Business Partnership Announces 2015 Outstanding Citizen Recipient
by Rich Reitzman The Somerset County Business Partnership has announced that Doris E. (Dee) Zampella has been selected as the 65th Somerset County Outstanding Citizen of the Year. The award is given annually to one person for exemplary efforts demonstrating creativity, vision, leadership, and citizenship by providing volunteer eff...
Italian Market Festival returns this weekend
Every year the Italian Market Festival brings huge crowds to 9th Street. This year will be no different.Happening on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22, the festival will bring you plenty of entertainment, along with food and drink from the country's oldest outdoor market. The festival will close down parts of 9th Street, from Fitzwater t...
Feast of St. Gabriele in Baltimore’s Little Italy
LITTLE ITALY In BALTIMORE, MD. Presents ANNUAL STREET FEAST OF "ST. GABRIEL"SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUGUST 17-18, 2013 ~ 11 AM to 7 PMLITTLE ITALY - St LEO's Parish Church Exeter and Stiles streets | BALTIMORE, MD. LITTLE ITALY a charming, cozy neighborhood located in the heart of downtown Baltimore is an importan...
Bloomfield Unico honors essayists
Bloomfield Unico, an Italian-American group, honored elementary school students in the Columbus Day Essay Contest. Paul Alongi, along with other Unico executive board members, presented the awards on the Bloomfield Green in front of the Christopher Columbus statue. Mayor Raymond McCarthy and Essex County Freeholder Brendan Gill addressed t...
Dominic Greco Bands to present 'Music of Italy' at Aug. 9 concert
The Dominic Greco Concert Band, under the direction of Frederick Delphia will present "Music of Italy" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 during the Italian-American Festival in downtown Dover. In case of rain, the concert will be in Memorial Hall. Delphia said the main theme of the concert will be music of Italy. "Though not all selections will have an Italian...
Dr. Jack Patuto of Summit is honored for his medical and surgical work in Haiti
Recently Dr. Jack Patuto of Summit was honored by the Association des Médeçins Haitiens a L'Etranger (AMHE) with the 2014 Solidarity for his medical and surgical work in Haiti which included Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pediatrics and Trauma. This award, among others that he has received, demonstrates his long commitment of sharing his many gif...
New Kensington woman, others film interviews to tell seniors' stories
Like wise parents, the creators of the Collective Legacy Project refuse to pick a favorite among their interview subjects. "Every person has a story," said Cara Livorio, 31, a painter from New Kensington. "Every story could be a movie." The nonprofit Collective Legacy Project is creating a type of movie — filming interviews and presen...
Festa di Natale 2016, Sunday December 11th, at 4:30 at the Friendship Heights Village Center
Dear ICS friends, This year's Christmas Party will be Sunday, December 11th, at 4:30 pm, at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Like the previous years, it is our annual potluck dinner (please read details on what to bring in the flyer below). We organized it in collaboration with Le D.I.V.E. and Ma...
Postponed Columbus Day parade lands in Sea Isle City Oct. 26
The city's postponed Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26. The festival and parade was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12. It was postponed due to weather. According to Mayor Leonard Desiderio and his family, who are hosting the events, the Italian Festival and the Columbus Day Parade will celebrat...
New era begins in Mercer County as sale of 93-year-old Roma Bank becomes official
by Mike Davis At the close of business on Friday, Roma Bank, the 93-year-old community bank founded in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, ceased to exist as a business entity. While the sign on the bank's Town Center headquarters won't come down just yet, Roma Bank and Investors Bank on Friday took the final step in consummatin...
Un Console onorario per Newark: candidature entro l'11 Aprile
Il Ministero degli Esteri intende istituire un Consolato onorario con competenza sulle contee dello Stato del New Jersey facenti parte della circoscrizione del Consolato di Newark, soppresso il 28 febbraio scorso (Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset). Il Consolato...
The American story
By Joseph Sabino Mistick This past Tuesday, 50 or so Pittsburgh Italians gathered with family and friends in a basement Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh's Strip District to view the premiere broadcast of "The Italian Americans," a two-part PBS special recounting the travails and triumphs of the Italian diaspora. Two WQED personalities were there...