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The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chapter of UNICO, in collaboration with St. Bartholomew's Church and St. Bartholomew's Academy, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of the 49th annual Italian Festival on Labor Day Weekend. This vibrant celebration of community, culture, and culinary delights is set to take place from Sept. 1st to Sept. 4...

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For nearly 30 years, Sister Rose DiFluri has had her finger stalwartly on the pulse of the Catholic school landscape. Now, as the Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary retires from her role as assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Camden, friends and colleagues are recalling an intellectually gifted, straightforward, fun...

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A community celebration like no other, La Festa Italiana celebrates its 120th year with five fun-filled nights of fabulous foods, delicious drinks and outstanding live bands to dance the night away. The fun begins Wed, Aug 9th, and runs through Sun, Aug 13th, where, from 5pm-11pm the neighborhood surrounding Holy Rosary Church on 6th & Brunswick St...

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Italian feast days have a storied tradition in the Archdiocese of Newark, especially when summertime rolls around. Some feasts are more than a century old, with generations of Italian Americans keeping the tradition alive. The richness and history of these feasts are at the heart of Italian-American faith culture, according to Eric Lavin, the direc...

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Order Sons of Italy In America – Lodge 2561 held their Annual Basil Ricci Memorial Charity Golf Outing at the Knoll West Country Club in Parsippany on Thursday, July 13. Mother Nature was generous and treated all in attendance to a gorgeous day, with bright blue skies and a slight breeze to offset the near 90-degree temperature. A little hot weathe...

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Perhaps the No. 1 bestselling dish at Osteria del Corso, a regional Italian restaurant and bar in South Orange, is the rigatoni carbonara. "It is flying out of the kitchen," said Billy Koester, who co-owns the restaurant with chef Kris Welz. The pasta, like all the pasta at Osteria Del Corso, is made in house. Koester notes that the restaurant is n...

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The team behind Isola, a new Italian restaurant in Beach Haven. From left to right in the back appears executive pizza chef Dylan Walenciak, co-partner Mario Famularo, general manager and co-partner Tony Marinho, executive chef Ermelindo Firmani, and (in front) team members Rosa Luisi and Marysol Duffy. A Pinoli pizza (pine nuts, Fior di Latte, Ric...

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Live music returns this year to the six-day St. Ann's Italian Festival, one of Hoboken's most beloved annual events. The festival kicks off again this Friday, celebrating its 113th year. The festival was canceled in 2020 during the pandemic, and then slowly has built back, with DJ's providing music last year. This year, the festival will have a ful...

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Gioia Mia, which translates to "My Joy" has taken over the spot formerly held by Fascino, at 331 Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair. The restaurant is now run by Mary Cumella, who was general manager of Fascino, with Logan Ramirez, who was chef de cusine at Fascino, serving as an executive chef. Cumella said she had planned to open Gioia Mia at another l...

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We've seen some giant Italian markets opening up across New Jersey over the last few years. One of the newest ones may not be big on space but it's huge on quality and variety. It's in the quaint quiet town of Allentown, NJ. It's called La Vucciria, after a very famous ancient open-air market in Palermo, Sicily.  The owners, the LoPresti family com...

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