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It was just five years ago when organizer Carmine Bianco, an elementary school physical education teacher in Niagara Falls, found himself in the unenviable role of Italian Festival rescuer.   He jokingly called the 2012 festival on the front lawn of a friend's Pine Avenue restaurant, "The World's Smallest Italian Festival." Fast forward...

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A man propped on a stool, wearing shorts, a red hat, white gloves and bearing an unusually long nose, piped up each time a person walked by Sunday.   "Hi girls, I'm Pinocchio," the man said as a group of women walked into the Safety Harbor Marina for the 11th LIADO's San Gennaro Festa. "Welcome to Italy. Wipe your feet before you enter. Don'...

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The annual fun of the Italian Festival of Ocean Township returns to Joe Palaia Park with amusement rides, music and Italian-American delights from August 6 to 10.   The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 6 with a dee jay playing through 7 p.m., when the festival's opening ceremony begins at the bandstand; Mario Delano Jr. will sing...

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On a perfect, sunny, summery October day, a few dozen people — many wearing the green, white and red colors the flag of Italy — sat out along the Main Street side of City Hall, listened to Italian music and honored Natalie Guiliano DeRosa as "Italian-American of the Year." Then they all moved on to the basement of City Hall to eat ziti, eggplant a...

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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,...

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When: March 21, 2016 - Time: 6:00-9:00PM Costs: Members $75 - Non-members $85 Where: Trattoria Romana, 1476 Hylan Blvd | Staten Island, NY 10305   Join NOIAW's Staten Island Network once again this year for its annual St. Joseph's Day dinner and cooking demonstration! Enjoy a feast of sustenance for the mind and the body with us on March 2...

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by Payton Guion   The sausages sizzled and the Sizzler -- a ride that swings passengers around, narrowly avoiding collisions -- scrambled. But the real story of the 40th-annual Italian Festival here was the scorching heat. Even as the sun was setting, temperatures on Sunday held steady in the mid-90s and festival-goers flocked to any an...

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By James Fuller In person, Dennis Farina was the same as he appeared on TV and in movies: a "neighborhood guy" who embodied both Chicago and Italian, according to a local entrepreneur who knew him and now intends to honor him with a six-figure tribute.   Ron Onesti said he was crushed when he learned of Farina's recent death from a blood cl...

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by Bliss Davis   The Italian American Summer Festival is returning to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds.   The 14th annual celebration will be held Friday, June 27, from 5 p.m. to midnight, 2 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, June 28, and 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, June 29. Admission is $6 for adults, $2 for kids ages 6 to 12 and free f...

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Every year on the last weekend in August, Boston's North End celebrates the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua. The traditional event dates back to the early 20th century, when large numbers of southern Italians immigrated to the United States, settling in the urban centers of the North-East.   In Boston, they gathered in the North End neighbor...

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