a history Marina, the promise by the of rock & roll at the Jersey Shore. city to breathe new life into the dilapidated Sandcastle Sherry Hoffman Stadium, and the governor’s new has traveled a varied and eclectic path in plan for a Tourism District, things are certainly a variety of mediums looking up for “America’s Playground.” that include radio and print journalism; as Atlantic City moves to reinvent itself, Resorts, the city’s first professional acting; and casino, has already begun the process and is geared up for a true marketing and public comeback. With father and son team Dennis and Aaron Gomes at the relations. She began her career as a radio news helm, this Atlantic City icon is set to swiftly return to profitability. anchor and reporter for WFPG radio in Atlantic For those interested in the early days of gaming in Atlantic City, the City, where she covered the opening of the city’s first casino — along with other major stories of excitement of the city’s first casino opening is highlighted by H. Steven the period — and was also a contributor to CBS Norton, who was executive vice president for Resorts International, Inc. network radio newscasts. Hoffman has written during its beginnings. He recalls the unbelievable crowds that invaded in-depth feature stories for local, regional, Atlantic City that famous Memorial Day weekend in 1978. and national publications; edited a national magazine; been a public relations professional in this issue, we also explore the unlikely sordid history of for a major health care organization; and a everyone’s favorite board game, Monopoly. This classic has quite an media consultant to a variety of companies. Tile & Stone / Custom Fabrication & Installation interesting past, and one that author Kevin Tostado knows well. His award-winning documentary — entitled Under the Boardwalk: The Kevin Tostado COMPLETED PROJECTS Monopoly Story — expertly chronicles the history of this true piece is the founder of Tostie Productions, a high- Cafe Vivian, Princeton University Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, NJ of American, and local, history. definition film Longworth House Office Building, Washington DC Brooklyn Childrens Museum, Brooklyn, NY as the winter season swiftly changes into spring, and the weather and video production company based in U.S. Capitol Building, Washington DC West Virginia State Capitol Building, Charleston, WV begins to get warmer, nicer days are becoming more and more plentiful. San Diego, CA. But Local residents are eager to get outside and participate in their favorite strangely enough, State University of New York Albany, Albany NY Astrazeneca, Willmington, DE activities, as the snow covered boardwalk is now open for traffic. before launching a State University of New York Rochester, Rochester, NY United Nations Federal Credit Union, Long Island, NY career as a filmmaker, as spring blossoms, expect more changes on the horizon for our he earned a B.S. in Electrical & Computer NYU Campus, New York, NY Highpoint University, Highpoint, NC area, as south Jersey is becoming a very exciting place to be. Engineering from Olin College in Needham, Lowes Corporate H.Q. Mooresville, NC Cariba Hilton Buffet, San Juan, PR MA. During his senior year, he co-wrote and directed an award-winning film,Yellow Lights. Mandarin Coffee, Las Vegas, NV St. Lukes Medical Center, Denver, CO Kevin’s most recent work, Under the Boardwalk: Goldman Sachs, Jersey City, NJ Rutgers Law School, Camden, NJ Alyson Boxman Levine The MONOPOLY Story, will be coming to

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In October 2010 on this very page, The Boardwalk Journal was the first to break the news that an individual we called ‘Candidate X’ was emerging as a force to be reckoned with as a possible replacement for Vince Polistina in the State Assembly. It was anticipated that Polistina was going to challenge Jim Whelan for the State Senate seat in November. With Est. 2001 Dan Skeldon-like precision, our forecast was correct. ‘Candidate X’ was soon revealed as local attorney/war hero Chris Brown and the stage was set for a showdown at the Republican Convention between Brown and the always affable Atlantic County Freeholder Frank Formica. Criminal Law Prior to the emergence of ‘Candidate X’, it was considered a lay up that Formica’s name would be on the ballot in November alongside Assemblyman John Amodeo’s. Fast forward to February (Adult & Juvenile) 2011: As the momentum of Brown’s campaign continues to swell – fueled by coverage and State/Federal/Municipal commentary by our friend Harry Hurley, PolitickerNJ.Com, and the support and undeniable strength of the E.H.T. Republican Machine led by Sonny McCullough – Formica graciously bows DWI/Traffic Offenses out, paving the way for Brown to likely coast through the upcoming Republican Convention and gain the party’s nomination. As Chris Brown’s political stock continues to soar, so does Expungements Formica’s as his decision to step aside and avoid what would have been a dividing internecine dog fight at the convention only strengthens the party and Formica’s stock in it. Republican Casino Licensing County Chair Keith Davis has to like his line-up for November, which reads like a political James J. Leonard Jr., Esq. Dream Team and includes Assemblyman John Amodeo, County Executive Dennis Levinson and Immigration Law Sheriff Frank Balles seeking re-election, Polistina seeking Whelan’s Senate seat, and in all likelihood, Chris Brown seeking Polistina’s vacated Assembly seat. So where does that leave Divorce Frank Formica? He’s still the Chairman of the Board of Chosen Freeholders and his name remains in circulation as a possible candidate for either Atlantic City Mayor in 2013 or to Domestic Violence Hearings / run for Senate in two years, should Polistina lose to Whelan. Regardless, you have to admire Restraining Orders the resiliency of the Atlantic County GOP, bouncing back to prominence after Bill Gormley’s Child Support/Child Custody retirement in 2007. For this, you have to credit the aforementioned foursome of Amodeo, Polistina, Davis, and Levinson. Issues Personal Injury Administrative Law Hearings

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Wind Energy to be Harnessed at Steel Pier I must sincerely result, we are addicted to things that don't walking next to you feel that they are thank the many, even matter in the big picture (I'm guilty!) - entitled to essentially shove your car out of A bill authorizing the construction of many people who thus churning away at complicated lives and the way while driving 70 miles per hour on wind energy facilities on existing and future piers in Atlantic City were kind enough having way too little time for politeness and the Parkway or Expressway. The semi- and statewide was recently signed into law by Governor Christie. to call or email me other vital things! anonymity of driving a vehicle seems to The new law authorizes wind energy facilities to be constructed in response to my I believe that being polite to strangers, in empower people to bring out their inner on existing and future piers within 500 feet of the mean high water February article a way, is showing that you're thankful. By Barbarian and to forget the simple rules that line, so long as the projects meet other regulatory requirements set they learned in kindergarten. Rules like for wind turbines. The bill amends Department of Environmental captioned “It being polite, we 'give back' a little at a time “don’t push and shove” are forgotten along Protection (DEP) regulations under the Coastal Area Facility Doesn’t Hurt to for all we've been blessed with - and that's Review Act (CAFRA) which only allows for water-dependent be Polite.” Obviously, I touched a chord, most of us! You nailed it when you said that with sensible traffic rules which suggest energy facilities to be constructed within 500 feet of the mean high because so many of you expressed gratitude today's society resembles an episode of The that you should slow down, not speed up water line. The bill will ensure that wind energy production remains for the article, voiced your fervent Jerry Springer Show, all too much! I really when the light turns yellow. as an accessory use to the other purposes of the pier, in order to agreement, and made suggestions on how think it's time for people with higher maintain that no new piers will be constructed for the sole purpose to carry on the theme that “politeness expectations to gather together and rise up • Holding the door. This does not have to of serving as a platform for a wind energy facility. counts.” against those who couldn't care less. In a be a “sexist” thing where men hold the door “Renewable energy offers a unique opportunity to boost our One particular thoughtful email came society where a large percentage of for women only. We can hold the door for State’s economy and be responsible stewards of the environment at from Kati Neustadter, who has been kind individuals really know better - we should older people, for people struggling with the same time,” said Senator James Whelan. “Atlantic City’s Steel enough to allow me to reprint her show it instead of being flattened under the packages, or we can hold the door just Pier is an important part of our city’s history and culture, and with oppression of ignorance! because it only takes two or three seconds to an investment in green energy generation, could play an important thoughts in this forum: do so, but such a simple act might be the part of our future.” With sincere appreciation - Dear Lloyd, Kati (Pacitti) Neustadter only nice thing that happens to that person Thanks so much for writing a very good and for the whole day. Psychiatrist Dr. Jerome much needed article about politeness in Kati is, of course, right. Politeness is not Motto writes of visiting the apartment of a MBCA Scholarships today's society. I couldn't agree more with enough, and is really only a starting point. man who jumped off the Golden Gate your perspective. In fact, raising two boys But it is an important starting point, and Bridge in the 1970s. He found a note Now Available ages 9 & 13 - I have become obsessed with one which cannot be dispensed with. which said, “I’m going to walk to the bridge. the whole subject of not only the dire need Among the dozens of suggestions which I If one person smiles at me on the way, I will The annual Metropolitan Business for politeness but also what seems to be an have received, let me share with you some not jump.” How much does it take to and Citizen’s Association (MBCA) unraveling of society as a whole. I know our of the most common concerns regarding the politely smile? Scholarship Foundation is now parents had the same concerns when their scarcity of politeness in today’s society. Finally, I see that the Boardwalk Journal accepting scholarship applications for children went through the 'hippie' must have a national readership, because area residents who are attending an generation and were appalled by what they • Uncaring store clerks. Try to find help there is a new story that the University of institute of higher learning in a two- witnessed in society back then. I dare say from a store clerk who is all too often either Arizona is establishing a “National Institute year program or more. The Soundra that each generation gets worse and then - totally ignorant of the store’s products or too for Civil Discourse,” for which former and Pierre Hollingsworth Scholarship where will it all lead to? I ask myself this busy talking with a paramour on a cell Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton will be distributed, and a $1,500 question all too often (almost every day). phone to be bothered with you, a mere will serve as co-chairs. It is nice to see a Epicurean Society Scholarship will So while your article is extremely relevant, customer. How much money do stores lose former Democratic and former Republican also be awarded to a student who is I think it begs the question: "Is politeness from employees such as this? And consider President coming together to endorse an idea in the culinary or hospitality industry. enough?" I feel the lack of politeness comes what a delight it is when you find a store which so many of you have taken to heart. Scholarship criteria includes residency from a much larger problem. Parents today with attentive and polite clerks. I know that Thank you, Messieurs President Bush in the Atlantic City region and students are not only expecting way too little from I am willing to pay more money at a store and Clinton. And thank you readers! must be working toward a degree or their children as far as politeness goes, but with a staff which treats me with respect certification. The application deadline is also in so many other areas as well. It seems and which can intelligently answer my Lloyd D. Levenson is Chief Executive April 1, 2011. For applications and children today are only expected to do well questions about its products. Officer of the Atlantic City-based law firm Cooper with their grades and in their respective Levenson and Chairman of the firm’s Casino Law additional details, visit acmetbiz.com Departments in Atlantic City and or call 609-348-1903. sports. Standards are too low and folks in • Driving manners. I am not the first Las Vegas. Mr. Levenson may be reached at www.weddingsbyphotographics general are way, way too busy. Instead of person to ask why people who would never (609)344-3161 or by email at consuming less and living simpler lives as a think of pushing in front of you if they were [email protected]. 16 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 The Insider Margate man savoring the slopes at 82 – and doing so with new knees Local News, Happenings and Events Joint Institute at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center specializes in knee, hip replacements Landry’s Buys Trump if you witnessed Amalio Mucciarone, a Several years later, Mucciarone began replacements. Minimally invasive procedures are Marina for $38 Million United States Navy retiree from Margate, New developing arthritis in his other knee. He contacted available for patients who meet medical criteria. AC Hilton Officially Jersey, schussing down the powdery ski slopes the Joint Institute at ARMC again. In May 2010, arMC’s Joint Institute Team includes Trump Entertainment Resorts sold its Trump of Camelback Mountain Resort in the Pocono Dalzell and the Joint Institute Team replaced his specialists in the fields of orthopaedics, Marina Hotel Casino to the Texas-based parent company of the Golden on the Market Mountains or the scenic slopes of Vermont, chances second knee. His recovery went well. It included neurosurgery, physical therapy and rehabilitative are you’d never guess two things about him. First, several weeks using a walker, then a cane, and medicine. Nugget Las Vegas and Laughlin for $38 million. That’s about a tenth of The Hilton, he is 82 years old. Mucciarone learned to ski at age several more weeks of physical therapy. “Joint replacement surgery is safer and easier what Trump Entertainment was offering the casino for in 2008. Atlantic City’s 54 and has been passionate about the sport ever before both surgeries, Mucciarone took for patients today due in large part to new approaches Landry’s Inc., a Houston casino and restaurant company that smallest casino, is officially since. Second, just this past year, he underwent his advantage of the class the Joint Institute offers in minimally invasive surgery and improved joint recently abandoned its bid for the struggling Atlantic City Hilton up for grabs. International second total knee replacement surgery, at the Joint patients prior to their joint replacement surgery. prostheses,” said Frederick G. Dalzell, MD, medical Casino Resort, plans to invest significantly investment bank Houlihan Institute at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. He said it prepared him for what to expect before, director, the Joint Institute. “Better postoperative in the Trump Marina and rebrand it as a Lokey has been hired to Mucciarone said he feels better than he has in during and after surgery. “The class was very pain control makes it easier for patients to get back to Golden Nugget. sell the casino, while a years. He skis approximately 30 days each season. informative. It provided information on proper normal activities following surgery.” “Our plan is to transform the Trump foreclosure fight between He also bikes 20 miles a day, four to five days per nutrition and about exercises to do before surgery “Studies confirm that improved mobility Marina into a luxurious and exciting the Hilton and its lenders week, weather-permitting. He takes deep-water to help strengthen my leg muscles. I believe this immediately following joint surgery reduces has been put on hold. hotel and casino with the highest level of jogging classes at the Milton and BettyK atz Jewish helped in my recovery,” said Mucciarone. recovery time,” said Heather Gowdy, RN, Losing millions of dollars service,” said Tilman Fertitta, Landry’s Community Center in Margate, New Jersey five Mucciarone and his wife of 53 years, Joan clinical manager, 2 Meadow at ARMC Mainland in Atlantic City’s depressed chairman, president and CEO. “It’s going days a week. Mucciarone, attended the ARMC Joint Institute Campus, which includes the Joint Institute. “Joint casino market, the Hilton defaulted on its mortgage in July “I skied ten straight days earlier this winter “Joints in Motion” walk last fall. They have done so deterioration can make even the simplest activities to be great. We’re really excited about it.” 2009 and has been under threat of foreclosure from the U.S. at Camelback Mountain in the Poconos, and I feel every year since his first surgery. The annual event painful. AtlantiCare’s orthopaedic surgeons, nurses, The deal brings the Golden Nugget brand National Bank Association. Both sides agreed to a standstill great,” said Mucciarone. “The knee surgeries have gives former patients who have had full knee, partial physical therapists and other support staff provide back to Atlantic City, where it operated in in their foreclosure court fight while attempts are made to positively affected my life more than I can explain. knee, and hip replacements at the Joint Institute specialized, innovative care.” a different building from 1980 to 1987. sell the property. I’m able to continue to do what I love – to ski.” He the opportunity to walk with family members, “If pain in your hips or knees is limiting what added, “It’s a great retirement.” friends, and the doctors, nurses, physical therapists you do, talk with your primary care provider,” but Mucciarone didn’t always feel this way. and other hospital staff who treated them – and to said Kimberly Allen, RN, ARMC Joint Institute. In fact, for 15 years prior to his first surgery, he celebrate their freedom from pain. “Whether you need conservative, non-surgical experienced knee pain that gradually worsened “My youngest son asked me to learn to ski so treatment or minimally invasive or complex as well as bowing in his legs. He dealt with these he’d have someone to ski with,” said Mucciarone. surgery, our team will partner with you and your changes as best he could, but when he realized he “Now almost 30 years later I look forward to more primary care provider to help you heal faster and would not be able to continue skiing, he decided trips to the Poconos, Vermont and Lake Tahoe,” stay active longer.” to take action. “I would limp when walking and he said. “I am extremely grateful I had the surgeries in 2008, the Joint Institute at ARMC earned had difficulty sleeping,” he explained. “I was in at ARMC’s Joint Institute. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be Disease-Specific Care Certification for total hip constant pain after skiing because of arthritis and skiing today.” and knee replacements from the Joint Commission. swelling in my knee.” You don’t have to live with joint pain The Joint Commission gave ARMC its Gold Seal Mucciarone contacts the Joint Institute at ARMC Dalzell explained one reason why the Joint of Approval™ for meeting stringent standards and Mucciarone said he had heard about the Institute is a recognized leader—in 2008, it providing the highest quality of care. Joint Institute at ARMC, whose experienced earned Disease-Specific Care Certification for Learn more team is dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis total hip and knee replacements from the Joint The Joint Institute at AtlantiCare Regional and treatment of joint problems. Specialists in Commission—its experienced staff uses the Medical Center will hold a free Dealing with Joint orthopaedics, neurosurgery, physical therapy and most advanced technology while focusing on the Pain seminar Wednesday, April 6 from 2 p.m. to rehabilitative medicine provide surgical and non- individual needs of patients and their families. 3:30 p.m. at the AtlantiCare LifeCenter in the SALON & SPA surgical treatment. He said he knew ARMC had he also explained that the typical age range AtlantiCare Health Park, 2500 English Creek Point Plaza . 1205 Tilton Road . Northfield, NJ an excellent reputation. In the spring of 2006 he for total knee replacement is from about 55 to 75, Avenue, Egg Harbor Township. Joseph Harhay, 609.646.1816 . www.estheticasalonspa.com made an appointment, and met with orthopaedic but said people of other ages can benefit, just like MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Joint Institute surgeon Frederick G. Dalzell, MD, medical director, Mucciarone. at ARMC, will discuss on conservative and the Joint Institute. They discussed treatment and “We can all learn from Mr. Mucciarone’s advanced surgical treatments that offer relief from together decided Mucciarone was a candidate for experience,” said Dalzell. “You don’t have to live hip and knee pain. He will focus on arthritis, but total knee replacement. with joint pain, and you can continue to do the will also discuss other causes of knee and hip pain. in June Dalzell and the Joint Institute Team things you love.” ARMC will serve light refreshments. performed the surgery. By December, 2006, About the Joint Institute at AtlantiCare Regional to reserve a seat at ARMC’s free Dealing Mucciarone was skiing again. Medical Center with Joint Pain seminar, for more information “Normally, I don’t advise patients to return The experienced team at the Joint Institute at about the Joint Institute at ARMC or to make an to skiing after the surgery, but it was such a big ARMC Mainland Campus is dedicated exclusively appointment with an AtlantiCare physician, call part of his life and he was committed to skiing to the repair and treatment of joint disease. This the AtlantiCare Access Center at 1-888-569-1000 safely,” said Dalzell. team specializes in total and partial knee and hip or visit www.atlanticare.org.

18 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 19 out about The Heart Institute at AtlantiCare Regional Medical & Center’s (ARMC) fourth Red Dress Luncheon was held in February at the Smithville Inn. Robin Stoloff, the NBC 40 1 2 health reporter, was the emcee and Howard Levite, MD, medical director, the Heart Institute at ARMC, was the keynote speaker.

3 Pictured are women ranging in age 34 to 69 that shared their experience of living with heart disease and starred in a fashion show escorted by their physicians. From left: Vinesh Patel, MD; Gail Bebler; Maureen Wild; Sanjay Shetty, MD; S. Desiderio Penso, Illustrator Tyrone Hart, left, author Nelson MD; Rita Triola; Faith Gager; James Dralle, MD; Maria Penso; Joyce, Alec, Domenic, Jordan and Lou Barbone Johnson, center, and historian Ralph Hunter pose Haitham Dib, MD; Sandra Regenye; and Viren Vankawala, MD. for a photo during the event “Celebrating The Atlantic City Northside,” held in Atlantic City. The event was attorney coordinated by United Way of Atlantic County Lou Barbone and the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City to recently celebrate the launch of Johnson’s latest book, celebrated his “The Northside.” 50th Birthday at the Ram’s Head

Inn with family 4 5 and friends. Hon. Michael Connor Linda Jacobs and Gary Hill

Howard Levite, MD, medical Wendy Penny, executive director, the Heart Institute at director, Cardiovascular AtlantiCare Regional Medical Services, AtlantiCare Regional Center, gave the keynote Medical Center, addressed presentation. the audience.

AtlantiCare held its Fifth Assemblyman John F. Amodeo kicked Annual AtlantiCare Idol talent The Atlantic City Palm Restaurant hosted competition in February at a special Girls Night Out in February. off his re-election campaign with a fundraiser the Stockton Performing at Tomatoes in Margate. Arts Center. Twana Brandon, of Galloway — processing Pictured, from left to right, are:T ropicana’s 1. John Amodeo Jr. with his mother, Luann. 2. Assemblyman technician, Sterile Processing Diane Spiers, WAYV’s Diane Mitchell, Equity Department, AtlantiCare Vince Polistina with Assembly Executive Director Richard Wright. Communications’ Donna Essick, AC Weekly’s Regional Medical Center Whitney Ullman, Masterpiece Advertising’s President 3. Assemblymen Jon Bramnick and John F. Amodeo with Assembly Mainland Campus — won Pictured, from left to right, are: Frank and Louise Pellossi, Jane Gross, Phyllis Lacca, Honorable Susan Maven, Masterpiece Minority Leader Alex DeCroce 4. Tina LoBiondo and Mary Lou the title with her rendition of Steve and Michelle Funk, Esqs., and John Schultz. Advertising’s Megan Vanett, and Barbara Vanett. Ferry. 5. Dae Medman, Charlie Amodeo and Cathy Dori. Beyoncé’s Listen. The event raised more than $5,400 for United Way of Atlantic County. 20 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 21 running in heels b y Mi c h e l l e Da w n Mo o n e y We Can Help You Go Solar!

Finding Your Four-leaf Clover Under Two Feet of Snow Start a Revolution elcome to March! If you’re reading this after midnight on the first day of the month, rest Energy Independence starts at your house. Only assured that in less than 19 days, 19 hours, andW 21 minutes we will officially jump into the next Nogginhaus has the know-how to help free you season (not that I’m keeping track or anything). Yes, it has been another crazy winter, with the almost weekly from the shackles of high oil bills, gas bills and electric threat of snow leading to a semi-permanent presence of snow boots, ice scrapers, and shovels in the foyers of most bills. If you’d like to learn more about the exciting households since December. So, without further ado, I am anxious to usher in one of my favorite months, which things Nogginhaus is doing to eliminate your utility bill, includes a celebration of my Irish heritage, followed by call today and schedule a home visit. You’ll be on your the dawn of what many consider one of the most inspiring and enlightening times of the year … Spring! way to making your house a Nogginhaus. considering that I’m typing this from bed, bundled up under several blankets as I recover from a bout of the latest seasonal bug that’s going around, March 20th can’t come soon enough. In the meantime, I’ve been trying to 39 N. Black Horse Pike think happy thoughts, which brings me to the theme of Runnemede, NJ 08078 this article, perspective. It’s actually something that I’ve O: 856-939-6652 F: 856-939-4619 spent quite a bit of time thinking about — how the state of our happiness, or more often unhappiness, can sometimes www.nogginhaus.com have less to do with what’s actually going on in our lives and more about how we simply choose to view it. i want to be clear here that in no way am I trying to trivialize the serious problems that so many of us are going through, whether it’s personal, professional, or health-related. 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Still, so often I find myself caught up in the whole “woe is me” house around 8 P.M., but a few cake decorating glitches forced me to attitude, whether it’s “I hate being sick, I’m too stressed, I haven’t push it back a bit. I could feel my stress levels rise as I was rushing to accomplished what I set out to do,” or (embarrassed to say), ”I can’t finish the cake, wanting to get on the road as soon as possible. Once believe I have to leave this amazing $200 art deco piece that’s selling en route, I noticed a few flashing police lights on the side of the road, Serving all of for $25 at an outlet in Pennsylvania because it won’t fit in my car!” but disregarded it as a routine stop. It wasn’t until two days later as I It was my mother who actually put me in my place with this one was anchoring the six o’clock news that I read about a man who had South Jersey! as she threw back my famous line that I often use when she feels been shot after someone opened fire on his car around 8 P.M. on the stressed about something. exact road that I would have been traveling on, at around the exact Hours of Operation: ”Did anyone die?” she asked me. “Well then it’s really not the time. Now, that may mean nothing to you, but I can honestly say Mon-Sat 7AM - 10PM end of the world, is it?” As much as I really, REALLY wanted that I got chills when I put two and two together and remembered the picture to fit, I knew she was exactly right. While I’m usually the police lights and thought of how I could have been driving in that 24-Hour Emergency Service one who tries to remember those who are dealing with devastating same area where the gunman fired. Suddenly my frosting faux pas circumstances when I’m going through a bad or stressful time, here that set me back a few minutes seemed all too relevant. Emergencies don’t take time off. I was getting all bent out shape over a wall hanging! I had failed to So, I leave you with this. At a time of year when so many will be Neither do we. see the big picture (no pun intended) that I was lucky enough to looking for their four-leaf clovers in hopes of finding a little “luck of have a wall to hang it on in the first place, and thatI even “had” a car the Irish,” remember that sometimes you may have to do a little that it wouldn’t fit inside. digging to find them.I n the meantime, try not to lose sight of those how often do we get so impatient and irritated when things small pieces of buried treasure you may find along the way, keeping don’t go our way that we fail to see the beauty in some of the in mind that just like the stock market price for a pot of gold, their situations put before us? Or at least realize that the bump in the road value may be worth a lot more to you once you’ve gotten a glimpse may just be part of the plan to prevent us from taking, or maybe get of what’s down the road. 856-939-4299 22 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 TheBigRedR.comMarch 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 23 diary of a man’s man b y Ch r i s Fe r r y EVERYONE NEEDS A TEE SHIRT

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ell it’s March. Spring training Inside Sandcastle Stadium for Major League Baseball is underway. Philadelphia Phillies fans everywhereW are revved up for this season like no other. The addition of Cliff Lee to the pitching rotation of Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, and Roy Oswalt is creating quite a buzz. I am pumped. However, many of our fellow locals are New York Yankee Fans. You may ask, how and why did this happen? Here are a few explanations. Although Atlantic County is inside the Philadelphia media circle, as a boy in the 1960s, I remember not only watching Philly’s channels 3, 6, and 10, but we also had channels 5, 9 and 11 originating from New York. Long before cable SCREEN PRINTING | EMBROIDERY television, Atlantic City residents had a choice. EXCEPTIONAL PROMOTIONALS This enabled us to watch theY ankees and Mets, as DEMARIO SERVICE | QUALITY | VALUE CREATIVE BRANDING DEMARIODESIGN.COM well as the Phillies. 609 | 645 | 7319 In Ducktown, the Yankees were popular DESIGN because of all the great Italian American players the Pinstripes fielded — Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, and Yogi Berra to name a few. Due to war time travel restrictions, the Yankees actually held spring training at Bader Field for two years during World War II. How cool that must have been. ChRiS FeRRy iNSuRaNCe aGeNCy has been Bader Field brings back some fine memories. servicing South Jersey since 1949. as an independent agent, At an Atlantic City High School baseball game, I we have the ability to quote your insurance needs with many saw Viking legend Walt Montford hit a ball at least insurance companies to get you the best coverage at the most 500 feet out onto the runway. Montford, who was competitive price. better-known for his prowess on the basketball court, went on to star on the hardwood at Temple at Chris Ferry insurance, we offer both Personal and Commercial University. Then there wasE rnie Tarsitano. There insurance: auto, homeowners, Flood, Life, health, Restaurants was no fence back then and Ernie Tarsitano hit at Roger Dean Stadium — the spring training home for the St. and Contractors. Call us today for a free quote. one almost as far one day. The ball just kept rolling.E rnie ended Louis Cardinals — the field was reconfigured last November up with only a double where most could have circled the bases to host several state football playoff games.T raditional baseball Customer Service is our #1 Priority. twice. He was great hitter and a slick fielder, but man was he venues Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field were reworked to slow. His nickname was Ernie-isch, because he could really host Division I college football games. Remember, up until exaggerate the truth. I also remember AAAA Bike Shop owner 1975, sod was rolled into Convention Hall where Holy Spirit Carriers We Represent: Mike Wiesen behind home plate. He was another solid high played Atlantic City High School on Thanksgiving Day. There school star, who drove manager Phil Juliano to near madness. was also the Sand Bowl, which was the Atlantic County Junior I applaud Atlantic City Council’s recent appropriation of Football League All Star Game, and the Boardwalk Bowl, a funds to clean up Sandcastle Stadium at Bader Field. It is an Division III college game. Sandcastle Stadium is just begging 2000 Shore Rd., Ste. 206 4400 North Corp Pkwy exploitable asset. Many minor league stadiums host college and for some activity. Linwood, NJ 08221 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 We can sense the momentum building as our area morphs high school games, conference tournaments, and state playoffs. Phone: (609) 653-6600 Phone: (561) 630-7676 We have the rooms and amenities. Why not? into a destination location. It’s spring training in AC. The ship Fax: (609) 653-6929 Fax: (609) 653-6929 Boardwalk Hall is hosting a major college conference Ice has sailed on the saying “Wait until next year.” Next year is www.ferryins.com www.weinsurefl.com Hockey Tournament in March. Galloway National Golf Club has now. Bader Field and Sandcastle Stadium’s potential should hosted the Ivy League Golf Championships. In Jupiter, Florida not be overlooked.

24 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 25 the good life b y Al y s o n Bo x m a n Le v i n e

An Afternoon in Tuscany

y epicurean experience began on SOUPS an ordinary Friday afternoon. I Tomato Soup (Minestra di Pomodoro) must admit that I’ve never taken • Serves 4-6 aM cooking class before, so when I walked Ingredients: into Viking Cooking School, there was a 3 tablespoons Italian extra-virgin olive oil bit of hesitation in my normally quick pace. 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 2 cloves garlic, minced or to taste The previous evening, my mother actually 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoons granulated sugar, or to taste laughed out loud when I told her about or to taste 1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, or to taste signing up for the class. She always teases 2 pounds ripe red tomatoes, peeled, seeded 1 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, me that the prerequisite for all my dinners and chopped (or high-quality canned) plus extra for garnish are that they must be ready in ten minutes or 4 cups beef or veal stock 1 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, 1 teaspoons fine salt, or to taste less. Watching the myriad cooking programs plus extra for garnish on the Food Network makes the culinary Method of Prep: arts seem effortless and exciting, but when I 1. Heat a large sauce pot over medium heat; add the olive oil and heat through. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper flakes and cook for about 20 seconds, then add the tomatoes. B attempt to recreate those delightful recipes ring at home, I end up disappointed, staring at a the tomato mixture to the boil, then immediately reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. 2. Add the stock, salt, pepper and sugar; bring to the boil once again, then reduce the heat and kitchen full of dirty pots and pans. simmer 20 to 30 minutes more. My class description sounded innocent 3. Remove the soup from the heat, then stir in the vinegar, basil and parsley. Puree the soup with enough, entitled “Best of Class: Tuscany,” an immersion blender (or in batches in an upright blender) until smooth in texture. where Tuscan cuisine is simplicity perfected. 4. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed. Garnish the soup with additional fresh basil and parsley. I liked the “simplicity” part and the skills and techniques section seemed easy enough: preparing a naturally thickened soup; making cheese crisps; working with wild dried According to Shawn-Michael Fair, assistant chef and Viking mushrooms; and preparing the perfect risotto. On the menu was instructor, the most popular class currently is the “Pizza Workshop” Tomato Soup (Minestra di Pomodoro), Pecorino Cheese Crisps or “Southern Italian Dinner Party.” New classes on the horizon (Frico), and Porcini Mushroom Risotto, with arugula and prosciutto. include “The Surf and Turf Workshop, ” which just ran for the first each class is taught by an expert chef instructor, and each station time in Early February and, according to Fair, was a huge success. is set up with all the ingredients and tools you will need to create your “We are going to be running it a few more times in the upcoming menu. You also receive a copy of the recipe, along with a shopping list months,” revealed Fair, “Also, we are possibly going to schedule the to take home. Once the class gets rolling, you forget that the entire “Brownie Workshop,” which I am sure will be a blast.” kitchen is windowed and that many passersby stop to watch. When When to comes to trends in cooking, Fair said that he is seeing an elderly man gave me a thumbs up, I realized that it was time to progressive American Cuisine (Molecular Gastronomy) becoming relax and enjoy the experience. popular. “Also, the fact that more and more people are being diagnosed You will certainly take away useful technical training once you with Celiac disease, the gluten-free movement is becoming a huge trend,” have completed this cooking class. My instructor immediately pointed said Fair. “In fact, we have a gluten-free class coming up in March.” out that I was holding the knife improperly, and once she showed me Developed by parent company Viking Range Corporation, the correct way, I was slicing and dicing like a pro. The class flowed Viking Cooking School offers something for cooks of all skill levels, seamlessly, and soon we were all plating up our homemade delicacies. with hands-on classes ranging from exotic global cuisine to basic The dining room — where all the students gather to enjoy their cooking skills. Highlights include “Thai Taste Explosions,” where creations — resembles that of an intimate dinner party. By this time guests can master Thai techniques for rolling and crisping spring rolls the class was over, the strangers I was assembled with just a few hours and creating the perfect curry, and the “Girls Night Out” series of Alicia Walters TJ Hildebrand earlier were now familiar faces forever united in a culinary adventure. classes, where participants can take a culinary trip to exotic places Mortgage Consultant Mortgage Consultant As we dined, the aroma of accomplishment filed the room. like Honolulu, Little Havana, and Rome. 609-792-5281 609-846-3042 The Viking School opened at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City in This school is the perfect place for those who love to cook, the summer of 2010, and has been a success since the beginning. entertain, or just appreciate great food. That afternoon, on my visit to The school — which is part of the Viking Culinary Group — gives Tuscany, I discovered that I do have a true passion for cooking. 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26 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 sports talk b y Pe t e Th o mp s o n MakeMake YourYour NextNext OutingOuting AnAn EventEvent ToTo Remember!Remember!

Is Atlantic City Becoming a Hockey Town? Photo courtesy of nickvalinote.com y the time you read this, Boardwalk Hall will be buzzing with sporting events. From the always popular state individual wrestling tournament March 4 - 6, to the Atlantic 10 Men’s ECAC Hockey Men’s Championship • March 18-19 Basketball Tournament March 11-13, this month there’s no shortage of sports in Atlantic City to satisfy your appetite. Championship Boxing • March 26 however, the event I’m most looking forward to is the E.C.A.C. Atlantic City Boardwalk Rodeo • April 1-3 Men’s Hockey Tournament. It runs for two nights, March 18-19, and if you’ve never been to a hockey game at Boardwalk Hall, you’re Alegria by Cirque Du Soleil • April 7-10 really missing out on something special. People may associate the old “Convention Hall” with the Miss America pageant, but for my Usher - OMG Tour • May 6 money, the building is a dream for any hockey player or fan. There are no bad seats at Boardwalk Hall, just like in the old Spectrum in South Mother’s Day Music Festival • May 7 Philadelphia. Even the highest seats for hockey at the hall provide you with a birds-eye view of the game where you can see plays develop and New Kids On The Block & Backstreet Boys • July 29 never lose sight of the puck. it’s the first time theE .C.A.C. is coming to the city and, as schools like Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, and even Union College make the trip to Boardwalk Hall, it begs the question ... is Atlantic City finally becoming a hockey town? www.atlanticcitynj.com www.boardwalkhall.com atlantic City resident Art Dorrington, 81, played for the Atlantic Tickets available at the Boardwalk Hall Box Office, ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 1.800.736.1420 City Sea Gulls in the late 1950s as the first professional black hockey alway use on white background (no exceptions). player. Although he never played in the N.H.L., Dorrington has been around the game and Atlantic City long enough to see a quiet love affair develop. Through his Art Dorrington Ice Hockey Foundation, he’s COLORS - CMYK Blue – C:100 M:57 Y:0 K:38 INTELLECTUALYellow – C:0 M:17 Y:80 K:0 PROPERTY LAW start – 0% yellow been able to formulate a program that teaches hockey to children from midpoint – 25% end – 100% yellow low–income families. Kids are only allowed to step on the ice if they’re PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL CREATIVITY up to date with their school work and their grades are up to par. • Trademark & Copyright Registration, • Merchandising & Branding There’s been a growth in hockey at the high school level around here Maintenance & Licensing too. St. Augustine, Southern Regional, and St. Joseph in Hammonton are • Internet & E-Commerce

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by Sherry Hoffman Photographs by Tom Briglia / PhotoGraphics Photography ou can take Dennis Gomes out of Las Vegas, but you can’t take Las Vegas out of the newest owner of Atlantic City’s oldest casino. Which is why, not long after he bought the financially ailing Resorts Casino Hotel, Gomes — considered one of the top casino turn-around artists in the business — brought a touch of old-school ‘Vegas to the Boardwalk. no, he didn’t build an erupting volcano on the Boardwalk, or sink a pirate ship every hour, or turn a posse of topless showgirls loose on a stage. Y instead, he began offering gamers an edible and irresistible bargain: a $2.99 steak dinner. every Sunday through Thursday, guests with a Resorts player card can order a steak dinner in the casino’s Breadsticks Café and Grill for a penny under three bucks, provided they dine between 11 P.M. and 7 A.M. So you’ve got to think that only a handful of night owls are snapping up that deal, right? Think again. “The other night, we had over 300 people in here eating that steak,” Gomes said early last month. That’s just one of the many incentives Gomes is using to lure customers to the “First Game in Town” as he tries to put the casino back on a healthy financial footing after years of operating at a loss. Gomes and his financial partner, former Atlantic City native and New York City real estate mogul Morris Bailey, bought Resorts three months ago for the fire-sale price of just $31.5 million, or roughly 10% of what Sun International paid entertainer Merv Griffin for the same joint 15 years ago. in 2001, Sun sold the casino to Colony Capital LLC for the bargain price of $140 million. Resorts had defaulted on its mortgage two years ago, but Gomes and Bailey threw the property a lifeline when they bought the casino on December 7, 2010. Several weeks later, news leaked out that Resorts was literally hours away from actually closing before Gomes and his team stepped in. today, Gomes, who’s the president and CEO of Resorts, is using all the gaming knowledge and marketing savvy he’s developed over a 40-year career in the casino industry — as both an operator and a regulator — to return the property to profitability. Former president of the Tropicana Casino and Resort — and, before that, the The new owners: Dennis Gomes Trump Taj Mahal — Gomes left Atlantic City several years ago to develop other (right) and his son, Aaron Gomes casino projects. But the Nevada transplant, who still has a home in Las Vegas but considers Absecon Island his primary residence, always wanted to get back into the

34 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 35 An aerial of Resort's Facing page, a salute to the Roaring Twenties

“It was well maintained and the casino was in great shape,” he resorts doubled its gaming space within a couple of months and said. “Everything was in pristine condition. I don’t think any of the enjoyed a gaming monopoly for the first 13 months of its existence. others compared to this.” Even when the Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino — now known as resorts International Hotel Casino was Atlantic City’s first Caesars Atlantic City — opened in June 1979, Resorts still resembled gaming hall when it opened on May 26, 1978. Within minutes of a factory outlet for the U.S. Mint. then Governor Brendan T. Byrne cutting the ceremonial ribbon, The casino flourished under the ownership of Resorts every slot machine and every gaming table was occupied in the tiny, International, Inc. until 1987, when Donald Trump briefly assumed 30,000-square-foot casino, which was less than half the size of the ownership of the property following the death of Resorts board smallest casino today. chairman James Crosby. Within an hour, Memorial Day weekend crowds stretched six trump sold Resorts to Merv Griffin so he could concentrate blocks down the Boardwalk just waiting to get into the building. It on completing the Trump Taj Mahal, which Resorts International Atlantic City game. appealing choice to Gomes, and it wasn’t its 100,000-square-feet of took up to six hours just to enter Resorts, and hours more to get onto had begun construction of several years earlier. Griffin sold Resorts Last year, he began looking at four ailing local casinos with an casino floor space. the casino floor, and still longer to find an open slot machine or a seat to Sun International, which operated the casino for five years before eye toward buying the Atlantic City Hilton, Trump Marina, Trump “Of all these casinos, it had the most land, 12 acres of vacant at a table game. selling it to Colony Capital for less than half of what Sun paid Griffin. Plaza, and Resorts. The first three were built from scratch in the real estate next to it, right on the Boardwalk,” he said, referring to the Among the improvements Colony made was 1980s. Resorts was the lone retrofit, cobbled together in 1978 from parking lot that was once the site of the creaky old Chalfonte Hotel, building the 20-story Rendezvous Tower the former Haddon Hall Hotel, which which was part of the original casino hotel next to the existing property. was built more than eight decades ago. before it was demolished 30 years ago. The art deco-themed tower plays “Wells Fargo, which was one of the Being attached by a bridge to the Trump perfectly into the new marketing strategy banks that had money in Resorts, asked Taj Mahal was also a plus, he added. at Resorts. The casino is adopting a 1920s me to get involved in the bidding process,” “We’re going The Chalfonte site “brought a whole atmosphere in the original building, which Gomes explained. “I basically decided new paradigm to (the deal),” added was built during the Roaring ‘20s. that of the four casinos … Resorts was after all markets, Gomes’ son, Aaron Gomes, who serves as although Dennis Gomes admitted the best positioned of all these casinos, Executive Vice President and is second in the success of the HBO series “Boardwalk and it was my favorite, so that’s the one not just one of command of the casino behind his father. Empire” influenced his decision to we started focusing on.” “It’s one of the (Boardwalk’s) prime implement the throwback theme, it wasn’t For a variety of reasons, the fact that pieces of property if someone wanted to the only reason. “We didn’t do it because of Resorts was in an 80-year-old building them,” Dennis co-venture with us to build a 200-room the popularity of ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ we did didn’t scare Gomes and his management casino,” Aaron Gomes said, referring to it because it’s a natural fit here,” he said. team. For starters, Resorts is built like the Gomes said. the new law that allows a limited number “And we’re not necessarily re-theming proverbial brick outhouse. of so-called ”boutique” casinos. the entire property,” Aaron added, “we’re “A hurricane couldn’t knock this in spite of being in an older building, going to be something for everyone. (We’re place down,” he said of the sturdy brick Gomes said the interior of Resorts was in doing it) more to represent the roaring ‘20s, structure, which also has a modern hotel tower built less than a remarkably great shape when he first checked it out.C olony Capital, the fun, the excitement, the free-living, free- decade ago. the previous owner, had taken good care of the building and had loving spirit that the 20s represented more There was another feature about Resorts that made it the most invested a lot of money in the property. than anything.”

36 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 37 Call it a Comeback Re m e m b e r i n g h e o o d l d a y s “For some reason, T G O D the public didn’t realize n the beginning — jammed were the highways, and on the second try that the State Police actually (the previous owners) put — New Jersey voters threatened to shut down the a lot of money into this approved casino-style highways leading into the city gambling for Atlantic for fear of widespread traffic place,” Aaron said, “so City in November gridlock. 1976. That set the stage for H. Norton, 77, is now our first priority is getting Steven Norton to pitch his tent president and CEO of the onI the Boardwalk and stake his gaming consulting firm the word out. We haven’t company’s claim in the race to Norton Management. Here, open the city’s first gambling in his own words, are some heard anything but positive hall. Norton was executive of his reminiscences of feedback from people who vice president for Resorts the weekend that forever International, Inc. — formerly changed Atlantic City: have been coming back the Mary Carter Paint Co. — which owned a casino in the Bahamas “We put ticket windows in the front here since we took over.” and was racing to open Atlantic City’s of the building and basically sold first casino hotel. $5 beverage, Superstar Theater, and The race was decidedly one-sided. disco tickets. They got you into the Money talks, and Resorts was the main part of the hotel — but not both Dennis and Aaron Gomes said the casino isn’t targeting a single biggest contributor to the on the casino floor— and ahead specific demographic. campaign war chest that helped sway of everyone else in the line. Some of “We’re going after all markets, not just one of them,” Dennis Gomes said. the state’s electorate to approve the those lines were six abreast down the his son added that he, his father and the casino’s executive team casino referendum in 1976 after an Boardwalk. It was pretty incredible. feel it’s important for Resorts not to get typecast as a place catering to a initial try was rejected two years I remember one weekend day we sold specific audience. earlier. $25,000 in tickets.” While Resorts’ highly successful Boogie Nights nightclub does a Norton had his marching orders great job catering to middle-aged customers, the casino has plans to one before the last flakes of celebratory “During the early days, we had to day add a trendy club that would attract a younger crowd. The same goes confetti had fallen on election night. stop anyone coming into the casino for more restaurants the casino expects to add as Team Gomes rolls out In addition to helping New Jersey unless they were rich or dead, or the new look. lawmakers craft the original legislation over the age (of 21).” While bringing in new customers is one key to the casino’s success, that would govern the casino industry, so is luring back customers who abandoned Resorts over the years and Norton was tasked with the equally “We had $2 games, but you could began playing at competing properties. important job of prospecting through never get a seat. People were “For some reason, the public didn’t realize (the previous owners) put a lot of money into this place,” Aaron said, “so our first priority is Atlantic City’s inventory of aging urinating on the floor and in cups getting the word out. We haven’t heard anything but positive feedback beachfront hotels to determine which just so they wouldn’t have to give from people who have been coming back here since we took over.” would be best suited to be retrofitted up their seat.” The Gomes guys want Resorts to return the biggest bang for the into the first casino hotel. buck in Atlantic City. They’ll try to do that with entertainment, food From his preliminary marketing “We had 20,000 violations in the values and other amenities, most of which they hope to have in place by studies and assessments, Norton knew first month. The Casino Control Memorial Day. the opening of Resorts International Commission understood and “Resorts was the place that started gaming in Atlantic City,” Dennis Hotel Casino was going to attract the fine was fairly reasonable Gomes explained, “and we really want to be the place that people can huge crowds to the Boardwalk. But considering the violations we had.” come to for what defines what Atlantic City and for what gaming is all even he was stunned at the tens of about.” thousands of people who lined up “We had people standing behind resorts also wants to spread the word that it’s owned and operated by six blocks down the Boardwalk and the tables betting on someone else’s local people, “not run by some absentee corporation,” he added. waited up to eight hours just to find a hands. We had an instance where “We want to be the best bargain in town,” Aaron said. “Like the slogan, spot on the casino floor. people jumped over dead bodies ‘We want to be great for the price of good.’” So crowded was Atlantic City on that H. Steven Norton to get to the slot machines. It only Memorial Day weekend in 1978, so happened once, but it happened.”

38 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 39 layed by over a billion people during the last 75 years, Monopoly is, unequivocally, a worldwide, cultural phenomenon. But what many enthusiasts are unaware of is that this classic board game has a vastly colorful history. From secretly helping World War II POWs escape from concentration camps, to influencing pop culture, to being part of numerous world records and trivia – the longest Punderwater game endured over 72 hours and the longest game lasted 70 straight days — the tale of Monopoly has truly been a sordid one. Most people believe Monopoly was invented during the Great Depression by Charles Darrow, an unemployed plumber from Philadelphia. According to popular legend, Darrow created a game from scratch about property trading and building which allowed players to live vicariously through the game and become wealthy landowners. Ironically, due to the commercial success of his game, Darrow actually lived this rags to riches story and became a millionaire. however, the genesis of Monopoly actually dates back more than 30 years earlier to a game fashioned by Elizabeth Magie, an activist and inventor from Arden, Delaware. Magie created and patented The Landlord’s Game to promote the single tax philosophy of Henry George, a popular economist of that era. The Sordid

History of While Magie’s game was much more educational in nature — by comparing Magie’s first patent ofThe Landlord’s Game to that of Darrow’s filed 32 years later — it is easy to spot a number of striking similarities. Both games consist of the following: square Monopoly boards containing 40 spaces, with increasing prices as you circle the board clockwise; opposite corners marking “Jail” and “Go to Jail” spaces; and railroads in the center of each side. Magie’s board has a “Mother Earth” starting spot where Darrow’s has “Go,” and Setting the record both have a “Park” space opposite that corner. So, could it have straight on a family been pure “Chance” that Darrow invented a game containing so many similarities? favorite game Magie’s game had several economic principles embedded in it that made the game a natural fit for college professors to that continues to incorporate into their classes, including Scott Nearing, who taught at the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia. But it still took effortlessly stand several more years — and thousands of miles — for the game to eventually make its way to Darrow. the test of time a Wharton School of Business student took a copy of Magie’s game home to Reading, Pennsylvania. Around ten years By Kevin Tostado later, friends of his, Ferdinand and Louis Thun, took the game back to their college in Massachusetts, where they showed it to Dan Layman, a classmate from Indiana. Layman made some modifications to the game and published it underAll in thethe familyname Finance, later selling the rights to Electronic Laboratories. Finance is notable in the history of Monopoly as being the first derivation

40 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 41 of The Landlord’s Game to be non-political in daughter. The Parker family played the game, liked returned once again to the streets of Atlantic City adding efforts of Dr. Ralph Anspach, the creator of “Anti- nature, and have printed rules as part of the set. it, and George Parker contacted Darrow to acquire Artic Avenue, Florida Avenue, and other familiar streets to Monopoly,” and Philip Orbanes, a former Senior One of Layman’s friends played his game with the game for their line. expand the game. Vice President of Parker Brothers and author of a woman named Ruth Hoskins, who loved the Despite a near catastrophic decision to halt if you’re interested in learning more about the “MONOPOLY: The World’s Most Famous Game & game so much that she took it with her to her new production because it was believed the game history of Monopoly, the Atlantic City Historical How It Got That Way.” job as a teacher at the Friends School in Atlantic would simply be a fad, Monopoly has become Museum has an excellent collection of early Monopoly While the plaque honoring Charles Darrow City. Hoskins and her friends made their own a global success since it was first sold by Parker memorabilia and iconography, and the Strong Museum in Park Place and one honoring Ruth Hoskins and version of the game, replacing the streets on that Brothers in 1935. First licensed by the United of Play in Rochester, NY, has one of Darrow’s early the Friends School no longer remain posted, the board with the geographic ones of Atlantic City. Kingdom in 1936 and quickly spread around the prototype boards on display, as well as the oilcloth spirit of Monopoly lives on in “America’s Hoskins is also credited as being the first to add globe, the game is now sold in over 110 countries board made by Charles and Olive Todd. Much of the Playground.” Monopoly began by bringing friends the ability to build hotels into the game. in over 40 languages, and played in even more. early history of Monopoly and the many additional and families together and now, through its in late 1932, Charles and Olive Todd of Some people attributeMonopoly’s immediate people who touched the game along the way would universal language and World Championships, this Philadelphia took a trip to Atlantic City and met success to luck, while author and game inventor have remained mostly unknown had it not been for the game truly unites the entire world. with their friend Ruth Hoskins. As board games Tim Walsh believes that since the game went were a popular diversion during that era, it is not through what was essentially 30 years of beta surprising that the Todd’s learned about Hoskins’ testing in homes and schools before finally hitting game. They handmade their own copy of the the shelves, it had the luxury of being able to have game, which kept the Atlantic City street names its gameplay refined and tweaked, resulting in the intact. However, since the Todds were not from game we now play and love. Atlantic City, they misspelled the Marven Gardens in the fall of 1935, Magie’s patents for The community as “Marvin Gardens,” an error which Landlord’s Game were acquired by Parker remains part of the Monopoly game to this day. Brothers for $500. The game company agreed to One additional change they made to the game produce it and two other Magie-designed games, was to rename Arctic Avenue on the board to but they were largely ignored by the public. Mediterranean Avenue because it sounded warmer During World War II, the United Kingdom and more inviting. licensee of Monopoly, John Waddington, Ltd., s a kid growing up, Monopoly was an ever-present game you know that can hold intelligent conversations about return on On an evening walk, the Todds ran into a had been printing silk maps for use by British in my house. It was the first game in which I got to handle investment, probabilities, and expected values? His students sure schoolmate who they hadn’t seen in twenty years. airmen. The silk maps were superior to their paper Acash, as well as negotiate trades with my opponents. By the can and, not surprisingly, most have become excellent Monopoly time I was 12, I was hooked and could no longer get my family to players. They introduced their game to her and her husband, counterparts because they did not make noise play with me. They felt I took the game too seriously. It even got to i’ve learned that people also go out of their way to set wild and Charles Darrow. So, after almost 30 years and when unfolded and would not fall apart if they the point where I was studying “The Monopoly Companion” — a wacky Monopoly records — longest game in an elevator, longest thousands of miles, the game had finally completed got wet. The British secret service then tasked strategy guide written by Philip Orbanes — in preparation for the underwater game, longest game in a treehouse, or the most the 30-mile journey from Elizabeth Magie in Arden, Waddington with a top-secret project. They would next U.S. Monopoly Championship. Yes, they actually have National expensive Monopoly set, which is valued at over $2,000,000 and Delaware to Charles Darrow in Philadelphia. hide silk maps, compasses, files, real currencies, and World Championships for Monopoly every four years, like the is on display the Museum of American Finance in New York City. From there, the history of Monopoly picks up and other escape tools inside sets of Monopoly that World Cup or Olympics. And for many fans, collecting the thousands of different Monopoly fairly closely to what most already know. Darrow would be delivered by the Red Cross as part of care With Monopoly having recently celebrated the 75th anniversary editions has truly become a passion. One such fan, John Meyer of was unemployed and, while he did not invent packages to POWs in concentration camps. Since of its Parker Brothers release, now is the Mulberry, Indiana, even named his cat after the game, he did make some design and graphic camp leaders believed that prisoners who were perfect time to reflect on how this game has Mr. Monopoly’s wife, Madge. John purchased modifications, as well as clarify the rules. He busy playing board games would not be spending become a part of our global culture and how stock certificates from each of the railroad decided to call the game “Monopoly.” idle time planning their escapes, Monopoly sets it continues to bring families together. My companies that the game’s railroads were award-winning film,Under the Boardwalk: The based on, and is just one of many fans we Local interest, and the need to feed his made it through the camp’s cursory inspections. A MONOPOLY Story, arose out of my passion for encountered who have a Monopoly-themed family during the Depression, inspired Darrow to cleverly-placed typo on the board would denote this amazing game, as well as my desire to bathroom in their home. make and sell copies of the game. His goal was to which maps and currencies were hidden inside. capture and create compelling stories to For me, Under the Boardwalk was an produce and sell one game a day for $4. According British historians believe that these sets may have share with audiences. extraordinary project to helm. It allowed me to Charles Darrow’s grandson, Darrow picked helped thousands of prisoners escape. During the three years spent making this to learn firsthand even more about why the whatever colors were the least expensive at the Over the years, Atlantic City’s history has documentary, we filmed in nine countries, game has become such an overwhelming corner five-and-dime market to color the board, continued to be intertwined with that of the 19 U.S. states, and shot over 300 hours of success and how many dedicated players which is amazing knowing how iconic the colors Monopoly game. The 1985 Monopoly World footage. We traveled to the world’s largest and collectors there are out there whose have become today. Championship was held in Atlantic City, as well permanent Monopoly game board in San Jose, California, pictured lives are enriched by Monopoly. I think every single crew as demand for the game began to grow, Darrow as the final game for the 2003 U.S. Championship. above, and shot footage of some of the earliest Monopoly boards at member who worked on our film — including those who weren’t approached both Parker Brothers and Milton In 1972, when the Atlantic City Commissioner the Forbes Gallery in New York City, which have now been sold to previously fans of the game — came away from the film having other museums and collections. caught Monopoly fever. Bradley, but both companies rejected it. Unfazed, of Public Works attempted to change the names one of the stars of our film is Tim Vandenberg, a 6th grade in October 2010, Under the Boardwalk premiered at the Darrow had a local printing house produce 500 of Mediterranean and Baltic Avenues — the first history and math teacher from a small, desert town in California. Anaheim International Film Festival where it won the Audience sets of the game, which were sold at Wanamaker’s two properties on the Monopoly board — the Tim realized just how many vital lessons and skills could be Award for Best Documentary. Also screened at the Austin Film Department Store in Philadelphia during the winter resulting nationwide outcry prompted the bill to learned from Monopoly, and employs it — along with other games Festival and the Sedona International Film Festival, Under the of 1934. The games sold out and were a huge be vetoed. In 2006, when Winning Moves Games such as Yahtzee and the Rubik’s Cube — in the classroom to teach Boardwalk will open theatrically in May in select U.S. cities. For more success, with word of Monopoly making its way first publishedMonopoly: The Mega Edition, which his students advanced math concepts. How many 6th graders do information, visit www.MonopolyDocumentary.com. up to Boston and Sally Parker, George S. Parker’s adds additional property spaces to the board, they

42 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 43 The President and the Prodigy

Warren G. Harding and Sonny Fraser’s chance meeting at the Seaview Country Club begins the life of a local icon by Bill Kelly

HBO’s award-winning TV series “Boardwalk Empire” to become one of the best amateur golfers ever, and a successful politician features a number of characters based on real people, including who introduced the first legal gambling to South Jersey. Nucky Thompson (a.k.a. Johnson), Commodore Louis Kuehnle, James Emerson “Sonny” Fraser was born to Millie Fraser, the wife Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, and Al Capone.Then, in the final of golf Pro “Jolly Jim” Fraser, at the Fraser home on the first fairway at segments of the first season, they introduce President Warren G. Seaview Country Club on August 4, 1916. Growing up on the golf course, Harding as a character. the fairways and greens were his backyard and playing the game of golf in the “Boardwalk Empire” version of events, Nucky leads the New was a natural for Sonny. His father hand-carved a custom set of clubs for Jersey delegation to the Republican National Convention in Chicago and, him so that he could take his first swing at an early age.H e quickly learned instead of backing New Jersey legislator Walter Edge as expected, he gives to play well. As the five-year-old child golf prodigy, Sonny easily won the the votes to a long shot, dark horse candidate no one ever heard of, Warren famous bet for Mr. Geist, and by the age of 12, he shot a 73. At 13, he was G. Harding. Nucky — who credited with a 69. wants new highways built to Sonny began formal bring more tourists to Atlantic tournament play at the age of City — withdrew his support 14 when he tied the Seaview for Edge when he learns the course record of 67, then held highway funds went to Edge’s jointly by his father and Walter construction company for Hagen. He reportedly missed a roads in North Jersey. Whether two-foot putt on the final hole, you can credit Nucky with some say intentionally, so as getting President Harding not to break his father’s record. elected is questionable, but he In 1943, he did set the Seaview really did visit Atlantic City. mark — a remarkable 60, 11 Kirkman had taken over Seaview when Geist died. While the main house sat on a hill with harding liked to play golf under par. Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease, a sloping green, Fraser built an art studio for and gamble, and reportedly Known as one of the longest Sonny was unable to enlist during World War Sonny Fraser and his Madeline down by the stream around the old came to town as a friend and hitters in the game, Sonny went II. Instead, he served with distinction on the grist mill. That is where she painted and many guest of Seaview Country on to meet and beat the best War Manpower Commission and helped raise friends would sit around of the party guests gathered around the mill Club owner Clarence Geist, amateur, as well as professional thousands of dollars for wartime charities — pool, where they kept the lobsters fresh and who also liked to play golf and golfers. He played in hundreds the Salvation Army, Red Cross, USO, Valley the grist mill pool, champagne cool. Fraser and his friends would sit gamble. They played together of exhibition matches, was in Forge, and the Atlantic City Naval Hospitals. drink champagne, around the grist mill pool, drink champagne, and quite frequently and President great demand for charitable Suffering from his own disease, Fraser founded make glorious plans for the future, including the Harding is said to have placed events, and always drew a and helped raise money for the local chapter of and make glorious plans establishment of legal gambling with the Atlantic a wager on every swing of the crowd. Those who knew him the American Cancer Society. City Race Track. golf club. say that Sonny Fraser was one in the winter of 1943-44, Sonny Fraser and a for the future, including When Sonny Fraser began developing the in the pictured newspaper of the best amateur golfers group of businessmen purchased the Atlantic City Atlantic City Race Track, opposition surfaced photo (right), Harding is shaking ever. Country Club, and Fraser was named President. the establishment of from Florida Senator Frank Smathers, who hands with Sonny Fraser, a five- In 1939, Sonny decided to in May 1944, Sonny Fraser married artist legal gambling with the considered the New Jersey tracks competition year-old golf prodigy and son of concentrate on business, working Madeline Vautrinot of Egg Harbor, a prominent to those in Florida. Smathers publicly objected the Seaview golf pro “Jolly Jim” first for Geist’s Atlantic City gas painter and art teacher. They lived in a big house Atlantic City Race Track. to Fraser opening the track while owning the Fraser. Harding lost a bet with company, then for a Philadelphia in English Creek, the scene of many political Atlantic City Country Club, where there were Geist that young Sonny Fraser sugar concern before becoming discussions and where Fraser’s birthday was illegal slot machines in the clubhouse. couldn’t round the course secretary to Atlantic County annually celebrated on August 4 with friends rather than get rid of the slot machines, scoring less than a hundred, political boss Frank “Hap” Farley. he met on the golf course. Such friends include: Indiana Governor Paul Sonny sold the Atlantic City Country Club to his brother Leo, who had which the lad did handily. Farley’s college roommate and V. McNutt, N.J. Governor Alfred E. Driscoll, baseball star Jimmy Foxx, just returned from the war. While Sonny was the archetypical amateur Young Sonny Fraser went on business associate Elwood Olympic hero John B. Kelly and his teenage daughter Grace, along with golfer, Leo was the total professional who made golf his life, eventually Hollywood icons Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. becoming president of the PGA. That sale permitted Sonny to open the

44 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 45 The President and the Prodigy The Birth of the Seaview Country Club In 1914, a man named Clarence H. Geist became impatient as he waited to get to the other clubs at the time had an indoor swimming pool, a French chef, and liveried chauffeurs first tee at The Country Club of Atlantic City, as it was then known. With him was local realtor who drove Rolls Royces and Pierce Arrows.” Maurice Risley, who had been quoted as responding to Geist’s displeasure by saying, “Mr. It only cost $100 to join Seaview,” continued Fraser, “but it took more than money Geist, if I had as much money as you, I’d build my own golf course.” to get in, and if Mr. Geist heard anyone complain about the price of anything, he’d just Geist told Risley to find him the land — which he did, just north of Absecon go up to that person and say, ‘You’re resignation has been accepted.’ That’s the kind of — and it was there that Geist built the Seaview Country Club. Originally designed by guy Geist was.” renown architect Hugh Wilson, the course was completed by Donald Ross, who added his With the death of Geist, control of Seaview Country Club was taken over by a distinctive sand bunkers. group led by Elwood Kirkman, who had been the college roommate of Hap Farley, who A self-made man, Clarence Geist was born in LaPorte, Indiana in 1874. As a young man, became the political boss of Atlantic City when Nucky Johnson went to prison. When the Geist refused to go to college because college men were “saps,” and instead went West and State of New Jersey decided to build Stockton State College, Kirkman sold them much traded horses until he was 18 years old. His big break came when he met Charles Dawes of of the land, mainly pinelands. The ownership of the land proved to be questionable the South Shore Gas Company. While Dawes went on to become Vice President of the United though, and the deeds provided by Kirkman’s title company were falsified. Although States, Geist found his fortune in gas. He was one of the men who bought and consolidated this scandal didn’t break until the 1980s, when it did make the news, Kirkman was competing gas companies, creating “natural monopolies.” forced out of his control of Seaview. While maintaining homes and offices in Atlantic City and Philadelphia, Geist spent After Marriott purchased the resort in 1984, it was opened it to the public. The club’s much of his time playing golf. He was one of the first to travel to Atlantic City by automobile — first-class status was so well-known that when The Rolling Stones came to Atlantic City for rather than by train and trolley, or horse and buggy. Due to his extraordinary wealth, Geist was their Steel Wheels Tour in 1989, they stayed at the Seaview rather than at any of the Atlantic paranoid of being kidnapped. When it was known that Al Capone was in town, his caddy also City casino hotels. After two shows, the Stones took a day off to celebrate guitarist Keith served as a body guard, carrying a Thompson submachine gun in his golf bag. Richard’s birthday, with a party held in the Seaview’s basement game room. According to Leo Fraser, who became Seaview’s golf professional in 1935, it wasn’t In 1998, Marriott sold Seaview to LaSalle Hotels, and golf course architect Bob Cupp, just the world-class golf course that made Seaview a complete experience, it was the Jr. was brought in to restore the courses. In September 2010, Seaview was legitimately service and facilities. sold to Richard Stockton State College to help educate a new generation of students in the “There was nothing like Seaview in the rest of the country,” said Fraser. “How many business, service, and maintenance of a such a first- class facility.

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Atlantic City Race Track. and requested he return to Trenton. That never happened. Fraser nominated as the Republican candidate for Assembly, Sonny fell down and injured his hip while in California visiting his friend was elected to the State House in 1947, and re-elected again two years Bob Hope. He returned home and tried to recuperate, but his health later, becoming popular with Democrats, as well as Republicans. deteriorated rapidly. Although heavily involved in state and local government, Fraser Sonny Fraser died on August 29, 1950. Flags as the State always found time for a round of golf with his pals Hap Farley, House in Trenton, throughout Atlantic City, and much of the State FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011 Somers Point Mayor Fred W. Chapman, and race track partner John were lowered to half-mast and tributes poured in from around the BALLY’S OCEAN BALLROOM n 6 PM B. Kelly. country. His English Creek home — the scene of many political FEATURING HONORING in 1947, Sonny was named “The Most Courageous Athlete planning sessions and parties — was the scene of his wake, attended THE BSTREET BAND JEFF VASSER of the Year” by the Philadelphia Sportswriters and in 1949 was by over two thousand friends, neighbors, and ordinary citizens, as PRESIDENT OF ACCVA named the “Most Outstanding Young Man in New Jersey” and was well as powerful politicians and celebrities. Tickets are $100 per person considered a possible candidate for governor, but his disabilities in 2010, to honor the 300th Anniversary of Egg Harbor (includes cocktails and dinner buffet) overcame him. Although confined to a wheelchair, he continued to Township, local historians tried to find anything left from the 1710 Purchase 2 tickets and receive a free overnight stay in Atlantic City! play golf and carry out his official duties. founding of the township — a tree, a building, or a monument. But *Call for details in 1950, he was named Speaker of the Assembly, one of the all they could find was the old grist mill at Sonny Fraser’s home, Call 609-404-4483 Ext. 13 most prestigious positions in Trenton. When Sonny tried to resign where they used to keep the lobsters fresh and the champagne cool Visit www.unitedwayac.org because of his health, the Governor refused to accept his resignation … and make glorious plans for the future. Sponsored By Benefiting United Way Special advertising opportunities available. Please call of Atlantic County 609-345-0500 or email [email protected]. 46 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 News From the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (L.I.G.H.T.)

Develop Your Farm Team: Promoting the Stockton as a Good Neighbor: Benefits of Internships in the Hospitality, Good Neighbors Strengthen Tourism and Gaming Industry Good Neighborhoods by Dr. Donna Albano by Dr. Claudeen Keenan

t is with my educator’s hat on that I write this article he Greater Atlantic City area has cherished a well-kept secret in in an attempt to use a sports analogy to convey a its pinelands backyard for going on forty years now: The Richard very important message. In major league baseball, Stockton College of New Jersey. Opening its doors to students Iif a starting player gets hurt, the team often calls up a Ton the Atlantic City Boardwalk in 1971 before moving to its breathtaking replacement from one of their farm teams and the team 1600+acre campus in Galloway, the College has slowly but steadily grown rolls on. Do you cultivate a farm team for your business? to enroll more than 7000 students in thirty undergraduate majors, twelve i define a business farm team as a group of young, masters degrees and New Jersey’s first doctoral program in Physical Therapy. high-quality candidates that you have an opportunity to to prepare for its upcoming 40th Anniversary of Teaching, College The Seaview interview, hire, train, and develop into your next All Stars. President Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr. has led a strategic planning effort that College Internships are the perfect scouting grounds for focuses in part on strengthening community engagement: economic development partnerships, arts and cultural programming and increased Interview with Andy J. Dolce, Founder and Chairman of and transient markets. your farm team, yet it, surprisingly, relatively few business Dolce Hotels and Resorts, the company that manages Seaview for Stockton use the farm team model. activities with friends and neighbors of the College, all in an effort to make When did you get involved in the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Stockton an integral part of its community. College. Mr. Dolce is Past President of the International Association of managing Seaview? Conference Centers (IACC) and was recently awarded IACC Global Hospitality & Tourism Management Studies Program The prestigiousC arnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Dolce: In mid 2009 we were hired requires every student in the major to complete a required recently recognized Stockton’s success in this strategy by selecting the College Distinguished Service Award for his work on putting IACC Global by LaSalle to replace Marriott as Internship as part of a Cooperative Education semester. as one of only 115 colleges nationwide to receive Voluntary Classification for together. Among Andy’s many accomplishments, he is most widely known Seaview’s management company. Our Co-operative Education Program provides a Community Engagement this year. Citing the College’s recent partnerships for elevating the meeting and conference center model to reflect clients’ Of course I am very excited about structured educational strategy integrating classroom with its home town, Galloway, to acquire and restore the historic Seaview needs for environments that inspire creativity and learning. the opportunity to be connected to studies with learning through productive work Resort as a strong indicator of commitment to community engagement, the How did you begin your career in the hospitality industry? Stockton and look forward to working experiences in the Hospitality, Tourism and Gaming Carnegie Foundation also praised the steadily increasing impact of Stockton’s Dolce: I began my career with the American Management Association, with your Hospitality and Tourism Industry. The Internship is a rigorous, supervised work many Academic Centers. where I ultimately managed 600 conferences a year throughout the U.S. Management Studies program as well as Andy J. Dolce experience chosen by the students, in conjunction with in Atlantic City, the College has partnered with the CRDA to restore What I learned is that many venues were simply inadequate for running your faculty and students. In fact, I very much and revitalize the historic Carnegie Library Center, where a variety of great business meetings. I believe a great meeting requires quality enjoyed being a guest speaker last fall and meeting many of your their advisor, in supervisory or management position in the hospitality industry. Co-op is directly integrated programs serve learners and community members interested in hospitality, support – that includes the food, the sound system, comfort of the students and faculty. social work and small business development. Within this Atlantic City room, service support, etc. In my experience, services and the facilities as you know, Seaview is currently closed until Mid-March while with our course curriculum and advising system. So what’s in it for the employer? As our program Center, Stockton sponsors a Small Business Development Center that were often insufficient and counter-productive. That permeated the it undergoes a major renovation I look forward to making Seaview offers counseling, workshops, technical and financial assistance to existing meetings and conference market at the time. Shortly thereafter,I a vibrant model of a successful resort operation for the hospitality grows, so does the pool of potential “recruits”. The hospitality industry is forever evolving and when and start-up small businesses in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland started working for Harrison Conference Centers as their executive vice student at Stockton College with outstanding service and profitability Counties. president and worked in brand improvement by pioneering the first for all concerned. employees leave, get promoted or when it’s time for you to increase your staffing levels, the company always in addition to economic development partnerships, the College “Complete Meetings Package” for the conference industry. What’s ahead for Seaview? has also invested in the advancement of arts & culture, specifically in its has talent to turn to. The employer has the opportunity I was one of the founders of the Houstonian and was their Chief Dolce: The Seaview is currently closed while it undergoes a partnership to renovate and expand the Noyes Museum in Oceanville, to preview the skills of an employee without having to Development and Operating Officer. The Houstonian is recognized in renovation and will reopen in the early spring. While its future is to and to broaden program options at the Noyes location in Hammonton. commit long term. Many hiring mistakes happen because the industry as the first fully integrated hotel, conference center, and continue as a first class resort, preparation are underway for parts Recognizing that promoting the arts, as well as advancing historic companies are desperate to fill a position. The farm luxury spa, with a preventive medicine and fitness center. It currently of the hotel to serve as a “living-learning” center for a select group preservation and tourism by purchasing the Seaview Resort property, system approach helps to overcome this tendency toward enjoys the number one market position in Houston. of advanced students in the Hospitality and Tourism Management are both laudable public goods and mutually beneficial partnership panic hiring. When did you begin what is now known as Dolce Hotels and Resorts? Studies Program. The college is considering using the parts of opportunities, the College and the Town of Galloway are continuing to So as spring fast approaches, think baseball and think Dolce: Thirty years ago I founded Dolce International and was the hotel for students to have a real world “co-op” or internship explore future partnerships that will advance smart growth for both the about the benefits of developing your farm team. determined to turn it into the world’s leading hospitality organization experience at one of the leading hospitality venues in the country. town and the College. specializing in delivering an exceptional meetings experience. While Plans are in the works to convert 25 guest rooms with private access Dr. Donna Albano is an Associate Professor taken together, these investments in the neighborhoods surrounding there’s still much I want to do, I believe accomplished what I set out off of Jimmie Leeds road which, when completed, will house up to of Hospitality and Tourism Management Studies The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey illustrate the depth and to do! In mid-2008, I changed the name to Dolce Hotels and Resorts 50 students with separate parking and access to the Pines Wing. This Coordinator of Academic Programs in the Lloyd. D. breadth of the College’s commitment to community engagement. to more accurately reflect the breadth and caliber of services and wing will have its own system to help insure the safety and security of Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Dr. Keenan is Chief Planning Officer at the Richard Stockton amenities that we offer and to broaden our appeal to both the leisure all students and hotel guests. The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. College of New Jersey .

48 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 49 The dining guide “Dining is, and always was, a great artistic opportunity.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

The Essence of FIN Locally grown foods and wines get an ocean view at Tropicana’s delectable seafood restaurant

eaturing locally grown food and wine from New Jersey fishermen, farmers, and vintners, FIN — Tropicana Casino & Resort ‘s newest seafood restaurant — has been a success since it opened in May 2010. As the only seafood restaurant inF Atlantic City with outdoor, oceanfront seating, FIN has amazing views that seem to stretch for miles. “I’ve worked in restaurants along the Jersey shore my entire life,” said Chef Demetrios Haronis, “and I think we offer guests something that’s not currently available in the area — a diverse range of the freshest local seafood, complimented by local produce and wines, all at the ocean’s edge.” a graduate of the Academy of Culinary Arts, Mays Landing, NJ, Chef Demetrios, who is at the helm of the restaurant, was born and bred on the Jersey Shore. Having worked at numerous restaurants along the coast — from Cape May to Longport — Chef Demetrios joined Tropicana in 1994 as a sous-chef. He cooked his way up the ranks in nearly all the restaurants at the Tropicana to his current post as head chef of FIN, gaining invaluable experience and perspective about how a successful restaurant works in Atlantic City along the way. through the restaurant, she never misses the opportunity to greet a his vision for FIN is to offer a high-end culinary experience using returning guest or introduce herself to a new one. To add to the guest the freshest local products that are available each season. He even goes experience, Kerrin is seeking a Sommelier certification in 2011. You out to meet with local fishermen and farmers and personally inspect can not have an award-winning restaurant without an award-winning their wares before purchasing. “If it was fished yesterday, it will be on restaurant manager. the menu today at 6 P.M., ” revealed Chef Demetrios. FIN’s décor makes the most of its ocean-front setting within a Menu items at FIN change seasonally and range from soothing and sophisticated palette, bringing the ocean indoors with contemporary to classic, with signature dishes such as “Chef D’s” creative use of glass tiles and accents, reminiscent of beach-washed Dancing Shrimp, made with onion panko crusted shrimp, served sea glass. There is also a glass-enclosedC aptain’s Table, the first in the with a lobster crab cake; Crabsickles, jumbo lump crab on a crab area, offering private dining for up to 10 people. Chef Demetrios and leg; Grilled Tuna Ribs; and Homemade Oyster Cracker Breadsticks. his team can create special items or Captain’s Table guests can order There is also a sushi and raw bar. from the menu. Through the leadership of Kerrin O’Neill, FIN’s Restaurant Thoughtful attention has also been paid toFIN’s wine and Manager, the restaurant has received many accolades and awards, cocktail menus. The wine list features “50 under $50,” showcasing such as Best Seafood Restaurant voted by South Jersey Magazine and local wines, as well as a reserved list of premium selections. FIN’s bar rated 3.5 stars (highest casino restaurant rating) by The Atlantic City offers a specialB loody Mary recipe and daily evening cocktail specials Press 2010. with hand-crafted simple syrups and mixers. although Kerrin is not a mermaid, she is known for her vibrant, So, if you’re craving the freshest seafood around, swim on over to elegant manner, professionalism, and customer service standards. FIN and experience all the wonderful and savory offerings the State She knows every guest, and their menu likings, and as she walks of New Jersey has to reveal. Inside FIN

50 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 51 The dining guide THE Local Restaurant Guide

Featuring FIN’s 6ix A Bistro Atlantic City, 08401 Buddakan Showboat Casino Hotel RECIPE OF Park Place & The Boardwalk 609-344-7875 1 Atlantic Ocean Atlantic City, NJ 08401 THE M Dancing Shrimp ONTH Bally’s Atlantic City The Pier Shops at Caesars 609-343-4340 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Arturo’s Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Onion and Panko Crusted Shrimp Pirouette on a Lobster and Blue Crab Cake 609-340-1555 Park Place & The Boardwalk 609-674-0100 Chef Vola’s Serves 4 Bally’s Atlantic City 111 South Albion Place AC Country Club Tap Room Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Café 2825 Atlantic City, 08401 Onion and Panko Crusted Shrimp Bar & Grill 609-340-6709 2825 Atlantic Avenue 609-345-2022 12 large or jumbo raw shrimp, peeled 1 Leo Fraser Dr. Atlantic City, 08401 and deveined Northfield, NJ 08225 Atlantic City Bar & Grill 609-344-6913 Chelsea Prime 1 cup flour 609-236-4465 1219 Pacific Ave 111 S. Chelsea Ave. 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs Atlantic City, 08401 Carmine’s Atlantic City, NJ 08401 1 cup fine chopped onion crisps Angelo’s Fairmount Tavern 609-348-8080 2801 Pacific Ave. 609-428-4545 ¼ cup milk 2300 Fairmount Ave The Quarter @ Tropicana Salt and pepper Atlantic City, NJ 08401 A Touch of Italy Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Continental Restaurant Oil (for frying) 609-344-2439 6629 Black Horse Pike 609-572-9300 1 Atlantic Ocean Place flour in a bowl, season flour with salt and Egg Harbor Township, NJ The Pier Shops at Caesars pepper. In a second bowl, add eggs, milk and Angeloni’s II 08234 Casa di Napoli Atlantic City, NJ 08401 season with salt and pepper, beat well. In a third 2400 Arctic Ave 609-646-1855 801 Boardwalk 609-674-8300 bowl, add panko, onion crisps, season with salt and pepper and mix well. Hold shrimp one at a time by the tail, and dip into flour; then into egg mixture; and finally into panko mixture, repeat process until all shrimp are breaded. Heat oil, to 350 degrees F, drop shrimp into oil, fry until golden brown. Lobster and Blue Crab Cake ½ pound jumbo or lump crabmeat Onion Crisps ½ pound cooked lobster meat, chopped, can use a whole lobster 1 cup flour or a lobster tail 1 large onion, preferably sweet ½ tbsp chopped parsley 1 cup milk ½ tbsp chopped chives Salt and pepper 2 tsp fresh lemon juice Oil for frying 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp Dijon mustard Add flour to a bowl, season with salt and pepper; slice onion 4 tbsp mayonnaise very thin and soak in milk; heat oil to 350 degrees F; drain ½ tsp hot sauce onions and add to flour and toss to coat; shake off excess flour 2 tsp Old Bay seasoning and fry onions in batches to golden brown. Onion crisps are 2-3 tbsp breadcrumbs great for a side or topping. For onion panko crust, onions must 1 tbsp fine diced red onion be allowed to cool down before chopping them. 2 tbsp fine diced bell pepper Butter for frying Tartar Sauce ½ cup pickle relish Mix all ingredients together except for crab, lobster and butter; 1 cup mayonnaise fold crab and lobster into mix; taste; adjust seasonings to your 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce taste; form into 4 cakes. Heat non stick pan over medium heat, 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice add 2 tbsp of butter; add the four cakes and cook until golden ½ teaspoon of granulated garlic brown on each side. Mix all ingredients together and serve.

To plate up, place one lobster crab cake on each plate and stand up three shrimp on top as if they are dancing with each other. Serve with your favorite tartar sauce or remoulade.

52 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 53 The dining guide Local Restaurant Guide (con’t) Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Little Saigon Mia 609-441-2000 609-317-1000 2801 Arctic Ave 2100 Pacific Ave. Atlantic City, 08401 Caesar’s Atlantic City Historic Smithville Inn Johnny’s Cafe Cuba Libre East Bay Crab & Grille Smithville, NJ 08205 FIN 609-347-9119 Atlantic City, NJ 08410 1 N. New York Rd. 9407 Ventnor Ave. Restaurant & Rum Bar 6701 Black Horse Pike 609-652-0544 Tropicana Casino and Resort 609-441-2345 Smithville, NJ 08205 Margate, NJ 08402 Los Amigos Restaurant 2801 Pacific Ave. Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 2831 Boardwalk 609-652-7777 609-822-1789 1926 Atlantic Ave. Morton’s The Steakhouse The Quarter @ Tropicana 609-272-7721 Gallagher’s Steakhouse Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 2100 Pacific Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 at Resorts 800-345-8767 Josephs Restaurant at Il Mulino New York 609-344-2293 Caesar’s Atlantic City 609-348-6700 FIN at the Tropicana 1133 Boardwalk Renault Winery Resort Flying Cloud 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08410 Brighton & Boardwalk Resorts Atlantic City 72 N. Breman Ave. Manna Restaurant Café Trump Taj Mahal Casino 609-449-1044 DJ’s Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215 8409 Ventnor Ave. 800 N. New Hampshire Ave Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Steakhouse 609-340-4000 609-340-6555 609-965-2111 Margate, NJ 08402 Atlantic City, 08401 609-449-6006 N.O.W. Brigantine Blvd & Huron Ave. 609-822-7722 Fornelletto 609-345-8222 Knife & Fork Inn (Noodles of the World) Trump Marina Hotel Casino Gino’s Pizza & Grill Irish Pub 1 Borgata Way 3600 Atlantic Ave Max’s Steakhouse 1 Borgata Way Atlantic City, NJ 08401 1200 Atlantic Avenue St. James & Boardwalk Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Harbor Pines Golf Club Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Mississippi Ave. & Boardwalk Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-441-2000 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 500 St. Andrews Drive 609-344-1133 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-317-1000 609-347-4747 609-344-9063 609-317-1000 Egg Harbor Twp, NJ 08234 609-441-6777 Dock’s 609-927-0006, x 19 Laguna Grill Restaurant & Nero’s Grill Oyster House Fred & Ethel’s Lantern Girasole Ristorante Izakaya Modern Martini Bar McCormick & Schmick’s 2100 Pacific Ave. 2405 Atlantic Avenue Light Tavern 3108 Pacific Ave. Harborview Japanese Pub 1400 Ocean Ave. 777 Harrah’s Blvd. Caesar’s Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ 08401 1 N. New York Rd. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Brigantine Blvd & Huron Ave. 1 Borgata Way Brigantine, NJ 08203 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-345-0092 (Rt 9 & Moss Mill Rd) 609-345-5554 Trump Marina Hotel Casino Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa 609-266-7731 609-441-5579 800-223-7277

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54 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 55 The dining guide Trump Plaza Casino Hotel Galloway, NJ 08205 Local Restaurant Guide (con’t) Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-652-1800 609-441-6777 Simon Prime Steakhouse Ono - P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Trump Taj Mahal Casino Red Square Ruth’s Chris Pan Asian Bistro Boston & PacificA ves. 2801 N. Pacific Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 2801 Pacific Ave. Steak House Boston & Pacific Aves AC Hilton Casino The Quarter at Tropicana 609-449-1000 The Quarter @ Tropicana 2020 Atlantic Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-340-7220 609-348-4600 609-344-9100 609-340-7480 Polistina’s Restaurant 609-344-5833 777 Harrah’s Blvd. OSHI Phillips Seafood Sofia Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City Reflections Cafe Sage Sushi & Sake 1 Atlantic Ocean 9314 Amherst Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08234 777 Harrah’s Blvd. 5206 Atlantic Ave. 801 Boardwalk The Pier Shops at Caesars Margate, NJ 08402 609-441-5100 Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City Ventnor, NJ 08406 Showboat Hotel Casino Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-822-9111 Atlantic City, NJ 08234 609-823-2110 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-348-2273 Ram’s Head Inn 609-441-5100 609-343-4330 SeaBlue. Steve & Cookie’s By The Bay 9 West White Horse Pike Pistol Pete’s Rib & Chophouse A Michael Mina Restaurant 9700 Amherst Ave. Galloway, NJ 08205 Patsy’s Steakhouse & Saloon 801 Boardwalk 1 Borgata Way Margate, NJ 08402 609-652-1700 609-823-1163 Italian Restaurant 1000 Black Horse Pike Showboat Casino Hotel Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Boston & Pacific Ave. Pleasantville, NJ 08232 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City Hilton Red Room Cafe Teplitzky’s 609-484-1000 609-343-4330 609-317-1000 Casino Resort 141 N. Dorset Ave. 111 S. Chelsea Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Plate American Cafe Ventnor, NJ 08406 Roberto’s - Trump Plaza Seaview Resort Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-347-7111 1000 Boardwalk, at Virginia Ave. 609-822-1067 Mississippi Ave. & Boardwalk 401 S. New York Rd. 609-428-4550

Atlantic City has changed greatly in recent years. Yet Angelo’s, located in the Ducktown section of Atlantic City, is a restaurant that has endured and flourished for three generations of Mancuso’s - since 1935 - making this restaurant an institution in Atlantic City.   More than seventy years of dining excellence have made our homestyle Italian menu age like a fine Italian wine. Through the years, Angelo’s has become a   perennial gathering place for friends and a haven for the hungry. We hope you find your dining experience with us a most pleasurable one. Bon Appetite!  The Mancuso Family   2300 Fairmount Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401   P: 609-344-2439 F: 609-348-1043 • angelosfairmounttavern.com                      

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56 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 57 The dining guide Anthony’s Out to Lunch: Local Restaurant Guide Jo-jo’s Italian Grille

The Cafe Atlantic City Outlets - The Walk Bally’s Atlantic City Tun Tavern Remember being a kid? you), then don’t worry because Brigantine Blvd & Huron Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Brewery and Well, I sure can recall some fond Jo-Jo’s has a vast menu for By Anthony Previti Trump Marina Hotel Casino 609-441-1100 609-340-2350 Restaurant memories of Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille everyone’s tastes. Try the Grilled Atlantic City, NJ 08401 2 Convention Center Way from my childhood. I couldn’t have Portabella Panini ($9.50), with excellent server A.J. recommended 609-441-2000 The Metropolitan Tomatoe’s Restaurant Atlantic City, NJ 08401 been more than five years old when grilled portabella mushrooms, the Salmon Rockefeller. This Jo-jo’s 1 Borgata Way 9300 Amherst Ave. 609-347-7800 my mom was gracious enough to garlic, roasted red peppers, spinach, succulent dish was a fresh Canadian The Foundation Room Italian Grille Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Margate, NJ 08402 spare a bite of her Italian Regular olive oil, sliced tomatoes, and sharp salmon fillet, wood fired, then at House of Blues Sub that she was eating for lunch. provolone. The Panini even comes Now two great locations: Atlantic City, NJ 08401 609-822-7535 White House topped with spinach simmered in 801 Boardwalk Showboat I was hooked and, as you can see with a choice of fries, onion rings, or Corner of Black Horse Pike 609-317-1000 Sub Shop dry vermouth, a touch of cream and Casino Hotel Trattoria Il Mulino by my ever-increasing waistband, I homemade pasta salad. Don’t want and Main Street 2301 Arctic Avenue fontina cheese, and served with a Atlantic City, NJ 08401 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Ave. haven’t slowed down one bit! Back a sandwich? Then you have to order Pleasantville, NJ The Palm Atlantic City, 08401 garlic and olive oil infused gnocchi 609-343-5795 then, mom and I lived with my the Eggplant Parmigiana Calzone Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal Casino pasta. It was absolutely divine. Just (609) 646-8332 609-345-8599 grandparents and someone in our ($8.50), stuffed with fresh-breaded The Inn at Sugar Hill 2801 Pacific Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08087 save room for one of their gourmet extended family was always running eggplant, gooey mozzarella, and Risley Commons The Quarter @ Tropicana 609-449-6004 desserts like the Tiramisu, scratch- 5704 Mays Landing, Wolfgang Puck to Jo-Jo’s to get take-out. We would creamy ricotta cheeses, and served 6106 Black Horse Pike Somers Pt. Rd. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 made by the owner Joe ($6.95) or Egg Harbor Township, NJ Tre Figlio American Grille all gather around the table, cut up with a side of homemade marinara the heavenly Oreo Cookie Cake Mays Landing, NJ 08330 609-344-7256 the subs, and pass them around. sauce. If you refuse to eat eggplant, (609) 641-8332 Restaurant 1 Borgata Way ($5.95). 609-625-2226 Great food can always bring families this calzone will change your mind. (EHT location is BYOB) The Reserve 500 W. White Horse Pike Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa together and that’s why Jo-Jo’s will Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille has The Melting Pot Seafood & Steak Galloway, NJ 08215 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 While my wife and I always www.jojositaliangrille.com always be so special to me. been owned and operated by the 2112 Atlantic Ave. Park Place & The Boardwalk 609-965-3303 609-317-1000 have trouble deciding on which Giaccone family since 1972. If you but as I grew up, so did my Wood Fired Brick Oven Pizza we want to experience some of the best Hours: appetite. While the Regular Sub are going to devour, it’s hard for homemade Italian specialties in the Monday through is a fantastic sandwich, I’m not us to pass up the Lucia ($10.95). area, then you must come and try it ashamed to admit that, on occasion, This crispy pizza perfection is Thursday: for yourself. I’ll never forget all the Noon to 2 a.m. I have been known to order the covered with sun-dried tomatoes, great memories I have of eating and Friday: Noon to 4 a.m. Super Italian Sub ($7.75), with fresh mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan laughing with my family, and I can’t Saturday: 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. extra meat and cheese. Whoever cheeses, roasted garlic, and drizzled wait to bring my future children Sunday: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. said “less is more” obviously never with a beautiful basil pesto. She there someday to carry on that had a bite of these monsters. In begs me not to eat it all so she can tradition. Just as long as no one tries Prices: fact, just the other day I found a have it for lunch the next day. (I to have a bite of MY sandwich! new favorite — The Imported guess all husbands have to make Very reasonable and vary Prosciutto Sub ($9.50). This sacrifices for their wives.) among the extensive menu bad boy is packed with Italian selections. Head over to their When I can’t get over to see web site and see for yourself. prosciutto, layered with roasted my mom for dinner, I try to stop by red peppers, fresh mozzarella, red There is even a great Jo-Jo’s for their homemade Lasagna Children’s Menu. onions, and dressed with balsamic ($13.95). The massive portion vinegar and olive oil. When this of soft noodles is layered with Tony’s Tip: massive sammie was placed in front expertly-seasoned ground beef, Timing is everything. of me, I made a promise to only eat the freshest ricotta and mozzarella Check out Jo Jo’s Early Bird half for lunch and take the other half cheeses, and topped with Specials Monday through home for dinner. (Yeah, so what if I homemade marinara sauce. Just Thursday, 4 - 6 P.M. and broke my pact with myself and was make sure you add a side of their Friday through Sunday, 3 - 5 licking the plate clean just fifteen own secret recipe Sausage ($3.50). P.M. Also, the Pleasantville minutes later.) My wife likes to mix it up location has a 4 - 6 P.M. Advertise With south Jersey’s Premier mAgAzine if you somehow aren’t a big and often orders one of their daily Happy Hour with $1 off Italian sandwich eater (shame on specials. On our last visit, our drinks and a new appetizer 609-345-0500 • [email protected] menu debuting soon. Anthony Previti is a criminal defense attorney who appears frequently in Atlantic County Superior Court and he loves food. If you would like your restaurant featured, please send an email to: [email protected].

58 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 59 on the red carpet Atlantic City A Place We Call Home 1. 2.

THE HISTORY OF BOARDWALK ROLLING CHAIRS By Ken Calemmo and Kristine Kodytek 3. 4. 5. renting similar wheeled-chairs, but with rolling chairs gave riders a sense of class One of the more unique icons of the Atlantic attendants to push them along. and propriety, as well as a sense of who City Boardwalk is the rolling chair. You can they could be or dreamt they were. travel the boards all along New Jersey The rolling chair quickly went from beaches, but the only place you will find In the 1940s, the wicker baskets were these historical chariots is right here. replaced with motorized rolling chairs and yellow trams that ran on electricity. Today’s rolling chairs are a more A return to the more traditional push- modernized version of the original design— power rolling chair came around the time built with all weather in mind. The spring of the legalization of gambling and and summer sun calls for open-air rides, development of the casinos— a nod to the while the unpredictable fall and winter glamorous past and a bright future. seasons are met with clear plastic coverings. Motorized rolling chairs So, next time you’re up on the boardwalk Now, imagine giant white wicker baskets, functionality, representing the unhealthy, for a stroll; consider taking a ride into the large enough to hold three adults, with to fad, representing the wealthy. In the past by climbing aboard a rolling chair. wheels— that was essentially the design of early 1880s, new rolling chairs were And remember, the rolling chairs are the original rolling chairs. developed that could hold two to three “built not for speed, but for romance.” seated adults. Take time to bask in the glow of your The idea for rolling chairs came from an favorite city. interesting plan to attract visitors to the area By the 1920s, there were 4,000 steel- back when the city was first founded. The wheeled, white wicker rolling chairs that city marketed itself as a “healthy escape” looked more like chariots than chairs being from the bustling, polluted city-life. During pushed along the boards. The already this time, the tourism board boasted about pedestrian-crowded boardwalk was now 1. The Tropicana Casino Resort the fresh air and the remarkable healing pulsating with two separate, unbroken hosted a Playboy Poker Tournament in their Poker Room. 2. Creedence powers of the salt water. These slight chair chains traveling both north and south Clearwater Revival hit the Tropicana. fabrications— though we know the amount along the coastline. 3. Greek recording artist Kelly of good a day at the beach can do for the Kelekidou performed in the Etess soul— led to a great influx of somewhat For Atlantic City visitors, the rolling chairs Arena Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort. infirmed visitors to Atlantic City. provided a way to be seen. Those planning 4. MTV’s “Jersey Shore” cast member to take a leisurely ride, dressed in nothing Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino stopped by The Pool After Dark at Once here, the visitors required special less than their Sunday’s best. Harrah’s Atlantic City. 5. Pat Benatar assistance while attempting to reap the shook the Music Hall at the House of healthful benefits of the shore. Harry D. The rolling chairs were a place for Blues. 6. Tiffany rocked Boogie Nights Shill made rolling wheelchairs available for dreamers. Those who worked hard for in Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic rental during this time. This is where the weeks, months or even years to take a City. 7. The Gipsy Kings performed at 7. idea for the first official rolling chairs, for vacation to the shore used a rolling chair Caesars Atlantic City. 6.

All photos on this page by Tom Briglia / PhotoGraphics Photography / PhotoGraphics Briglia by Tom page this on All photos the non-infirmed, came from. William ride to showcase their hard work— it was Hayday, a local hardware store owner, took their reward. Although life would resume the concept to another level and started normally after the vacation ended, the 60 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 61 the last word b y Ve r o n i c a Du d o

A Visit With Nucky’s Lawyer Growing up in Atlantic City, Frank Ferry heard many tales about Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, but never imagined one day he would represent the New Jersey political boss, let alone write a book about his colorful life. For 30 years, Johnson used his position to control Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government. The notorious racketeer’s rule most famously included the Prohibition era, where Johnson brought booze, gambling, and prostitution to the resort. Everyone knew who the boss of the boardwalk was, including a young Ferry. ever since childhood, Ferry had ambitions to become an attorney. He attended Ursinus College, served in the United States Navy and then graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center. In 1956, KC & YES LOU NEGLIA’S Ferry joined the law firm Farley and Farley, established by Frank S. LIVE IN CONCERT Farley and his brother Paul J. Farley. In 1958, Ferry was appointed THE SUNSHINE BAND RING OF COMBAT XXXV Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice MARCH 19 APRIL 2 CHAMPIONSHIP in Camden, NJ, a position he held for three years. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS in 1961, Ferry rejoined the Ventnor law firm, which APRIL 8 expanded its name to Farley, Fredericks and Ferry. During the 1960s, there was one case Ferry will never forget. At the request of Senator Farley, Ferry represented Johnson and was successful Frank Ferry, Esq. in having the government stop pressuring Johnson to pay the $20,000 fine imposed in 1941 following his tax evasion trial. Ferry was intrigued by Johnson, and the more time he spent with him, the more his fascination grew. Wanting to share his time. He was acquitted of that charge and, from that point on, he experience with others, Ferry decided to write Johnson’s biography. became leader of the Republican Party because, at the same period AT IMAX For the past decade, he has been researching his book, currently 3 DOORS DOWN BEST OF of time, the former leader was convicted and sent to prison. Nucky BROADWAY I AM titled, “The Boardwalk Barron,” which is scheduled to be released in took over the Republican Party, and then he became County MAY 21 the upcoming months. Ferry spoke with us about Johnson’s larger Treasurer. He never ran for political office again. MAY 22 - JUNE 29 NUMBER FOUR than life personality, political career, and his Atlantic City legacy. What inspired Johnson to build what is now known as SELECT DATES NOW – MARCH 24 What was your impression of Johnson after meeting him for Boardwalk Hall? the case? In 1921, there was a major boxing match in Jersey City — 90,000 Stop in at Rooftop Lounge before the show. He was an extremely gracious person, very upbeat, very people attended the bout and Nucky was there, seated between Then head back and enjoy drinks with friends after the performance! enthusiastic, and his wife was the same way, very friendly. He Jack Dempsey and George Carpentier. It was the first major $1 Show tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, by calling 1-800-745-3000 or at the had a booming voice. We talked about the case of course, and million gate in sports history. Nucky had the idea from that point Tropicana Box Offi ce. Text “SHOWS” to 609-705-TROP to receive the latest entertainment information! then he started telling me a little bit about himself. He was such on that if we had a convention hall in Atlantic City, it would a fascinating guy to be around. He was so dynamic and full of certainly do well. Getting that convention hall built was really his energy, even at his age. biggest legacy for Atlantic City, as it grabbed the world’s attention PROUD SPONSOR OF THE AC BOARDWALK PRCA RODEO • APRIL 1 – 3, 2011 What are some of the highlights from Johnson’s life you write — it was the largest convention hall in the world at that time. about in your book? Why did you decide to write a biography about Johnson? Don’t Miss Tropicana’s Rodeo Hoedown • April 2, 2011 My book is just about Nucky Johnson. It starts out with his father, When Nucky was in prison, he wrote his memoirs with a fellow Visit tropicana.net/hoedown for details. where he was raised, his background in the pinelands and how he named John Stoneburg and he called it “Boardwalk Empire.” loved the pineland music, and when he helped his father with the job Nucky was very unhappy with the finished product, and his wife of hanging people in Mays Landing. It goes into his campaign activities said that they were going to sue Stoneburg if he ever tried to Are you feelin’ it? with Walter Edge, then we get into how Atlantic City was at the time he publish it. There is a copy in the public library and I never read it took over, and then on to when he was indicted as a young man. until about nine years ago, before I started writing. Once I read it, When did Johnson’s power over Atlantic City begin? I started recalling a lot of memories, many stemming from being When Woodrow Wilson became the governor of New Jersey, there around people in the political world all my life and being raised in was a lot of voter fraud in Atlantic County and he sent a team there Atlantic City. I decided to write my book because I thought his life to indict the individuals involved in the fraud activity. Eventually, was so interesting. So many things were happening in Atlantic City Nucky was indicted and had a trial, which was a major event at the at that time … it was all so interesting. BRIGHTON AND THE BOARDWALK | ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 08401 | 1-800-THE-TROP | WWW.TROPICANA.NET 62 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2011 Show schedules subject to change. March 2011 | The Boardwalk Journal | 63