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By Joyce Hanz Everyone is Italian at the 34th annual Festa Italiana, where the first night kicked off under beautiful clear blue skies and big crowds Thursday. The savory aromas of authentic Italian fare and a multitude of Italian flags waving in the breeze welcomed Italian festival-goers at Mt. St. Peter's Parish in New Kensington.  ...

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Money can't buy happiness but it can buy wine, which is basically the same thing for many people. Whether you are stocking up for holiday get-togethers, romantic date nights or movie nights by yourself, consider stopping by the area's newest winery, Folino Estate Vineyard & Winery, in Greenwich Township, Berks County.   The 17,000-s...

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A local version of a well-known Italian festival came to Montage Mountain this week, offering food, music and family fun.   San Gennaro Festival, named for the patron saint of Naples, Italy, kicked off Wednesday. Saturday was the sunniest day so far, and people came to enjoy Italian pastries and ices while listening to musical tributes to Fr...

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Those who run the Mount Pleasant Glass Museum believe the best way to preserve history is to talk to people who have firsthand knowledge of it and then record it for future generations.   In the case of the three glass companies that once prospered in the Westmoreland County borough — Bryce, Lenox and L.E. Smith — those people include plant...

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The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will host an international conference to celebrate "Sicily: Language, Art, and Culture", 11-12 February 2016.   Sicily, land of culture, art, cinema, literature; land of travellers and dreamers, of artists and thinkers; land of division and unity. Sicily presents the peculiar c...

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Duro colpo per i flussi turistici tra Stati Uniti e Italia a partire dal prossimo autunno, sia a livello incoming che outgoing. L'orario invernale porta infatti un'amara novità nei voli tra Roma e New York, che verrà operato soltanto da Alitalia. I piani di riduzione dei costi messi a punto per il prossimo inverno da parte delle compagnie stat...

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The Shelocta Presbyterian Church will be holding an Italian feast night from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. On the menu is spaghetti with meatballs, stuffed shells with marinara sauce, salad, garlic breadsticks, homemade desserts and hot or cold beverages. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12, and free for children 4 and younger. The Presbyt...

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by Anne Neborak   Eleanora Pezza 's daughter, Franca still tends the garden for her mom who is turning 100 years-old on July 23. She plants flowers on the front lawn and has potted plants of herbs on the porch. Her mom was known for her garden of fruit and vegetables.   The Italian born Pezza used to make everything from wine to tomat...

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By Barbara Ormsby Monsignor Ralph J. Chieffo, pastor of St. Mary Magdalen Church in Upper Providence, and the Cannavo familty of Delaware County were honored Oct. 25 at the 24th annual dinner dance of the Associazione Regional Abruzzese Delco at the Heritage Ballrooms in Ridley Township.   The association fosters an appreciation and knowled...

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Incrementare e rafforzare le opportunità di integrazione e scambio economico e commerciale tra gli Stati Uniti, in particolare Philadelphia, e la Calabria, valorizzando la comunità americana di origine calabrese, con particolare attenzione alla sua componente giovanile: è questo l'obiettivo del protocollo d'intesa, della durata di tre anni, sottos...

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