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by Sally Kohn   The directions we were given warned us to take it slow on the driveway and keep an eye out for stray farm animals and potholes. As we pulled into the half-gravel, half-mud parking lot, the sun was just setting.   The distant hills were awash in shades of red while the farmhouse emanated the orange glow of candlelight a...

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Italian American One Voice Coalition President Doctor Manny Alfano was please to join other prominent Italian American groups Thursday, October 22, 2015 in a special New Jersey State Senate ceremony designating October 'Italian American Heritage Month'. Dr. Alfano called it a great day and well past due.   Alfano was also afforded the v...

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There won't be a Bayonne Columbus Parade this year. A spokesman for the parade committee confirmed this week that the 33-year-long tradition is being put on hold this year, but the committee hopes to bring the parade back in 2014.   A rash of resignations from the committee's executive board this year made it impossible to do the necessary...

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Mons. Giuseppe De Candia, direttore per la Puglia della Fondazione Migrantes e padre spirituale dei molfettesi nel mondo, instancabile ottantaquattrenne e inarrestabile giramondo amatissimo dai fedeli della sua "parrocchia", diffusa su tutta la Terra, tiene insieme una comunità geograficamente ampia e distante.   Anche quest'anno, infatti, n...

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La crisi non fa sconti a nessuno, men che meno alla stampa. Se poi diamo uno sguardo alla stampa d'emigrazione, negli ultimi tempi è stata oggetto di tagli ai finanziamenti che hanno talvolta costretto i giornali a "ripensare" alla propria periodicità se non a chiudere del tutto. Oggi un altro pilastro dell'informazione italiana all'estero vac...

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by Carol Ann DeSimine The Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission (GCIHC) announced the Honorable Judge Samuel G. DeSimone as its choice for this year's Italian-American Citizen of the Year Award.   GCIHT selected DeSimone in recognition of his service as Superior Court Judge and for his numerous contributions to the&nb...

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Continua l'attività di promozione di AmCham delle imprese italiane negli Stati Uniti. In questa prima parte dell'anno, il team Business Service della Camera ha dato avvio ad un'attività di supporto a Fratelli Beretta, l'azienda produttrice di salumi nata a Barzanò nel 1812.   Fratelli Beretta, che è presente in America dal 1997 con i due br...

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The thunder and rain shook up the St. Joseph Feast in Lodi on Sunday afternoon, but couldn't quell the spirits or appetites of participants.   While some attendees may have fled for a dry haven, Rocco Minichiello of Hasbrouck Heights had greater priorities in mind: He headed for the concession stands and ordered a sausage broccoli rabe sandw...

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by Eve M. Khan   An actor known for his role as an Italian Mafia assassin is now promoting and exhibiting an old master painting of a bloodied, dying saint.   Federico Castelluccio, who played the ponytailed hired gun Furio Giunta on "The Sopranos" TV series, has rediscovered the artwork, a depiction of St. Sebastian said to have been...

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Actor Robert De Niro is to direct a new stage musical in New Jersey next year.A Bronx Tale, adapted from the film of the same name, is set against the backdrop of organised crime and racial tension in 1960s New York. The world premiere will take place at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey on 4 February.   Read more   Source: ...

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