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by Adam Hochron   The Freehold Raceway Mall will transform into a little bit of Italy over the next few nights as the Italian American Festival comes to town. From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday there will be rides, food, music and other entertainment in the parking lot near Dick's Sporting Goods. For $20 on Wednesday nigh...

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November 8 (Saturday) 8:30 am - 12:30 pmThe 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations" Several national Italian American organizations will be presenting their major achievements in preserving and promoting the Italian and Italian American Heritage.The New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissio...

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The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee will host its Honoree Dinner Gala at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Nanina's in the Park in Belleville. For tickets, call Barbara Freda at 973-650-3849 or Melissa Matturro at 973-661-9234.   The awardees being honored in this year's parade are as follows: Vincent Micco, Grand Marshal; Me...

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The Nottingham High School Italian Program will be sponsoring its 4th Annual Italian Night, La Festa delle Luci on Friday, April 29, 2016. Italian Night was established to raise scholarships for students studying Italian.   For the first time since its inception in 2013, Italian Night will be held at the Nottingham Ballroom, 200 Mercer Stree...

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Deputata di Scelta Civica eletta in Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli ha presentato una interrogazione al Ministro degli esteri sulla chiusura di 14 sedi consolari.   Nell'interrogazione, Nissoli, dopo aver fatto notare l'incongruenza tra quanto richiesto nella cosiddetta "spending review", e cioè che non siano compromessi i servizi offerti ai ci...

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Hundreds gathered at Diamond Spring Restaurant and Beach Club in Nutley to celebrate the launch of Cedar Grove's Sempre Avanti recently. The newly established nonprofit organization serves as a resource center for the Italian and Italian-American community.   Above, Sempre Avanti's Executive Director and founder Rosanna Imbriano welcomes the...

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by John Mooney   It started with 200 pounds of chop meat for meatballs, 170 pounds of hamburger meat, and 1,200 pounds of sausage... and that was just a small portion of the food ordered for the St. Bartholomew's Church /UNICO Labor Day Festival when began 40 years ago. Members of UNICO and the parish community literally spent weeks preparin...

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Non-profit organizations are usually good at one or two things, and tend to work "narrow and deep" due to their mission statements.   Here in Nutley, UNICO is a far-reaching, multi-faceted, tireless non-profit, and like a charitable octopus, seems to have its many hard working tentacles always busy - and giving back to the community in many,...

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Jersey City's Casa Columbo is inviting history buffs and fans of crime mysteries to a book signing with Hoboken author Holly Metz, who will discuss her book "Killing the Poormaster" at the 4 p.m. event on Nov. 16.   Fran DePalma-Iozzi, Casa Colombo's programming chair, said the book chronicles the death of a Hoboken welfare official, then kn...

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The Denville Chapter of UNICO National invites residents to attend its Re-Discover Your Italian Heritage event on Sunday, April 26, 2-5 p.m. at the St. Francis Center, 122 Diamond Spring Rd. in Denville.    Celebrate the culture, traditions and history of Italian Americans in a fun and festive atmosphere that will include food tastings,...

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