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Most people called Ludovico "Ludo" Nolfo, except Mayor Jimmy Davis, who always called him “Mr. Nolfo.” “Even as mayor, I called him Mr. Nolfo,” Davis said. “I couldn’t.” Davis’ comments came during the March 22 dedication ceremony of a plaque and plaza to commemorate Nolfo. The ceremony was appropriately held at the plaza that bears his name at Bac...

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Growing up in North Jersey, Italian delis were everywhere. I lived about a hundred yards away from one — the legendary Villaggio’s Deli in Ridgefield - for the first 20 years of my life, and it never dawned on me that having a place like this nearby was unique in any way. I always assumed that every region of America was also blessed with this part...

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A new gelato shop is setting up in Hoboken at 500 Washington Street, in a former convenience store. il laboratorio del gelato is a New York-based gelato shop that specializes in, you guessed it, creamy gelato available in an array of flavors. Read on to learn what to expect at the gelato shop coming to Hoboken. According to the website, il laborato...

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La Compagnie will debut a new route between New York (Newark Liberty International Airport) and Milan (Milan Malpensa Airport) starting April 15. The all-business class airline already offers services to Paris and Nice from New York. La Compagnie’s new service to Milan will offer five weekly flights (Thursday through Monday) departing at 9:40 p.m....

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Anthony Mangieri went back to Jersey and planned on staying there for good. It was 2019. The year before, the latest incarnation of his seminal Una Pizza Napoletana had opened on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to much fanfare, but was ultimately panned. Struggling to pay the rent, noose around his neck, Mangieri zeroed in on a space with big hydr...

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Michael O'Shea's death in 2013 affected many people in Bergen County: family, friends, fellow law enforcement officers, and numerous others. O'Shea's longest friend, Andrew Cotto, recently published a novel based on their lifelong friendship in Glen Rock, and about the grief that wracked him after O'Shea's death. O'Shea died of leukemia in 2013....

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The Trenton school board will host a community meeting Monday as it works to rename two elementary schools currently named after Woodrow Wilson and Christopher Columbus. School officials said earlier this week that a committee has been formed to rename Columbus Elementary School and Wilson Elementary School while following district policy, which op...

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Lawrenceville residents are buzzing about a new sign that went up this week. The sign is hung on the front of the old Maidenhead Bagel location on Main Street. It reads, "Coming Soon Eatalia Market and Kitchen." Hmmmm, I've never heard of it before, but, by looking at the sign, I think a new Italian market is coming to town. There are pictures of d...

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In 1946, the family gathered on Sunday afternoon at the home of one of my father’s uncles in New Jersey. The men sat around a large kitchen table drinking wine and snacking before dinner. The women were in the living room chatting.My father, Santo, and grandfather, Giuseppe Caltagirone, along with his brother-in-law, John Vena, were having a conver...

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The Nutley Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee announced the 2022 Honorees of the 40th Annual Columbus Day Parade at a Meet & Greet held at Mamma Vittoria on Monday, February 28, 2022. The 2022 Honorees are: Tina Cervasio – Grand MarshalLifetime Achievement – Delores Del Deo KirkItalian Heritage Award – Michael V. Calabro, Esq.Italian Business...

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