September 11, 2001
Belleville, N.J.
Antoinette Duger
Operations associate, Wachovia Corp.
Harvey Joseph Gardner III
Worked on 93rd Floor of World Trade Center
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Head equity trader, May Davis Group, WTC.
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Greetings From Belleville - collected writings by
Anthony Buccino
Belleville native Anthony Buccino
has collected his favorite and most-requested writings about life
and growing up in Belleville, New Jersey.
Greetings From
Belleville, N.J., is Buccino's fourth collection of essays but
the first wholly dedicated to his collected writings about
Belleville.
Buccino writes with clarity and humor in his columns about
growing up in the second half of the 20th century. He has been
called “New Jersey’s Garrison Keillor or something to that effect.”
His writing about life in northern New Jersey has been published in
area newspapers, Belleville Patch, NJ Voices, Baristanet and other
publications.
Available on
Kindle and in
Print.
150th Anniversary of Conflict
Belleville and Nutley in the
Civil War a Brief History
by Anthony Buccino
A compilation of information documenting the
participation of Belleville and Nutley in the American Civil War.
Includes information on six local soldiers killed in action in the
War Between the States, plus information on the battle campaigns in
which they gave up their lives. Also lists information on
participation in various New Jersey and other state militias by
local men.
Belleville in the Civil War
In
print and
on Kindle
Belleville Sons Honor Roll
Remembering The Men Who Paid For Our Freedom
The 8th anniversary
paperback edition includes additional information on Belleville in
the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWW II, Korea,
Vietnam and peacetime casualties.
In the last
century, Belleville lost 157 sons while in service to our country.
This collection, gathered from newspaper clippings and other sources
collects what we know about these young men in an effort that their
sacrifice not be forgotten.
8th Anniversary
Edition available on
Amazon
Second edition on Kindle
Images of America: Belleville
by Nicole Canfora
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through this link
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A Belleville street view of the mind
Read about life in
Old Belleville on Belleville Patch
300th Anniversary of the Dutch Reformed Church
Congressman
William Pascrell Jr.
Dutch Reformed Church past and future
2008 Ceremony
Belleville (Second River) in the
American Revolution
Belleville, or
Second
River as it was then known, was part of the retreat route of General
George Washington's Army in the war for independence. A
skirmish was fought in what is now Belleville Park.
Town Renames Streets for Veterans
History of the Firemens' Memorial
Bell
$12M 'Hospital in the Park'
New Route 21
1994 Flashback - Belleville vs
Nutley
Just for Fun
Holy Family School, 1959 or so
1992 Bellleville Chamber of
Commerce Calendar
The Kid Gets a Job (At Brookdale
Soda) by Tom Garcia
WWhat's the Weather Today?
Belleville High School - Now Belleville Middle
School
279 Washington Avenue
Want to know more? Let us
know
A Brief BMS History Swimming pool: Fact or fiction?
The Four Belleville High Schools -
Village of Second River
As a
native Belleville-ite (Bellevillian, someone who grew up in
Belleville), it bugs me when the cherry blossom trees are referred
to as "cherry trees" because they are a href="http://blog.nj.com/transit/2007/03/cherry_blossoms_not_trees.html">cherry-blossom trees, not
cherry trees. The fruit of the cherry tree is cherry. But the fruit
of a cherry blossom tree is a blossom. Feel free to correct anyone
around you who makes this mistake. You might want to point out that
there are two kinds of
cherry
blossom trees: the single blossom and the double blossom. But
don't be a bore about it.
CCherry Blossom Trees, Not Cherry Trees?
Thank you for contacting the County of
Essex. I spoke with our horticultural staff and, in fact, our
trees do get cherries. The cherries are just small and
insignificant—meaning they are not ornamental or of any food
value to wildlife or us. /i>
Yes, in general, our trees have been
selected for their ornamental floral display. However, even the
cherries grown for fruit get beautiful pink and white flowers;
thus, using the term cherry blossom trees to refer to only the
ornamental trees is technically incorrect.
-- Essex County Division of Cultural and
Historic Affairs
3.26.10
Historic cherry tree collection
VILLAGE OF SECOND RIVER
By Norman Price
Capitol Theatre
The Belleville Stagecoach
Belleville's First Telephone
Lake Watsessing
Hillside Pleasure Park
Remembering The Victory Ship Walter Kidde
Woolworth's On Washington Avenue
A Dutch Christmas In Belleville
Flying "Billie" Walsh
Blizzard of '48
Morris Canal (In Belleville)
Pulling The Goose
The Old Dutch Church
The Delicates
Content of
Second River - by
Norman Price
Electronic New Jersey: A Digital Archive of New Jersey History
The Water Tower, a recollection by Harry T. Roman
Pictures of the McCarter Freeway (NJ 21)
The Ghosts of Gully Road (New Jersey History's Mysteries)
The Forges & Manor of Ringwood Refers to the Schuylers who were
profitably mining copper ores at Belleville, N. J.
Newark Water - Belleville Reservoir
Cherry
Blossoms in the park
Mike Lamberti -
Buc
Shots
Bakka Court at Belleville High School
'It's all good'…Bucs remember Bakka
Bakka
Court Posters
Saying Goodbye to Milt's
Here are two terrific profiles of Anthony Buccino
Nutley poet discusses
Belleville-inspired writings
April 21, 2011
BY MARIA KARIDIS Belleville Times
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Arts
Belleville in Verse
In Honor of National Poetry Month, We Speak with Anthony Buccino
By Erel Pilo - Belleville Patch
April 20, 2011
Growing Up - by Russell Baker
HILLSIDE PLEASURE PARK, Belleville, New
Jersey
by
NNorman James Price
The history of one of the largest amusement parks
ever built in New Jersey
Images of America: Belleville /b>
by Nicole Canfora
Life's a Ball
with Billy the Baseball by Mark Cervasio a review
YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY - A
Poetic View of Nutley, Old and New
Anthony Buccino brings his mix of verse, history and humor to the Lenni Lenape, Annie Oakley, Mark Twain, Richard Stockton, the
Colonial Garden, the Velodrome, Valium and the Oval.
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AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty
Belleville native Anthony Buccino published
AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty, Working class verse about life
and growing up in New Jersey.
From the center of the Baby Boom, his working class verse views
life and growing up in Belleville in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and
growing older through the oughts.
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or ebooks
Local author Anthony Buccino's
Connections to Old Belleville
The Golden Age of Bicycle
Racing In New Jersey
by
Michael C. Gabriele
