by Nicole Allegrezza

Don't miss the annual Italian Festival of St. Liberata, an Italian feast down Main Street, this Saturday, Sept. 26. Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce president David Kennedy said the festival, which is in its eighth year since its re-inception, has great history in the village.

In the 1940s and 1950s, a large volume of Italians settled in the Waverly Avenue area and began to celebrate with a festival honoring St. Liberata, the patron saint of the village of Pizzone, Italy. Back in the day, Mayor Paul Pontieri said, the Italians gathered at a church where the Walgreen's now sits for a reception and then made their way to the fields where the Fifth Precinct is today to celebrate with a feast.

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