The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced the Union County's seventh annual Columbus Day Flag Raising event is set for Friday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m., on the steps of the historic Union County Courthouse. The keynote speaker/guest of honor is Paula Maida Mooney, an Italian-American author from Summit, who also works with HomeTowne Television, a local community TV media and production company based in Summit.

Her non-fiction book, "My Father's Last Meatballs: A Heavenly Entrée," is a compelling story, replete with moxie, humor and food. It deftly mixes an Italian immigrant family, the Second World War, Brooklyn in the 40s and 50s, the inevitable moves to the suburbs and a batch of relatives who grew up and grow old along the way.

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