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We've been licking our lips at photos and videos for months, but today, Chef Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran will finally prop open the front door of their new Italian restaurant in the Gayborhood.   Little Nonna's is the ladies' fourth restaurant and seventh business in the G'hood. It will seat 37 people inside and, when weather permits, a...

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Anthony D. Bruno II, M.D. has been chosen the Italian-American Association's Person of the Year. He will be honored at the association's annual Columbus Day banquet set for at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11 at the Genetti Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre.   A native of Pittston, Bruno is the son of Dr. Anthony Bruno, West Pittston;...

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Italian pride has erupted again this week in the wake of a comment made by a journalist in a Philadelphia news website. Here is what Helen Ubinas wrote in her column regarding Philadelphia's Italian Market ... "It's time to rename the not-so-Italian 'Italian Market.' The name of the market just doesn't reflect the reality of the street. I mean, ha...

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Members of St. Agnes Church will process through the borough's streets Sunday to mark the annual Feast of the Assumption for the 94th time.   The celebration, starting with a Mass and followed with a breakfast and procession through the borough's streets, marks the Roman Catholic Holy Day on Aug. 15, when the church recognizes the rising of...

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Paolo Nutini has announced several high profile media appearances and he will also be launching a North American headline tour in September in support of his new album. Nutini's new studio album, "Caustic Love", will be released in North America on September 6th. The album has already topped the charts around the world including in the UK, Ireland...

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By R.A. Monti   Louis Prima Jr. has to settle a bit of unfinished business at this year's Festa Italiana di Vander– grift.   "When we last played there (in 2011), we were on the stage for about two songs and then the skies opened up," says Prima, who will headline this year's installment of the festival Aug. 17. "We didn't get to put...

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by Andrea Canepari   Greater Philadelphia boasts one of the largest, and most accomplished, Italian-American communities in the United States. The birthplace of the United States of America, Philadelphia is a city deeply connected to Italian values and the Italian way of life, exemplified by the rich universities, museums, art centers and ne...

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Italian culture is stronger in four adjoining Eastern states than anywhere else in America.Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are home to the 22 U.S. markets that have the largest percentages of Italian-American residents, according to the latest federal data.The U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 American Community Survey asked respondents...

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By Joyce Gannon An upper floor of a historic Pittsburgh office tower seems an unlikely spot to find the North American headquarters of a European luxury mattress maker.   But in spacious digs in the century-old Arrott Building on Wood Street, employees of Italy-based Technogel are working to convince Americans that a cool, blue gel will giv...

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In January's issue of Packing World Magazine, it seems that Italy is no longer known for its fashion, food, and wine but also machinery used in production of craft beers! Part of running a business means using the most efficient products and machinery out there.   This is where Troegs Brewery in Hershey, Pennsylvania had to make a virtuous d...

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