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The Borough of Belmar is proud to host the 2nd Annual Feast of San Gennaro at the Jersey Shore in downtown Belmar on Saturday and Sunday, September 7th and 8th. The festival will fill Main Street in Belmar with authentic Italian foods, wines, games and activities, starting with the traditional procession of the statue of San Gennaro, benefiting th...

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One and all will have the chance to enjoy some Italian-style Christmas entertainment at Jersey City's Casa Colombo during its seventh Annual Christmas Concert and Sing Along celebration this Sunday.   The celebration, scheduled to start at 4 p.m., will feature Michael Aromando and his Metropolitan Festival Band, an Italian street musical gro...

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by Stephanie Maksin   Members of the Italian American Civic Club gathered at Centerton Country Club for the club's 23rd annual Memorial Golf Tournament Wednesday afternoon. Lunch and drinks were served to the golfers at the food tent. Authentic Italian dishes were prepared along with seafood and a traditional barbecue.   The even...

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by Jim Bessman   There are tables, and then there's what New Jersey restaurateur/raconteur Vic Rallo calls "the Italian table." "The 'Italian table' is the place where family and friends gather not only to eat and drink but to catch up, cry, sing, love and laugh," says Rallo. "This is lost in America as most dads and moms work to get ah...

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The Italian American Police Society of New Jersey has selected Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano as its 2013 Grand Marshal for Columbus Day. Sheriff Provenzano will represent the organization as its leader in Columbus Day Parades in Jersey City, Morris County and in the New York City Columbus Day Parade in Manhattan.   A lifelong resi...

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The St. Ann's 110th Italian Festa, a favorite parish, family and neighborhood tradition, will begin Wednesday, June 24, in Raritan Borough. The festival features fun rides and games, Italian food favorites and nightly entertainment to raise funds for the Parish and children who attend St. Ann's School, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary...

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The survival of most media organizations is to obtain that exclusive interview or story. Publishers and editors attempt to separate their media group from the rest, in order to get the exclusive rights to a story even if this implies "by any means necessary." As a consequence, just look at the much anticipated Sports Illustrated "swimsuit edition"...

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By Lari Robling The bridge bearing the neon sign "Trenton Makes the World Takes" is a reminder of the time when New Jersey's capital city manufactured everything from toilets to pottery to wire cable. Trenton no longer makes a lot of what the world takes, and in no place is this more evident than the Chambersburg district. The primarily Italian n...

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By Mel Fabrikant The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera has rescheduled the last date to audition for the Verismo Opera Chorus to February 5, 2014. Due to inclement weather conditions, the auditions scheduled for January 22 were cancelled. Auditions for the chorus will begin at 6:30 p.m. and be held at 44 Armory Street in Englewood, New Jerse...

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Maria Mazziotti Gillan is a recipient of the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP, the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers, and the 2008 American Book Award for her book, All That Lies Between Us (Guernica Editions). She is the founder /executive director of the Po...

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