by Cindy Christy Fertsch | Oct 29, 2026 | Features, Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, History, South Jersey When the music stopped at Somers Point’s nightclubs, the night continued at The Dunes. Bay Shores and Tony Mart’s helped make Somers Point’s Bay Avenue a…
Donate now to help us mark 19 years of covering Santa Barbara County Most folks know there’s a stretch of the Gaviota Coast that’s referred to as Naples. But how did it get this name? They had a dream to build…
This is the history of the Neapolitan airport, from its origins to the present, with updated numbers and places worth knowing. The founding of Naples and its port can be placed within the context of Greek colonization. In the third…
Napolike.com Naples weather today, Friday, October 16: 25 degrees Celsius, with clouds and sunshine. The weather forecast for Naples today, Friday, October 16, 2026, calls for a mild day that begins only in the afternoon. The high temperature reaches 25,4 degrees, while the low…
It was a boring, residential beach town. That’s what made it so valuable. In 1979, Billy Crystal was performing at an Atlantic City casino when the casino put him up on Pelham Avenue in Longport. The next morning, Crystal was talking…
By Debbie L. Sklar / Special to the OB Rag The theater opened Nov. 6, 1925, replacing the earlier Ocean Theatre and giving the growing beach community a larger movie house. According to the city of San Diego’s Ocean Beach Community Plan, The Strand…
Napolike.com The weather forecast for Naples today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, predicts a clear and mild day. The high temperature will rise to 23,6 degrees, while the low will settle at 14,9 degrees before dawn. The sky will remain mostly clear, and no…
The News-Item The traditional Columbus Day observance has splintered like a broken pallet of cultural perspectives Columbus Day remains in place federally, but the holiday has frayed into a patchwork of competing interpretations of American history The result is a…
The following contains excerpts from an April 1, 2012, article in the Naples Daily News entitled "Naples' first mayor remembered as colorful, controversial" by Laura Layden. Naples' first mayor – remembered as a colorful and eccentric man who liked to tell tall tales…
With a Purchase Agreement in Place, the Land Trust Faces a $16 Million Fundraising Push to Secure a Permanent Preserve A cherished and wondrous piece of the Gaviota Coast has held its breath fo r 140 years under the pressure of development.
The town's story and the places that keep it.