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West Essex area residents Annette DiBlasio and Louis LaSalle were recognized as 'Stellas della Contea di Essex' or, 'Stars of Essex County,' at a commemorative event recognizing Italian-Americans on Thursday.   DiBlasio, of Caldwell, is the Budget Analyst with the Essex County Office of Budget and Management. LaSalle, of Roseland, is a Senio...

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Arrivederci, Newark. The home state of Frank Sinatra, Tony Soprano, Frankie Valli and Samuel Alito is losing its Italian consulate, leaving a state whose Italian roots run deep in the American consciousness without an official tie to Italy. The Newark consulate is a casualty of economic troubles 4,200 miles away — an Italian economy in re...

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The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Grand Colonial Restaurant in Hampton, at 6:45 p.m. Joseph DeFranco is the author of "Growing Up in the Butcher Shop" which is a delightful narrative about his great love for family, friends, Italian heritage and food.   DeFr...

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by Owen Satran   Montclair, your prayers have been answered! Just what downtown Montclair needed — another Italian restaurant!   Well, maybe not, but before you roll your eyes, check the dish on this new spot. The restaurant is headed by renowned chef Michael Cetrulo, whose impressive pedigree suggests that Ristorante Scala Del Nonna...

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Chef Michael White is expanding his restaurant empire with an upcoming New Jersey outpost of his popular East Village pizza spot, Nicoletta.   The news was tweeted by radio host Anthony Scillia, who also goes by Tony Mangia. He spotted the announcement sign hanging in the window of the upcoming restaurant in Bernardsville, N.J.   Read...

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Hoboken Italian Festival, associazione iscritta all'albo regionale dei Pugliesi nel Mondo, in collaborazione con Tatiana Petersen e Dana Marchionne si prepara a portare l'Italia ad Hoboken (New Jersey, USA) in un evento che farà di questa città la capitale della moda italiana negli States.   Hoboken Fashion Night è un grande evento, molto at...

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by Manny Alfano   The Italian American One Voice Coalition through the efforts of Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assemblyman Ralph Caputo are pleased to announce the joint resolution dedicating the month of October as Italian American Heritage Month. The dedication will take place on Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 at Two pm sharp in the...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Si è svolta ieri presso la sala ricevimenti The Venetian di Garfield nel New Jersey la consueta festa annuale della Associazione Marinai d'Italia sezione Alberto Banfi, in onore della patrona Santa Barbara, cerimonia slittata di un mese a causa del passaggio di Superstorm Sandy. Assieme a circa 150 persone, hanno preso...

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Over the past 15 years or so, visionary director Romeo Castellucci has blossomed into a star of Europe's theater festivals and prestigious institutions with largely plotless, large-scale shows that operate at a dizzyingly high conceptual and technical level, and are so abstract that they become strangely accessible (you can project anything onto th...

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By Nicole Mulvaney/The Times of Trenton   It was a hail Mary pass that paid off big time for the owners of D'Angelo Italian Market, who won the Super Bowl of catering gigs. No, really. "When we found out the Super Bowl was coming to New Jersey, we contacted the NFL Host Committee to find out how we could get involved," said Daniell...

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