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Nutley WWII Veteran Vincent Fugarazzo - 11/12

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:57:00 +0000

November 12, 2009, 7 p.m.

Guest speaker Nutley WWII Veteran Vincent Fugarazzo

Nutley Museum Meeting Room, 65 Church St.

World War II veteran Vincent Fugarazzo, a B-17 Bomber radio operator in the Army Air Corps, will speak about his wartime experiences including as a prisoner of War after his bomber was shot down. He will also share his story about his recent return to the WWII battlefields in France, commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy.

Free admission, light refreshments

AMERICAN BOY: PUSHING SIXTY by Local Author

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Nutley resident Anthony Buccino has published his third poetry collection 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 the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and growing older in the 1980s, 1990s and the oughts.

Buccino will read from this and his other collections at the River Read Reading Series in Red Bank, N.J., on Sunday, Nov. 8. The afternoon also features reading by Susan Tepper, followed by an Open mic.

Buccino's poem Hands In Socks was named Editor’s Choice in the 2008 Allen Ginsberg Awards. His poem Ten Minutes earned Honorable Mention in the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Awards.

His poems have been published in Paterson Literary Review; Celebrating William Carlos Williams and The Poetry of Place: North Jersey in Poetry; Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs); Medusa’s Kitchen; Voices in Italian Americana; Edison Literary Review; Journal of New Jersey Poets; LIPS; CHEST, the Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians; The Idiom; MEWS; Raving Dove; More Sweet Lemons; The Poem Factory; and PowWow Review.

His first poetry chapbook, Days You Knew Me, was published in 1976.

A NYC financial news editor by day, Buccino nonetheless writes with humor on his many feature length blog posts on NJ.com, in essays and in poetry. He peruses every day with tongue firmly in cheek seeking the humor to pay homage. He has been called “New Jersey’s ‘Garrison Keillor’ ” or something to that effect.’

He has published three essay collections, three poetry collections and two military history books.
Anthony Buccino created and maintains the New Jersey Poets and Poetry, a continuing blog of poets and poetry news and events.

Sam and Martha Stewart Nutley

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:27:00 +0000

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UP POPS THE DEVIL in Nutley, N.J.

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:26:00 +0000

Nutley Little Theatre

UP POPS THE DEVIL

By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Directed by Julie Jin

NLT’s very first production is revived as a special event for our 75th anniversary celebration!

Performing at Grace Episcopal Church, where it all started with the Parish Players, we’ll stage this light-hearted, screwball comedy of the day, very much in the style of “Barefoot in the Park.”
Complete with fast-paced, witty dialogue, interesting characters and unusual role reversals, “Up Pops the Devil” will be NLT’s major fundraiser for the season.

Oct. 23, 24, 25*
*2 p.m. matinee

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Francis Goodrich (1890-1984) was born in Belleville, moved to Nutley at the age of two and grew up in the large family home at 187 Nutley Avenue. It was a home where she would later marry Albert Hackett. The couple wrote dozens of plays and scripts for Hollywood films. The first play they competed together, “Up Pops the Devil,” was the first staged production of the Nutley Little Theatre on Nov. 23, 1934.

Francis and Albert became well know for their screenplays on the three “Thin Man” films staring Myrna Loy and William Powell, and on Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.” But Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s crowning achievement came as playwrights on ”The Diary of Anne Frank” for which they won the Pulitzer Prize.

- Nutley Hall of Fame induction of Frances Goodrich.

Google Alert - Nutley

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:29:00 +0000

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Nutley Misc

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:42:00 +0000

Moms bitten by 'Twilight'
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Kara O'Grady, 34, of Nutley began reading the series while on vacation

with her husband and has since become so involved with the blog as the East Coast ...

UAB pediatrician tapped by White House for advice on H1N1
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VanRiper Street Fair - Sunday, Sept. 6

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:33:00 +0000

VanRiper Street Fair
Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009

• Proceeds Will Benefit Historic Restoration Effort

The "Van Riper Street Fair" is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 6.

The annual event is a fund-raiser for the on-going restoration work at the VanRiper House on River Road.

The historic house was built by John Bradbury shortly after he purchased the land in 1696. He lived in the house until his death in 1741. His widow continued to occupy the home thereafter. The home is one of the finest examples of early Dutch stone houses.

Work on the restoration project is being advanced by the volunteer members of the Van Riper Trust. Patti Williams, the group's president, says the annual Van Riper Street Fair is its major fundraiser.

For more information or to become a member:

Van Riper House Restoration Trust

D-Day Veteran to speak at Nutley Museum 5/21

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:07:00 +0000

May 21, 7 p.m.
Speaker William Falduti

The invasions of Normandy, France and Holland

"... William Falduti had his 20th birthday in France.
Two months later, in December 1944, the Army corporal was a Jeep driver with the 82nd Airborne 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment delivering mortar shells to frozen Allied outposts defending the crossroads at Bastogne, Belgium.

The German troops desperately needed to take the crossroad. Bastogne was critical to the success of the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler’s last gasp effort to end the war on his own terms. Bill ‘the battling bastard of Bastogne’ wasn’t going to give up without a fight..."

Stop by to hear the rest of the story
told by this veteran who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944
earning two purple hearts and fighting the third reich to the end of the war.

Contact the Nutley Historical Society at (973) 667-1528
65 Church Street, Nutley N.J. 07110

Members and nonmembers, and especially veterans, welcome.

Mike Luipersbeck Jazz Quartet

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:55:00 +0000

An encore performance by

The Mike Luipersbeck Jazz Quartet

Corinn Somers, vocals and percussion; Mike Luipersbeck, drums;

Michael Gabriele, saxophone; Peter Greco, piano and vocals

The quartet performed at the museum last November.

May 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Nutley Historical Society
65 Church Street
Nutley NJ 07110
973-667-1528

A “free-will” donation of $5 per person is suggested.

Includes complementary beverages and snacks.

The audience is invited to tour the 2nd floor museum during intermission.
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Concetta Bertoldi visits town

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:43:00 +0000

Introducing her latest book "Do Dead People Walk Their Dogs?" full-time medium Concetta Bertoldi will return to town at at 6:30 p.m. at the Nutley Public Library, 93 Booth Drive, Monday, April 27.

Bertoldi will visit with guests to chat and sign her books, including her earlier book "Do Dead People Watch You Shower?", both of which will be for sale at the event.

Divine Inspirations Bookstore

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Calendar Notes

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:18:00 +0000

Nutley Historical Society

Quarterly Meeting

Thursday March 19, 7 P.M.

Election of officers

Speaker: John Demmer on The Essex Film Club

May 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

An Evening with Michael Gabriele Jazz Quartet

May 21, 7 p.m.

Speaker William Falduti, WWII Veteran

The invasions of Normandy, France and Holland

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Fourth Edition - Nutley Sons Honor Roll

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:38:00 +0000

Nutley Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid For Our Freedom

Biographies of the men of Nutley, N.J., who died while in service. In the last century, 138 Nutley sons died while in service to their country. Here are their stories.

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Google Alert - Martha Stewart Nutley

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:38:00 +0000

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Restaurant Week in Nutley

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Restaurants In Nutley? You Betcha! (Baristanet)

It's a Nutley first, organized by Michael Madigan at Farm2Bistro to uncover some of Nutley's hidden gems. Here's the eclectic list of participating restaurants, which includes Ritacco's Midtown (with sleek NY-style bar, ...
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Nutley Museum Open House Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:43:00 +0000

Museum Open House

This Sunday February 15, 2008 2-4 PM

Nutley Museum 65 Church St Nutley NJ

Town Historian John Demmer will be available in the Museum to answer questions

Come see our new collection of 4 Nutley scenes donated by Nutley Artist Roy Imhoff

Some furniture and antiques will be available for sale.

Lite refreshments.

http://www.nutleyhistoricalsociety.org/

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On the Lenape Trail

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000

On the Lenape Trail « Weekends in Paradelle

Leaving Newark, it goes west through Belleville, Nutley, Bloomfield, Montclair, and into my town, Cedar Grove. That part of the trail I have covered many times. It's my favorite section. Mills Reservation is a county

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Nutley seagulls enjoy a feast

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:58:00 +0000

In Nutley township, the seagulls put on a show at the Dumpster Stage

"Pigeons are reactionaries... "

Who in this quiet town had any idea seagulls got so huge?

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Old Nutley now on Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Look for

You know you're from Nutley, N.J. when

now on Facebook groups.

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Clifton Declares War on Commuters

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:59:00 +0000

Google News Alert for: Nutley NJ

Clifton, NJ Residents Declare War On Commuters

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Officials also said they're considering turning a site near the station into a commuter lot and that they're working with Nutley to see if that town's ...
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Nutley Buick Dealer Gives Free Gas, sort of

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:05:00 +0000

UPDATE: Grandpa took his ClaimYourGas.com forms and handed them to the owner of the Nutley Buick dealer saying the program is a rip-off, that he'd have to spend $100 a month to get back $25 each month for the next one and one-half years.

It's sure unlikely that Grandpa or anyone in his family will buy a Buick or General Motors vehicle of any kind from the Nutley Buick dealer. Ever.

Too bad this promotion ended on a downside. How can you promise an 80-plus year-old man $450 of gasoline and tell him he has to buy $1,800 worth of gas to get his loyalty gas credit.

The franchise owner insisted that his customers are clamoring to get into the ClaimYourGas.Scam program.

If you get to Washington Avenue in Nutley, N.J., you should stop in and ask them about the program. While you're there, kick a few tires.

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What do you think of a car dealer that sends a loyal customer a key to try and win free gas? Sounds too good to be true. Perhaps car dealers are at the point where they'll do anything to get customers on the lot?

Well, Grandpa went to the local GM new car dealer and, lo and behold, he 'won' the $450 worth of free gas. But there was a catch. There always seems to be a catch in a gimmick like this.

Sorry, they said, they were all out of certificates, maybe he could come back tomorrow and get it?

Sure. He's retired. He went back the next day and got a CLAIMYOURGAS.com form to fill out:

"You have been selected to receive Gas vouchers from the gas station of your choice. Please be sure to visit our policy page at ClaimYourGas.com for complete instructions on how to redeem your Gas vouchers for gasoline gift cards."

So, he didn't really win $450 in gas for his car, he won "Gas vouchers" for gas for his car. At least it's "from the gas station of your choice." That's nice of them.

The form noted: "If you are mailing in your ClaimYourGas.com certificate, please be sure to include: Your ClaimYourGas.com certificate and $4.50 for shipping & handling if not registering online.

"In the event any of these items are not included, your redemption will be delayed."

So, since Grandpa is not PC literate, he turned to us for help to claim his $450.00 in free gas from the gas station of his choice. After all, why should he pay $4.50 to claim the $450.00 in free gas, when we could fill out the form online?

Whatever happened to NO PURCHASE NECESSARY? Maybe that only applies to visiting the dealer and trying your lucky key, not to actually redeeming your 'prize'.

Online comes the fine print. Grandpa doesn't actually get a voucher for $450.00 for free gas. He has to spend $100 at that brand gas station and submit the receipts each month. When the folks at ClaimYourGas.com get his original receipts for the month, they will send him a $25 gas card to use at that station.

So, for 18 months ( 18 x $25 = $450), Grandpa has to spend $100, or a total of $1,800 on gas and services for his car, in order to redeem the gas certificate.

Maybe when they thought of this sales gimmick and the local car dealer bought into it, gas was about $4.00 a gallon. At that rate, you could go through $100 a month in gas pretty quick.

But now that gas is less than half that a gallon, and people have continued to drive less, and eliminate unnecessary trips (like to the local car dealer), it could take longer than a month to accumulate $100 in receipts from your local gas station.

Not to mention, that nowadays, not all gas stations do service work on cars - so those receipts will be harder to come by, too.

I think the entire promotion, from the car dealer to the nitwits in Arizona who implement this program is a losing gimmick. You can be certain that they expect the submitted receipts to be lost in the mail, or that would be the fate of certificates sent to you. They probably expect most of the "winners" to miss some part of the puzzle in the year and a half - receipt collection and submission process.

How can a company require a "winner" to spend $1,800 over an 18-month period on gas and services to claim their prize? And also to have to submit original receipts each month to qualify for redemption?

Grandpa should get himself down to the local car dealer that awarded him this $450.00 free gas prize and tell them what a rip-off it is. He should give them a chance to hand him the $450.00 in cash in exchange for the confounded receipt-submission system, and then that would end it as long as he got the equivalent of his prize.

But, you know, that guy was so happy to win something - even if he doesn't know how twisted and unlikely it is that he will ever receive the actually prize - that we don't really want to spoil his bliss with the hard reality.

With prizes like this, we'd sooner never buy another car at that dealer. Grandpa, he bought his last two brand new cars there. We'd like him to wait and see how his $450.00 prize works out before considering another purchase there.

If you've fallen for this malarkey, click this link NJ Division of Consumer Affairs, we're sure they want to know the whole story from as many of you out there as have been duped.

If you're happy with your prize and the hoops you have to jump through to claim it, let them know that, too.

Thank you for registering your gas certificate.

Below you will find a link to your redemption vouchers. They are in available to view on the website, as well as download in PDF form to store and print at your convenience. Everything is included to finalize and mail your monthly redemption vouchers and original fuel receipts to receive your Shell fuel gift card.

Simply print the pages and cut out your Fuel Redemption vouchers at the link below.

To read PDF documents you need Adobe Acrobat Reader which is FREE. If you don't have it go here: http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-READER

Mail original (NOT PHOTOCOPIES) fuel purchase receipts totalling $100 dollars or more from different dates along with the corresponding calendar month Fuel Redemption Voucher to:

ClaimYourGas.Com
1839 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 200
Mesa, AZ 85210

You may purchase fuel at any Shell branded station. The actual name of the station/store does not matter, as long as the brand of fuel is the same brand for all of your original submitted receipts.

NOTE: We accept redemption for all brands of fuel.

If your brand of fuel or store/station does not manufacture a gift card will we issue a $25 VISA or AMEX debit card.

PLEASE READ - IMPORTANT: You must send $100 in ORIGINAL fuel purchase receipts with each redemption voucher. Your fuel receipts MUST BE from the SAME month of your Fuel Redemption Voucher.

Your original purchase receipts and redemption vouchers must be received monthly in accordance with the program Terms and Conditions in order to receive your $25 fuel gift card. The following schedule applies:

1.) If your Fuel Redemption Voucher and original purchase receipts are received by the 25th of the month in which the fuel purchase(s) took place, you'll receive your $25 fuel gift card within 4 - 8 weeks.

2.) If your Fuel Redemption Voucher and original purchase receipts are received after the 25th of the month in which the fuel purchase(s) took place, you'll receive your $25 fuel gift card within 8 - 12 weeks.

You must purchase the same brand of fuel each month. Your fuel purchases can be made at any station carrying the fuel brand of your choice when activating your Claim Your Gas Certificate.

Your Fuel Gift Card can be used to purchase anything the fuel store/station sells including MORE fuel.

Should you require more assistance please visit and read the Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.claimyourgas.com/main/faq and if you don't find your answer there please write email to: info@claimyourgas.com.

Again, WELCOME to ClaimYourGas.Com. We look forward to serving your needs now and in the future. Enjoy your Fuel Gift Cards!

Best Wishes,

From Your Friendly ClaimYourGas.Com TEAM

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Nutley Restaurant Week

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Nutley Restaurant Week

Coming Mid-February!

"What's a Restaurant Week?

A traditional Restaurant Week, like those in NYC and Philadelphia, showcase a city's best restaurants by offering fine dining at an unbeatable price.
Participating restaurants will provide customers with a prixe-fixe menu that
generally consists of various three-course meals.

The Nutley Restaurant Week is a celebration of dining. It brings together a
community of our finest restaurants, and allows us to demonstrate the quality,
variety, and hospitality that makes Nutley restaurants so unique and popular.

Nutley's week will also try to promote healthier eating to help everyone start off the New Year right. Restaurants are asked to provide healthy alternatives to their normal menus without sacrificing the flavor you love. It's our way of adding a little twist to the traditional Restaurant Weeks!"

Check out the details

Baristanet has the low-down on dining

Happy Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:02:00 +0000

Fill 'er up

Halloween

Thanksgiving-ish

Happy holidays to all of our friends in Nutley, from Nutley, and who think fondly of Nutley.

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Trailer for It's A Wonderful Life

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:45:00 +0000

Screenplay by Belleville-born Nutley native Frances Goodrich and her husband Albert Hackett.

More about Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

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It's A Wonderful Life - the phone scene

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:39:00 +0000

Remember, the screenwriters on this Christmas classic film are Belleville-born Nutley native Frances Goodrich and her husband Albert Hackett.

More about Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

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A Father's Place, An Eclectic Collection
Sister Dressed Me Funny
Rambling Round, Inside and Outside at the Same Time

Feast of the Seven Fishes

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Buccino) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:28:00 +0000

The truth is out, so make sure you know

Feast of the Seven Fishes