The Buena Historical Society invites you to a presentation on local meat markets on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 7:30pm at the Buena Vista Township Municipal Building, located at 890 Harding Highway, Buena.

Presentations by Larry Bertacchi whose grandfather Mario began & sons Paul & George took over in the late 40’s and Charlie Tarquinio whose grandfather Lou began & son Biagio “Buzzie” took over.

Program to include photo and artifacts display.

Refreshments & coffee will be served.  Any questions, please contact Debra Casazza at 856-466-4654.

On Thursday, April 6. Buena Regional High School was given a treat as twelve senior boys competed for the Title of Mr. Buena 2017.

The show provided laughter and excitement as the Disney Theme was well known amongst the crowd and made for easy audience involvement.

The contestants competed in Casual Wear, Talent, Formal Wear along with Question and Answer. The pageant showed tremendous school spirit and great team effort in a wonderful production.

The winner was Mr. July Will Murphy and his court 1^st Runner Up Mr. October Adriance Adderley and 2^nd Runner Up Jake Maxwell.

The final touches are coming together for the 150th Sesquicentennial Celebration and Birthday Party!

On Saturday, May 27^th from 10 – 7PM Buena Vista Township will celebrate 150 years of history at Saw Mill Park in Richland! At 12 Noon, a special dedication of our Tree Monument will be presented in front of all. The Chainsaw Carved Tree Monument features over 30 Carvings depicting the Town’s History.

Crafters, Vendors and Merchants of all kinds will be in the park all day. Food trucks of every different variety will line Main Avenue with the smells of smoked barbecue filling the air from The First Baptist Church of Richland Men’s Fellowship.

The Annual Toy Show with over 100 Vendors will be the talk of the town in front of It’s a Toy Store on Route 40.

The South Jersey Mustang Club will have its Car Show with hundreds of cars on display accompanied by Stewarts Root beer and their very own traveling LIVE radio show from WVLT 92.1 Lite in Vineland. There will also be a classic car parade featuring these cars, starting at 9:30am down Cedar Avenue to Saw Mill Park in Richland.

Musical Entertainment will be played throughout the festival all day featuring Ten Eddy Drive 11am-1pm, Pour Mouth Henry 1:30pm to 3:30pm and Jazz Band Eddie Morgan’s Jazz Trio REKD 4 Jazz 4pm-6pm!

Fun for the whole family with Two Bounce Houses, a Rock Wall and Bubble Balls for the kids.

Adult Beverages from the Tombstone Grill Beer Wagon!

A fifty/fifty will take place later in the day giving one lucky winner some Memorial Day Cash! Come Celebrate our Towns 150^th Birthday with us and be a part of History!

For more information, contact Kristie Knapp in the Mayor’s Office at 856-697-2100 Ext. 8.

The Buena Historical Society would like to invite you to their upcoming community program “East Vineland Night” beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Buena Vista Township Hall, 890 Harding Highway, Buena.  There will be refreshments and great homemade desserts and more!

Please call Debra Casazza at 856-466-4654 with any questions.

Its Run4Ricky time again, June 10th! The 14th Annual event being a 5K, walk, and Kids Fun Run for kids 12 and under. This year’s event will include as always, the All you can Eat BBQ – Family Fun Day with your race registration fee!! Come over to Michael Debbi Park after the Run for great food, Basket Auction, A1 Entertainment, face painting, inflatable obstacle course, and a lot of fun!

The Foundation is again seeking Sponsors, donations, BBQ contributions, and baskets for our Basket Auction. Anyone wishing to donate their time or Talent, is also greatly appreciated!

We welcome everyone’s involvement. Hope you all will join the family and community in making this another great day by participating and supporting this event and the students at Buena Regional High School.

Your generosity is appreciated! This event supports the Ricky Wilcox Memorial Scholarships awarded each year in June.  We were happy to award The Ricky Wilcox Memorial Scholarships totaling $14,500.00 on June 2 ,2016 at Senior Awards night. Thanks to everyone that has made these scholarships possible for these students!

Contact Kristie Knapp in the Mayor’s Office at 856-697-2100 Ext 8 for more information on how to donate. Register on line, mail in or day of event at www.run4ricky.org.

On Sunday, March 5, 2017, Buena Vista Township Crowned its newest Queen Amanda Guzman of Landisville. The Villa Fazzolari Restaurant was packed with over 140 in the crowd including the 2015/2016 Miss Buena Vista Township, Ciarra Siking.

A panel of judges were wowed by all 8 of the girls performances which made it almost impossible to pick a winner. Alongside of the winner Amanda Guzman, 1^st Runner Up Megan Burke of Minotola and 2^nd Runner Up Tabatha Dalponte of Richland dazzled the audience with their grace, poise and talent. Two special recognitions were given out to the girls prior to the announcement of the winners.

The title of Miss Congeniality for this years event was awarded to Lillian Nelson of Richland for her unique and humorous personality throughout the pageant and practices.

The second award was given in the name of a past contestant Gina Durham who is remembered yearly at the pageant. The award recognizes one girl who demonstrated kindness, strength and belief in herself and others just as Gina did. This year the award was given with honor to Megan Burke.

The Buena Vista Township Special Events Committee were the host of the event along with Fazzolari Restaurant and Special Guest MC Nor Easter Nick Pitman of South Jersey News Today.

The afternoon was the perfect way to kick off the Township’s 150^th Sesquicentennial Celebrations throughout the year. Also, March 5^th was the actual Anniversary of the 1867 Founding of Buena Vista Township!