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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.

Staying cool, waiting for Jerry the Ice Cream Man in old Belleville

Hot summer nights on our dead end street were full of mosquitoes, fireflies, kids playing Sputnik, and an interminable wait for Jerry the Ice Cream Man.

Belleville in the Civil War

Six local soldiers were killed in action in the War Between the States. All but one rest in peace at military cemeteries near the battlefields where they died.

The fountain of youth under the pipeline … in old Belleville

Four decades later, I return to the pipeline. The dragon's tail is less pronounced, and full-grown trees hide the view of homes on Sycamore.

Don the TV Man .... in Old Belleville

It was always a hoot when Don the TV man came around to fix our Motorola. You could keep your RCA with that little dog, he only sold Motorola brand TVs and stereos.

Gary's English Racer vs. My Schwinn

It was the ultimate showdown, my good-old American Schwinn bike against Gary's fancy-schmancy English racer.

MEMORIAL DAY – The men behind the names on the street signs

Remember the sacrifice of these men and their families, the sacrifice that reminds us all that freedom is not free.

OLD BELLEVILLE – Bob Dylan in Belleville, 1960s

"So long, New York, Howdy, Belleville." What if Bob Dylan lived in a boarding house in Belleville in the 1960s

OLD BELLEVILLE -- On outliving two classmates

The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. Psalms 25:8 For a while, anyway.

OLD BELLEVILLE -- The first robin of spring, part II

A boy in a new neighborhood makes friends with a lost baby robin, feeding it, and teaching it to perch and take short flights. We really mean it this time.