ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic City gambling floors will go smoke-free for seven days before allowing visitors to light up again because the city can't legally stop a smoking ban from taking effect, the City Council president said yesterday. William Marsh ...

ATLANTIC CITY - This seaside resort is facing its biggest crisis in the 30 years since it gambled its future on casinos. The casinos that provide the crowds and the luster for this old town will report their September revenues tomorrow, and it is ...

(Coastal Living) -- Now's a prime time to enjoy a cozy bed-and-breakfast. Whether you want to trek a nature trail or shop along a dock, these places offer a great escape. Beautiful Santa Barbara, California, is home to 15 B&Bs. Santa Barbara ...

A painter works on a pillar under the Town Clock in this file photo from 2005. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff / File) One of Halifax’s most famous landmarks is about to get up to $1 million in upgrades. The federal Public Works Department has called for ...

The doughty Icelanders know that they have only squatters' rights on their volcanic island. White steam hisses and spumes its way through the thin crust of the earth; nature seems to be constantly irritated. Now, though, the feeling on this tiny ...

Eight Days is a listing of public events which may be described as entertaining in the loosest sense of the word. Include name of event, day, date, place (including address and directions if needed) and cost of admission; if it's free, say that. Also ...

Area residents are in for a sweet celebration this weekend as Firestone celebrates its Centennial Honey Festival Saturday. “We’re set to really have a good time,” Firestone Community Resource Coordinator Pete Ditmon said late last week. “It ...

Yom Kippur service at Old Town Hall Havurat Shalom will hold its High Holiday Service at the Andover Old Town Hall on Main Street in downtown Andover. Our Yom Kippur service will be Thursday, Oct 9, at 10 a.m. Check the Web site www.havuratshalom.org ...

The Swedish Academy says French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature. The academy on Thursday called Le Clezio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond ...

PANAMA CITY — Faculty and friends gathered Thursday at the Nelson Building on Thursday to honor School Board Member Jon McFatter. McFatter, who served two years as vice chairman of the board in his four-year term representing District 4, narrowly ...