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by Peg DeGrassa The sun was shining and the crowd seemed in a festive mood last Sunday, June 7, at the Sixth Annual Italian American Heritage Festival in Rose Tree Park, Upper Providence. The Coalition of Italian American Organizations of Delaware County (CIAO Delco) and Eventfully Yours combined forces to create an event to celebrate Italian cult...

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by Joseph Pronechen It's been confirmed. The body — the major relics — of St. Maria Goretti, beloved by countless millions, is heading to the United States. When she arrives from Italy, the first public appearance will be on Sept. 21 at Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark, N.J. — public because she will initially be visiting a prison before that....

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by Denise Allabaugh   Dino's Pizza Express will open at 10 a.m. Monday in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The take-out only restaurant at 41 S. Main St. next to Thai Thai will sell new New York-style pizza slices for 99 cents and $1.99 with a topping, said owner Dominic Buonsante. Customers also can participate in a "Slice out hunger" campa...

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by Dave Desimone   When it comes to Italy's famed extra-virgin olive oils,terroir plays a critical role just as in wine. The authentic, top-quality oil comes exclusively from handpicked, freshly cold-pressed olives grown naturally only in Italy. Carlo Dozzi, a Pittsburgh-based importer and owner of Buon Sapore at One Oxford Centre, Down...

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Corona D'Italia Lodge #807 and Sons of Italy Lodge #608 proudly announce the awarding of the 2014 Corona D'Italia Memorial Scholarship to students Michael J. Butchelli, Ann Butchelli, and Alyssa M. Amadio.   The scholarship amount to be award to each student is $500.00. Michael and Ann Butchelli are grandson and granddaughter of member...

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Un giorno da ricordare. Così Rosetta Miriello, Presidente di Filitalia International, definisce lo scorso 1° giugno, quando a Phialdelphia, la Filitalia International & Foundation ha celebrato sia la Festa della Repubblica che l'apertura ufficiale del Museo della Storia dell'immigrazione italiana (HIIM).   All'evento, scrive Miriello "ha...

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by Peg DeGrassa   From one week to the next, we really never know how things will play out, and sometimes certain events and functions, to which we aren't looking forward, end up being the highlights of our week.   And so it went last week when I promised my friend I would go check out the new Italian Immigration Museum down on Passyu...

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The Italian American Association will hold its April Dinner Meeting on Friday, April 24 at Genetti Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre. Arrival time is 6 p.m. with dinner being served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person.   There will be music by Danny Argo & Friends until 10:15 p.m. For reservations or membership, call Louise...

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For the first time in more than two decades, the Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) hosted a stellar evening gala to celebrate its newest group of inductees on the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame. It was held at The Fillmore Philadelphia on October 26, 2015.   At the induction ceremony that took place during the day on the Avenue of the Arts...

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Ralph's Italian Restaurant Manager Ryan Rubino sat around idly for two decades while ownership changed hands at nearby 767 S. Ninth St., which was most recently neighborhood pub The Wishing Well. This time around, when the bar shuttered in October, sitting idly by didn't feel like an option.   "As soon as that [space] opened up, I thought, '...

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