The annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival opens Thursday at 4 p.m. and runs through Sunday on the church grounds at 343 Via Mount Carmel, on the edge of downtown, near Choffin Career Center. About 12,000 people attended the festival last year.

As always, there will be plenty of free parking and security. A portion of the parish parking lot will be used as well as the parking lots at United Way, St. Cyril & Methodius Church, IBM Building, Levinson Tire, Advantage Vinyl, and the YMCA. There will again be buses and a fleet of golf carts to shuttle the crowd, free of charge.

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