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On Saturday, October 7th at 9:30AM the John Michael Marino Lodge #1389 and the Loggia Glen Cove Lodge #1016 will conduct the Fifty-ninth Annual Christopher Columbus Wreath Laying Ceremony. The event takes place at the Columbus statue located at the northeast side of the Mineola Court House in Mineola (nearest cross street is Washington Avenue). A l...

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After being uprooted from her life in Italy in 1968, Rita Monte turned to poetry to express how she felt about leaving her home country, which led her to a world of like-minded poets. Monte wrote her first poem, called “Italia,” upon arriving from her native land at the age of 12. She has won several poetry contests, with some of her work being fea...

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The secret’s out. ITA Kitchen, the popular Italian restaurant owned by Salvatore and Christina Sorrentino, is coming to Patchogue. The Sorrentinos, along with their business partners, are bringing their growing brand to the former PeraBell Food Bar next to the Patchogue Theatre on East Main Street. They made the official announcement on Instagram....

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La Bottega Italian Gourmet will be opening a restaurant in Glen Cove.  The chain leased a 2,500-square-foot freestanding building in the Orchard Plaza shopping center at 192 Glen St.  The space was formerly occupied by iSouvlaki, which closed towards the end of last year.  Founded in 2003 by Giuseppe and Marisa Ruta, the La Bottega chain has eight...

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Long Island’s Largest Italian Festival is returning for a 2-weekend long 50th anniversary celebration! The Feast of Mother Cabrini will be happening 8/25 – 8/27 and 8/31 – 9/4 at Suffolk County Community College Grant Campus in Brentwood. There will be a delicious Italian feast, plenty of fun rides and games, and a breathtaking firework show Saturd...

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Umberto’s of New Hyde Park, Long Island’s iconic pizzeria and Italian restaurant, will be hosting a special car show with the New York Alfa Romeo Owner’s Club (NYAROC) on Sunday, Aug. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at their New Hyde Park location (633 Jericho Turnpike).  The event will support Island Harvest Food Bank, the leading hunger-relief organiz...

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The Italian American Women’s Center awarded four graduating high school students from Long Island and Queens with $1,000 in scholarships. The scholarships were presented to each student during a luncheon at Uncle Bacala’s in Garden City on July 23. The students — Angelo Cangero, Sophia Ieraci, Jack Longobucco and Lauren Stea — earned the scholarshi...

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On Sunday, July 23, Morgan Park Summer Music Festival (Germaine St, Glen Cove, NY) will present Italian Night including a full evening of music, food, and all things Italian. The free performance begins in Morgan Park at 7:00 pm. For this Sunday’s concert, Pizza Company 7 - a popular Italian food truck, will begin serving pizza in the park starting...

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Every summer, thousands of people from across Long Island and beyond make their way to Glen Cove for the Feast of St. Rocco, one of the North Shore’s most popular events. Guests can expect games, rides, prizes and, of course, an extraordinary diversity of food. The four days of fun and festivities that comprise “The Best Feast in the East” begin on...

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Will Florio’s pride for his Italian heritage served as a vanguard for Italian Americans who brought their generational culture and talents to Valley Stream and etched them deeply into the village’s public life. Florio died on May 3. He was 72. Born in 1951 to two first-generation Italian immigrants, living in Dyker Heights, Florio would not stay in...

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