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Remembering a Belleville 'Red Tail' Pilot

As a new film premieres to tell the tale of the Red Tail pilots, we must remember the Belleville son who perished in battle in skies over Germany 66 years ago.

Blog: School No. 10 Students Surprise Belleville Scribe

Visiting his elementary after 45 years kindles memories and opens hatch for current batch of students to hear neighborhood history.

Penny candy from the corner store

From the earliest grades to grad schools everywhere, when that end of school bell rings out the day, children queue, nickel in hand, to be the first to reach the candy counter at the corner store.

Brown bagging lunch through the years

Coworkers tried not to be obvious as they craned to see if my new wife scored my brown bag lunch orange as my mom had for the past five years.

Sept. 11: A small part of a large story

Ten years after the September 11, 2001, terrorists' attacks on the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, here is a look at how that ordinary day changed into a day of infamy.

Pizza for dinner, so very rare back then

These days you can’t walk far without passing a pizza joint, but youngsters, it wasn’t always so easy to enjoy a pizza at home, it was a rare and special treat for dinner.

Rainy day children of the summer

Kids in my old neighborhood found fun things to entertain them during a summer storm from watching the sidewalk steam away its heat to dodging raindrops to call one another out to play.

Of Taylor ham, veal cutlets, skorpers and Ashtabula

How could anyone, let alone my older sister, move to a state where you can’t get Taylor ham, good veal cutlets or Brookdale soda? Well, I’d just have to trail her to find the attraction.

An old Belleville street view of the mind

We're seeing places long gone, our old friends and hearing their calls on those old streets, we're remembering ballgames, fires, and we are all as alive as ever knowing we are from Belleville.

You know you’re from Belleville if.....

Belleville's social media group is going viral, as Bellevillites remember their shared past as well as favorite haunts including long gone Belle Maid bakery, the bog, Grant's and more.