Where has the summer gone?

It's been a while since we've posted any activity here. That doesn't mean we haven't been busy. Author Anthony Buccino has been delving knee-deep and more into research for his upcoming book on murder, mayhem and major crimes in a small north Jersey town to be named later. 

Meanwhile, Buccino has been working since last September with Belleville Town Councilman Kevin Kennedy and Tom Grolimond to identify the addresses, locate family members and dedicate street signs to the Belleville Sons who paid for our freedom. 

Streets have been dedicated in honor of Henry Benson, Arthur Burke, Frank Cancelliere, Roger Crowell, Richard Hayes, John Hoar, Glenn Nelson, Albert E. Pole,  Donald Saunders, and John Verian.

In 2006, Buccino urged the Belleville council to name streets in the Essex Park development in honor of fallen Belleville sons. Streets were renamed in honor of named for Raymond De Luca, Carmine Olivo, Clatie Cunningham Jr. and William Hamilton. No formal ceremony was held within the gated community.

Further street dedications scheduled include Michael Flynn in September and Donald Murray in October.

Buccino has also begun to post photos from his vast archive on to a new Facebook page called, are you ready? Photography by Anthony Buccino. The photos are all over the block, literally and figuratively as he has shot choice photos while walking around his block and selected photos from his archives including daily commutes into the city, views of Jersey City and other travels here and there. 

Anthony Buccino's Book Chronology

Nutley Notables - The Men and Women Who Made a Memorable Impact on Our Home Town, Nutley, N.J. (2014)

This Seat Taken? Notes of a Hapless Commuter (2013)

Greetings From Belleville, New Jersey - Collected writings (2012)

Jersey City Snapshots (2012)

Martha Stewart Doesn't Live Here, Anymore and other essays (2011)

Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War (2011)

Sometimes I Swear In Italian (2011)

Yountakah Country, a Poetic View of Nutley Old and New (2010)

CANNED booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed  (2010)

Sixteen Inches on Center  (2010)

Retrieving Labrador Days, dog tales in prose and verse  (2010)

American Boy, Pushing Sixty  (2009)

Voices on the Bus, Train, Subway, and in My Head (2008)

One Morning in Jersey City  (2008)

Belleville Sons Honor Roll, Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom (2004/2012)

Nutley Sons Honor Roll, Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom (2004)

Rambling Round, Inside and Outside at the Same Time (2002)

Sister Dressed Me Funny (1996)

A Father's Place, an Eclectic Collection (1991)

Days You Knew Me (1976)

Buccino Enjoyed The Goods at TCNJ

Had a wonderful time speaking with the writers' club INK on Saturday, April 23, at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey. We should do this again. 

Buccino Will Address INK at The Goods

The College of New Jersey in Trenton has invited author Anthony Buccino to speak to INK at its annual event, The Goods, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2016.

The Goods is an all-day arts festival from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the library auditorium that hosts poets, singers, and other talented individuals. Buccino will read at 7 p.m. 

INK is the creative writing group at TCNJ.

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On the Anniversary of Iwo Jima

On the anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima, I want to honor the men from Belleville and Nutley who perished in the Pacific Theater in World War II.

Here, from the news reports of the day.

Belleville Renames Street for Fallen Vietnam War Hero

Pfc. John Hoar

The township of Belleville, N.J. honored Pfc. John Hoar by renaming Cleveland Street at Dow Street as Pfc. John Hoar Way. Hoar was 20 years old when he was killed in action in Vietnam on Feb. 13, 1966.  

Anthony Buccino made brief comments about Pfc. Hoar who was the second young man from Belleville to die in Vietnam. Both young men were killed in action that week. Helder DaSilva was KIA on Feb. 7, 1966.

In September 2015, High Street at Van Houten Place was named in honor of Pfc. Donald Saunders who was killed in Vietnam May 12, 1969.

In 2006, seven street names in the new residential development at Essex Park on Franklin Avenue were renamed to honor veterans and four of the Belleville heroes who died while in service. Streets were named for Raymond De Luca, Carmine Olivo, Clatie Cunningham Jr. and William Hamilton.

Much of the information leading to the stories of the young men from Belleville, N.J., who perished while in service was gathered from and/or inspired by the Belleville Sons Honor Roll project begun in 2002. 

That project led to the publication of Belleville Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom written and edited by Anthony Buccino with Andrea Buccino.

Nutley Notables gets new cover, more interior photos

2016 cover

Two pieces of author news. We've redesigned the cover of Nutley Notables and added some interior collages at the chapter headings. The revised paperback is available now at this link. 

We are currently working on a Kindle edition.

Also - if you're in Nutley, NJ, do check the latest copy of the local magazine Nutley Neighbors for a story about the author.