Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee held a meet and greet at Franklin Steakhouse on Monday, Feb. 12 with the honorees for the 36th annual parade to be held in October. This year’s Grand Marshal is André DiMino, communications director of One Voice Coalition and past-president of Unico National. One Voice is a coalition of Italian American activists, advocates and organizations across the United States.

DiMino’s parents immigrated from Sicily. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Woodcliff Lake, where he currently resides. He didn’t know much about the Nutley-Belleville area until he was president of Unico National and marched in the Columbus Day Parade.