Nutley Library Event: Author To Speak About ‘Nutley Notables’

NUTLEY, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the Nutley Public Library. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site here.

Meet local author Anthony Buccino as he reads from, and discusses his recently published book Nutley Notables: The Men and Women Who Have Made a Memorable Impact on Our Hometown Nutley, Volume Two. This special event is on Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m.

Volume Two in the series co-mingles the people with the history of Nutley, and you are bound to discover a few surprises. This volume pays a lot of attention to the many women who volunteered their time and talents to make Nutley a great hometown as well as highlighting major league sports talents who lived in town and left pleasurable memories with children and adults.

Anthony Buccino has published essay collections, military history books, poetry collections and two collections of photography. He has received several journalism awards, poetry awards, and service awards from UNICO and other Italian American service organizations. Currently he resides in Nutley with his family and is actively involved with the Nutley Historical Society, The Kingsland Manor and The Van Riper Restoration Trust.

Books will be available for purchase and signing for $20.

Call the library at 973-667-0405 for more information on this and other programs. The complete schedule of programs is available at the library and on the library web site at http://nutleypubliclibrary.org

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