Thursday June 4 Proclaimed "Nutley Velodrome Day"
• Commission Resolution Marks 75th Anniversay of Bicycle Racing Site
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Mayor Joanne Cocchiola with author Michael Gabriele holding commemorative framed plaques of a resolution adopted to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nutley Velodrome. Others seen (l-r) are Commissioner Al Petracco, Town Historian John Demmer, Nutley Historical Society President Dom Tibaldo, Commissioners Tom Evans and Mauro Tucci, Historical Society Board member Nancy Greulich and Commissioner Joe Scarpelli.
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Jun 2, 2008 – Nutley is about to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Nutley Velodrome. The anniversary date falls this Wednesday, June 7, and special ceremonies are planned at the Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street.
Michael Gabriele, author of "The Nutley Velodrome," will speak at a 7:30 p.m. program Tuesday.
"I'm working on a new book and will have new details to offer Tuesday night," Gabriele told last night's Town Commission meeting where he and others associated with the Velodrome were honored.
Mayor Joanne Cocchiola's resolution honoring the velodrome "as a symbol of Nutley's history" and declaring that "June 4, 2008 be proclaimed 'Nutley Velodrome Day' was adopted unanimously.
The resolution reads:
"WHEREAS, The Nutley Velodrome was built in 1933 on a 12-acre lot known as Joyce Quarry by Joe and Anthony Miele with the permission of Mayor Walter F. Reinheimber and the Board of Commissioners; and
"Whereas the Nutley Velodrome, with a capacity of 12,000 spectators, held bicycle races every Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon and also was the site of four boxing matches and midget car racing; and
WHEREAS, the Nutley Velodrome attracted the best cyclists from Europe, Australia and the United States; and
WHEREAS, in 1942 the Nutley Velodrome was closed and torn down after interest in the races diminshed; and
WHEREAS, June 4, 2008, marks the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Nutley Velodrome;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nutley would like to honor the Nutley Velodrome as a symbol of Nutley's history; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nutley, County of Essex, State of New Jersey, that June 4, 2008 be proclaimed
"NUTLEY VELODROME DAY"
and the Mayor and Board of Commissioners join with the citizens of Nutley and the Nutley Historical Society in recognizing the 75th Anniversary of the Nutley Velodrome."
The resolution was approved unanimously by all five members of the Township Commission and attested to by Township Clerk Evelyn Rosario.
