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Parents should bar their children from watching a Nickelodeon film scheduled for release this year because of the way it portrays Italian Americans, says a coalition based in New Jersey.   Manny Alfano, president of the nonprofit Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition, called on Nickelodeon, its affiliates and parent company, to halt productio...

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The North Wildwood Original Italian-American Festival celebrates its 19th anniversary in the Wildwoods this year with a weekend of food, fun and Italian-American heritage. The festival runs from Friday, June 28 through Sunday, June 30.   Festivities for the three-day event take place along Olde New Jersey Avenue in North Wildwood including s...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   What better way to celebrate Labor Day than at the Feast of San Giuseppe, patron saint of workers. Monday, my friends and I made our way to Lodi, New Jersey for the centennial celebration of the Feast of Saint Joseph. Warmly welcomed, we celebrated Mass in English and Italian with Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda, Coadj...

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THE EXPANSION of an Italian pastry shop from Staten Island to Cranford was never intended, but when Christina Campitiello visited the location, she just couldn't resist. It was like a scene from a movie. "The town was so perfect," she says. "We were there for one minute — it felt like home."   Campitiello knows from movie scenes. The or...

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The annual Morris County Columbus Day Parade, which is hosted by the Italian American Club, is dedicated this year to the late "Sopranos" actor and New Jersey native, James Gandolfini. "James Gandolfini is a great actor of stage and screen, but he was also a great philanthropist for New Jersey charities and Rutgers University," said parade spo...

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Clark UNICO Chapter President Ralph Bernardo announces that the 8th annual UNICO Italian American Feast is just around the corner. This year's feast will take place Columbus Day Weekend – Oct. 10-11-12, on the Clark Municipal Building grounds at 430 Westfield Ave. The feast will be open Friday, from 6-11 p.m., Saturday, from 1-11 p.m., and Sunday,...

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This June, in honor of the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, Father Paolo Floretta will bring a holy relic of St. Anthony of Padua from his Basilica in Padua, Italy. Father Paolo will visit four dioceses in the Tri-State area: the New York Archdiocese, The Brooklyn/Queens Diocese, The Paterson, New Jersey Diocese and The Bridgeport, Connecticut Dioc...

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by Jeff Green   The fireworks of tradition reflected on the windows of new high-rise apartment complexes, and families of all backgrounds celebrated in the streets Sunday with Italian Americans whose families are among the oldest in the borough.   The past and present melded at the 86th annual St. Rocco Feast, organized by the Saint R...

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The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Grand Colonial Restaurant in Hampton at 6:45 p.m. The members of the club will share the origin on their Italian ancestors and some interesting stories about their Italian heritage.   There will also be representatives from M...

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New Jersey's deep connections with Italy -- from the rush of immigrants more than a century ago to its original namesake, "Nova Caesarea" -- are being explored in depth by a little-known commission that has created a curriculum for the state's public schools.   The state's Italian and Italian-American Heritage Commission has released a wealt...

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