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There was a flag-raising ceremony in the City of Utica in honor of Italian American Heritage Month. Every October, Italian American Heritage Month is celebrated. According to the Census's website, “Although Italy as a unified nation did not exist until 1861, the Italian peninsula has sent millions of its people to the shores of North America. These...

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At St. Anthony & St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday morning, the air was infused with the sweet fragrance of sautéed peppers. Congregants were hard at work preparing food for this weekend’s celebration for the Feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian. Parishioner Lina Manoiero, who has been a member of the church for 30 years, said that the feast in...

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A sign was dedicated to Utica’s first Italian-American mayor, Dominick Assaro, in East Utica Friday afternoon. The sign sits at the Dominick Assaro Industrial Park on Dwyer Avenue. Assaro served as mayor of Utica from 1968 to 1971. Several of his family members gathered with city officials for the sign unveiling. “Family was so important to him and...

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October marks Italian American Heritage Month, a time that recognizes the history and culture of the Italian American community. On the heels of celebrating and proclaiming Polish American Heritage Month and raising the Polish flag, Utica City Hall continued the October heritage commemorations with celebrating and proclaiming Italian American Herit...

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In recognition of Italian Heritage Month, Joann Cavo Campbell, president of the Italian Heritage Club of the Mohawk Valley in Utica, is planning a wreath-laying ceremony at the Italian Community Oven on October 8th at 11:00 am. It is to identify and honor Italian immigrants who helped build the Mohawk Valley. The brick oven may have fed not only th...

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The St. Mary of Mount Carmel/Blessed Sacrament Parish Italian Festival will take pace Friday through Sunday, July 15-17, after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. The festivities are scheduled for 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. There will be food, games, entertainment and pizza fritta. There also is the Buona Fortu...

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Sal Valentinetti, famed as Heidi Klum's unforgettable 2016 "Golden Buzzer" recipient and a finalist from "America's Got Talent," returns at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14, to The Stanley Theatre in Utica. Valentinetti is an Italian-American crooner from Bethpage known best for flawless vocals, a larger than life personality and his heart of gold.  In 2016...

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Italian flags are flying over Rome and Utica in honor of Italian Heritage Month. The Italian Heritage Club of the Mohawk Valley raised flags outside both city halls this week, Utica’s on Monday and Rome’s on Tuesday. There were also wreath-laying ceremonies at St. Agnes Cemetery in Utica and St. John’s Cemetery in Rome to honor the early Italian im...

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Rome and Utica will celebrate Italian Heritage Month in October with special flag raising ceremonies and other commemorative activities beginning Monday, Oct. 4. The raising of the Italian flag at Rome City Hall on North Washington Street will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4. The Mayoral Proclamation presentation will be by Mayor Jacqueline M....

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Please help us get our Chapel back from the City of Utica's Urban Renewal, so that we can be sure that it remains what it was built to be – a sacred place to honor the patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, St. Rosalia! Let's keep the flame that was started so many years ago by our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents ALIVE!As St. Rosalia interce...

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