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Isabella Naddeo, a senior at Trinity High School, has won the annual scholarship from the Primo Italiano Lodge #2800 of the Sons and Daughter of Italy. The scholarship was awarded to Ms. Naddeo at the lodge meeting on May 16, 2022. Ms. Naddeo will use the $2500 scholarship this fall at Washington & Jefferson College, where she plans to major in bio...

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Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy's oldest graduate - again. Paterno has added a masters in history and philosophy from the University of Palermo to an initial degree in the same subjects he earned there two years ago. He passed the latest degree with top marks, again, his proud family said on Facebook. He has no plans to rest and wants...

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As part of the project “Storia e memorie” (history and memories), on Monday, July 11, the Embassy of Italy welcomed a group of 15 Italian students and 6 teachers from high schools in Sardinia and Friuli. The project is promoted by the “Commissione per la Biblioteca e l’Archivio Storico del Senato della Repubblica” (Commission for the Library and th...

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At a recent monthly meeting, the Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch New Jersey awarded its annual academic scholarships. This year's recipients were Long Branch High School graduates Ava Calzone and Jacob Juliano. Both recipients have excelled academically. Ava will be attending Monmouth University in the Fall, pursuing law. Jacob will b...

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Good manners have been vital to Italians since at least the Renaissance. The 16th century gave us two fundamental treatises on the subject: Baldassarre Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier and Monsignor Della Casa’s Galateo overo de’ costumi shed light on navigating the insidious life of Italian courts. Both books can be summed up pretty well in...

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Honoring one’s origins and realizing with one’s own eyes, and with one’s heart, that the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli Institute, where mosaicists have been trained for a hundred years in his grandfather’s native town, led Dr. David Zavagno to leave his hometown in the U.S. for Spilimbergo, Italy. Accompanied by his wife, Denise, and a couple of fri...

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Learning how to catch a train, how to order food or pay at a restaurant is something new, when done in Italian. That’s why U.S. Army Garrison Italy offers “Benvenuti” an Army Community Service cultural integration program designed to help newcomers learn about Italy. “Benvenuti really helped us feel part of the Camp Darby, Pisa and Italy communitie...

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Teachers often say “I don’t do it for the money”; that is true. I believe the “good” teachers do it for the kids. They work hard in and out of the classroom because they know that they make a difference in a student’s life. My life has been touched by the young lady who will be getting an Italian scholarship. This is only the second scholarship I’v...

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Italian native Daniel Monti attended an IABF sponsored college showcase in the spring and landed a baseball scholarship to Sonoma State University in California. Monti played previously at Odessa College in Texas. Last season he hit .352 in 39 games with 4 home runs, 35 RBI, 37 runs scored and 11 stolen bases.  One of IABF’s key missions is to prov...

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The Reverend Joseph P. Capella, a beloved Catholic priest who served as pastor, a teacher and a chaplain and rector at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, the rector of Camden Catholic High School as well as serving as a member and chaplain of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society and as the former chaplain of the New Jersey Sons of Italy and the Sons...

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