Bloomfield Unico, an Italian-American group, honored elementary school students in the Columbus Day Essay Contest.   Paul Alongi, along with other Unico executive board members, presented the awards on the Bloomfield Green in front of the Christopher Columbus statue. Mayor Raymond McCarthy and Essex County Freeholder Brendan Gill addressed t...

New Jersey Italians invites you to attend our inaugural OPERA APERITIVO! June 26, at Spuntino Winebar in Clifton, New Jersey - 7:00 – 10:30 PM Meet friendly people and make new connections! Practice your Italian and La Dolce Vita Enjoy a live performance by the Montclair Opera Group!NJ Italians, in collaboration with the Montclair Oper...

Recently Dr. Jack Patuto of Summit was honored by the Association des Médeçins Haitiens a L'Etranger (AMHE) with the 2014 Solidarity for his medical and surgical work in Haiti which included Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pediatrics and Trauma.   This award, among others that he has received, demonstrates his long commitment of sharing his many gif...

The April 12 round table From Ethnic to Multi-cultural Italian Media in the U.S hosted by the Inserra Chair at Montclair State University brought together Bénédicte Deschamps, Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of Paris Diderot, Maurita Cardone, Deputy Editor at La Voce di New York, Lucia Grillo, producer of Italics, and jour...

The city's postponed Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26. The festival and parade was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12. It was postponed due to weather. According to Mayor Leonard Desiderio and his family, who are hosting the events, the Italian Festival and the Columbus Day Parade will celebrat...

by Mike Davis   At the close of business on Friday, Roma Bank, the 93-year-old community bank founded in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, ceased to exist as a business entity. While the sign on the bank's Town Center headquarters won't come down just yet, Roma Bank and Investors Bank on Friday took the final step in consummatin...

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 10:30am - 3:30pmLocation: The Office of the Consul General, Public Ledger Building, Suite 1026 150 south independence Mall West Philadelphia,PA 19106The Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia, in collaboration with the NJ Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissing (NJIIAHC) cordially invites you to atten...

Established in 1998, this annual scholarship is made available to qualifying high school seniors in memory of Vincenzo "Jimmy" De Pinto, a late president of the Society, for his contributions to the Societa Madonna Dei Martiri, the Hoboken Italian Festival and his devotion to the Madonna.   Emigrating from Italy, Mr. De Pinto never abandoned...

This year's judges included Chairman Walt Smith, Steven Clarke, John Brown, Superintendent Russell Lazovick, Barbara Hirsch, Phil White and Board of Education trustee Fred Scalera. Radcliffe Elementary Principal Michael Kearney is the Nutley Jaycees' Educator of the Year. The winners will be honored at a Thursday, April 7, dinner at The V...

Katie Parla is living her dream in Rome, The Eternal City. She grew up in an Italian-American household in Princeton Junction, where her parents worked in various food businesses. Papa now owns Clydz restaurant in New Brunswick (known for game and specialty cocktails), while her mother, Jo Ann, gives popular cooking demos at the West Windsor Commun...