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by Ken Byron   William "Bill" Newman, a resident and veteran who has devoted many hours to recording the histories of people from Avon who have served their country in wars overseas, has been named by the town chapter of UNICO as its citizen of the year.   UNICO announced on Friday that the annual award is going to Newman and he will...

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UNICO of Pittsfield, a non-profit Italian-American service organization, will induct five Berkshire County athletes into the UNICO Berkshire County Baseball and Softball Hall of Fame on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.   Those to be inducted include Randy Driscoll, a four-year member of the Lee High School baseball team...

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By Maurita Cardone La cultura italiana ha tante voci e per farle arrivare oltreoceano servono buone istituzioni culturali. Alla Montclair State University del New Jersey, la cattedra Inserra in Italiano e Studi italo-americani, intitolata a Theresa Inserra, offre un cartellone di eventi dedicati alla cultura italiana a trecentosessanta gradi. Tit...

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UNICO Nation the USA's largest Italian American Service organization now has a Harrison Chapter. This is exciting news for all those of Italian decent who pride themselves of their heritage and want to give back to the community. Initially to have a charter for a UNCIO chapter 15 people are needed.   Harrison's Chapter quickly doubled that n...

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by Sebastian D'Elia   The Plainfields' Chapter of UNICO celebrated a successful concert at Sacred Heart Church with the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea featuring Broadway hits, pop standards and Italian classical compositions and favorites to a delighted audience of more than 400 on a beautiful Spring day.   The orchestra was led by...

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Memphis City Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution that authorizes the Memphis chapter of UNICO – the Italian-American fraternal organization – to move the statue of Christopher Columbus from a Downtown park to Marquette Park in East Memphis. UNICO commissioned the Columbus statue, which was placed in 1987 in the new Columbus Park on the so...

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Else DiGiacopo and Ron Villone, both members of the Pascack Valley High School Class of 2015, were each a recipient of the Brian Piccolo Sportsmanship Award from the Westwood chapter of UNICO. The Westwood chapter of UNICO recently awarded its Brian Piccolo Award to two members of the Pascack Valley High School Class of 2015, Else DiGiacopo an...

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FAIRFIELD, N.J., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The UNICO Foundation, which is affiliated with UNICO National, the largest Italian American service organization in America, has announced the establishment of several new annual scholarships specifically for nursing students. At the UNICO National Convention held last month, UNICO Foundation Presiden...

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  WTI Magazine #84    2016 October 17Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from ... somewhere in the US! As October is the Italian Heritage month, I'm travelling around the East Coast and the Midwest to celebrate Italy in the US, the Italian Americans and meeting a lot of friends of We the Italians! What a wonderful, sparkling, enth...

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The Greater Ramsey Chapter of UNICO National invites area residents to attend its "Re-Discover Your Italian Heritage" event from 2-5 p.m. March 22 on the second floor of the Ramsey Ambulance Building, 41 N. Island Ave. Admission is free, but reservations are required, and space is limited. The deadline for making reservations is March 18.  ...

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