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Pasquale Gervasio made it to America by stowing away on a boat from Italy, eating only lemons for two weeks. In 1936, he opened an Italian bakery in Trenton with a single brick oven, and over the years its grown from one bakery to a seven-location business that create fresh bread and baked goods that are standouts in a community filled with sp...

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On Friday June 24th, New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission participated in a dinner meeting with the Hon Vicenzo Amendola Undersecretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Undersecretary was in New York for official meetings at the United Nations, but made time to visit New Jersey to meet with the Italian America...

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In advance of the the 13th Annual Columbus Day Commemoration, members of Trenton Council Knights of Columbus, The New Jersey Italian American Heritage Commission, and community volunteers braved the weather and rain on Sat., Oct. 4 to clean Columbus Park around the statue.   This group included the following: Matt Tydryszewski, Don Povio, v...

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By Joyce J. Persico / For The Times   The American Dream comes in all shapes and sizes, often materializing in the most humble of circumstances.   In the case of Vincenzo Paxia, a Sicilian immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1958 without being able to speak English, that dream was fulfilled on a quiet, one-way street in the...

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For more information visit the San Felese Society of New Jersey website at www.sanfelesesocietynj.org   For more on the Feast read "Celebration of the Madonna di Pierno Feast" by Tom Frascella     Fonte: Magna Grece    

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By Rich Cuccagna   At a recent meeting held at the West Trenton Italian American Club, Cav. John Scarpati, President of the Mercer County Italian American Festival Association presented Richard Prunetti, President of the West Trenton Italian American Club with a check for their scholarship foundation.   This year's recipient is Lauren...

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On Monday, New Jersey Italian Heritage Commissioners met with New Jersey's Commissioner of Education David Hespe and Chief Academic Officer Kimberly Harrington to discuss how the NJ DOE can contribute to NJIHC's 2016 initiatives. Also in attendance were representatives from Ocean County Community College (OCC) and the Honorable Andrea Canepari, Con...

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By Carlos Avila The Parish Community of Our Lady of Angeles and the New Jersey Italian and Italian-American Heritage Commission in partnership with the Ocean County Columbus Day Parade Committee and Knights of Columbus, are sponsoring the 12 Annual Columbus Day Commemoration. The event will take place on Monday, Oct. 14 at Columbus Park in Trenton...

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By Lari Robling The bridge bearing the neon sign "Trenton Makes the World Takes" is a reminder of the time when New Jersey's capital city manufactured everything from toilets to pottery to wire cable. Trenton no longer makes a lot of what the world takes, and in no place is this more evident than the Chambersburg district. The primarily Italian n...

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by Mike Davis   At the close of business on Friday, Roma Bank, the 93-year-old community bank founded in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, ceased to exist as a business entity. While the sign on the bank's Town Center headquarters won't come down just yet, Roma Bank and Investors Bank on Friday took the final step in consummatin...

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