Buccino blog wins Journalism Award

Congratulations!
Your work has earned you a prize in the 2011 Society of Professional Journalists – New Jersey Excellence in Journalism Awards contest. Your entry ‘Don the TV Man’ won 2nd Place in the Media-Affiliated Blog category.

The entry by Anthony Buccino first appeared on Belleville Patch as Don the TV Man .... in Old Belleville on June 27, 2011.

The memory of growing up in the 1960s is in the newly published collection Greetings From Belleville, New Jersey, collected writings by Anthony Buccino.

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Blogging on old Belleville

Anthony Buccino now posts original essays about life and growing up in Belleville, N.J., on the Local Voices of  Belleville Patch.


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A few recent posts

OLD BELLEVILLE – Bob Dylan in Belleville, 1960s Anthony Buccino
· Monday, May 23
"So long, New York, Howdy, Belleville." What if Bob Dylan lived in a boarding house in Belleville in the 1960s
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OLD BELLEVILLE – Moving down Meacham hill
| Anthony Buccino | May 4, 2011
A snapshot of Belleville in the early part of the last Century.
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Profiles of the neighborhood poet

Here are two terrific profiles of Anthony Buccino

Nutley poet discusses Belleville-inspired writings
Thursday, 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
April 20, 2011
Belleville Patch