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Volunteers have been busy putting the final touches on plans for this year's La Festa Italiana to be held this Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1-3, on Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton. The festival is an end‑of‑summer tradition that annually attracts thousands of visitors. Hours are noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and noon to 9 p....

di Riccardo Chioni   La sala ricevimenti Macaluso's ad Hawthorne sabato sera ha accolto diverse centinaia di sportivi all'insegna dei colori rossonero, in occasione del quinto dinner dance annuale del Milan Soccer Club del New Jersey, facendo scorrere su maxischermo le immagini dei momenti gloriosi della squadra. Frank Giuliano, presidente...

La SRT Viper GTS Sons of Italy Foundation è un esemplare unico realizzato per la vendita all'asta in favore dell'Ordine Figli d'Italia in America (OSIA), un'organizzazione fraterna italoamericana fondata nel 1905 per aiutare gli italiani nel loro inserimento nella società statunitense. Molto probabilmente la bianca coupé decorata con bandiere trico...

The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County presented scholarships during the Club's June meeting at the Grand Colonial.   The scholarships were awarded by the club, The LaMarca Family Foundation and the Paterniti Family Foundation.   Source: http://www.nj.com/

Diversity works with motor vehicles as well as people. Consider Fiat, the Italian manufacturer now melded tightly with America's Chrysler. Though plenty of Chrysler products are available - some with Fiat components and design - so far the only Fiat here is the subcompact 500. It's a little water bug of a two-door hatchback with a low price, high...

By Benedetta Graziani La Montclair State University, New Jersey, ha inaugurato con una serata di studi dedicata a Renzo Piano il ciclo 2013-14 di conferenze organizzate dalla dottoressa Teresa Fiore della Theresa and Lawrence R. Inserra Endowed Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies. La conferenza dal titolo The Humanistic Legacy in Renzo P...

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015, the Embassy of Italy with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Centro Primo Levi New York, will host an event with the welcoming remarks of H.E. Claudio Bisogniero, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, and the participation of Vadim Altskan (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)...

by Vance Lehmkuhl   The Italian Market just marked a century in business, and it didn't get there by catering to dietary fads. The vendors' hallmark in this area around 9th Street between Washington Avenue and Christian Street is patient, high-quality craftsmanship, developed over time.   Originally established by old-world cheesemake...

The Italian American Association of Luzerne County will hold a February dinner meeting and annual Carnavale celebration from starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at Genetti's Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre. Dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Fish can be chosen as alternate dinner choice at time of reservation. Music provided by Danny Argo and Fr...

Born in Sicily and moving to Brooklyn with his family at the age of 10, Nunzio Cassara never forgot the taste of his native cuisine. "My grandmother and mother were great cooks and when I was 14 my parents opened an Italian-American restaurant, which I helped out at through high school," said the 52-year-old Cassara, who has resided in Jeffers...

Freeholder Alexander Mirabella, who led the founding of the annual Union County Columbus Day Celebration, is being honored by the Italian Tribune with the "Christopher Columbus Man of the Year Award," for his pride in his heritage and years of assisting others through his public service.   "It is presented to him with the deepest degree of p...

Throughout October, Italian-American heritage is honored and celebrated throughout New Jersey. This went into effect in 2009 when then-Gov. Jon Corzine signed the bill in Nutley declaring it so, outside of town hall before the annual Columbus Day Parade.   Besides the parade, various activities are held throughout Nutley and Belleville as we...