By Rosa Colucci

Little Italy Days started in 2002 with a mission to celebrate Bloomfield's Italian heritage. Event planner Sal Richetti was involved from the start. As owner of Big Day Entertainment and a Bloomfield native, he booked the entertainment for the festival. That all changed three years ago. "The festival was going to fold and so I volunteered to step in," he said.

He booked entertainment and took stock of what worked and what didn't. Previously, the festival was held in October to coincide with Columbus Day and the yearly parade. Mr. Richetti decided last year to expand the festival to four days and to move it August to take advantage of the longer days, and the decision proved to be a winner.

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