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by Leona M Seufert   You know that summer has arrived in Roselle Park, New Jersey when the Church of the Assumption's annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 14th year! Once again it will be four days of faith, fun, family and friends, packed full of delicious homemade cooking, an Italian style Café, food venders, a beer &...

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by David Bienenstock   On a long, hot summer day precisely one hundred years ago, Caterina Di Cosmo grew nostalgic for her hometown in Italy. She decided to try beating the heat by recreating the granitas (granular blends of sugar, ice, and flavoring) she so fondly remembered from her childhood back in the old country.   Made not...

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Deputata di Scelta Civica eletta in Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli, dopo l'interrogazione alla Camera sulla chiusura del Consolato italiano a Newark, non demorde e torna alla carica coinvolgendo l'on. Bill Pascrell, membro del Congresso USA, eletto nel New Jersay dove si trova Newark. Infatti i due parlamentari hanno inviato una lettera-appello al M...

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The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) under the leadership of Artistic Director Lucine Amara invites professional, amateur, and retired professional soloists of all vocal categories to audition for roles in the opera company's 2014 productions. Solo roles are available in the company's new productions of Giuseppe Verdi's La T...

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Venerdì scorso il Coccia Institute e il dipartimento di spagnolo e italiano della Montclair State University, nel New Jersey, hanno tenuto il loro settimo simposio sull'insegnamento dell'italiano.   L'evento è stato organizzato dalla professoressa Enza Antenos, Deputy Chair of Italian della Montclair, e da Mary Ann Re, PhD., direttrice del C...

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by Elisa Ung   Italian, with verve. I was barely through my first plate from the $15 all-you-can-eat buffet at Martino's Market in Hackensack and already the questions were piled up in my head: How did this chicken Parmigiana become so tender? Who made this sausage that brims with fennel seeds in every bite?   What gave this ordi...

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By Kayla J. Marsh   As a child, Gloria Bucco remembers her father telling her stories about older relatives who left Italy to settle in the small town of Matawan, New Jersey.   "Stories are an important part of life, we tell them all the time and sometimes don't even know it," she said in an interview Aug. 17. "My father very much wan...

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January 28 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm. Bridgewater JCC - 775 Talamini Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807The saga of Jewish history has no simple chapters, and the chapter on Sicilian Jews is certainly no exception. While the histories of Galician, Indian, and Japanese Jews have been studied extensively, one of the oldest communities of the Diaspora has...

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At the monthly meeting of the Sons of Italy Lodge 2561 seven new brothers were initiated into the organization. The new members are Brian Dowd, Patrick Minutillo. Remo D'Alessandro, Charles Alfano, Chris Mazzarella, Anthony Bonavitacola and Dennis Calo. The meeting was held at Ravellos, 138 Eagle Rock Avenue, East Hanover.   The Morris Count...

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Since 1969, Roselli's Food Specialties have been producing authentic, high quality pre-made Italian cuisine based on their traditional family recipes. The Italian food purveyors have grown from producing spaghetti sauces for local restaurants and individuals to launching an ecommerce website with expanded delivery options for their extensive line o...

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