Cento Amici to induct NJ real estate leaders, Medal of Honor recipient
The nation’s newest Medal of Honor recipient, Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, and New Jersey real estate partners and leaders Jack Morris and Joseph Marino will become the newest members of Cento Amici at the organization’s annual dinner Oct. 14 at the Stone House in Warren. Cento Amici (100 Friends) is a community-based, member organization dedicated t...
United Airlines Has a Brand New Italian Destination: Palermo, Sicily
Good news for U.S. travelers yearning to visit southern Italy: on Thursday, United Airlines announced a brand new flight from New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo, Sicily. It'll be the only daily nonstop flight from the U.S. to the capital city of the Italian island. The new route, which will launch on May 20, 2020, is espec...
Italy-based energy company opens Weirton manufacturing operation
An Italy-based energy company’s first permanent operation in the United States is now open in Hancock County. Pietro Fiorentini officials, state, city and county leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday in Weirton to open the energy company’s manufacturing operation. Gov. Jim Justice, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and 1st District Congres...
Christopher Columbus documents to be scanned digitally
By spring of this year, the Boal Mansion and Museum will have an exciting new feature to share with scholars, historians and anyone else interested in artifacts of antiquity. More than 100,000 pages of ancient documents will appear in digital form, thanks to the efforts of two pairs of dedicated technicians and a crew of volunteers. This project ta...
Two-day shipping or 113 years of experience? How an Italian Market kitchen shop plans to outwit Amazon.
Century-old pizzelle makers and chitarra pasta cutters hang from the ceiling over shelves of modern pressure cookers and Cuisinart air fryers. In a back corner, behind a wall decorated with family and employee photos and containers of coffee beans, Liana Ottaviani flips through the store’s 1962 mail-order catalog. “Look, we still have these,” Ottav...
Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs Wins Design wins Design Excellence Awards
Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs, Inc., an acclaimed interior, event and product designer and past president of the New Jersey Chapter of ASID, has won three Design Excellence Awards. This annual competition is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Fifteen chapter interior designers won a...
This Philadelphia designer is making menswear more relaxed
Let’s face it: Relaxed menswear causes more problems than solutions. Without steadfast fashion rules — especially the tried-and-true blazer/tie combo — men started to both squeeze or swim in ill-fitting, dated looks that always seemed sloppy. Enter Francesco Reale, the 35-year-old owner and founder of Moda Matters. For summer, the aerospace executi...
Boglioli Milano To Open Shops At Riverside Location
Italian luxury menswear is coming to The Shops At Riverside next month, when Boglioli Milano opens a location at the mall. According to Simon Property Group, the mall’s owners, the regional flagship store, which will be located on Level One, will feature the full menswear collection. “We are thrilled to be a part of The Shops at Riverside as we fur...
This Italian Immigrant Has Been Barbering In Foggy Bottom For Nearly Sixty Years
Puglisi Barber Shop is busy on a Friday afternoon in mid-May. Chatter echoes through the small space as piles of hair expand on the floor. Tony Puglisi, the shop’s namesake, is in the back finishing up a cut. In a strong Sicilian accent, he can be heard over the din asking the customer if he likes his new ‘do. The answer, as it often has been over...
From Montclair to Montechiaro: Discovering Italy in the Local Architecture
From Montclair to Montechiaro: Discovering Italy in the Local Architecture, June 9, 2019, 2-5 pm at the Van Vleck House and Gardens (21 Van Vleck Street, Montclair) RSVP here. Montclair’s transformation, from a bucolic country retreat known for its clean air and apple orchards into one of the first and finest commuter suburbs of Manhattan, is due t...
AVVISO DI ASSUNZIONE DI IMPIEGATO A CONTRATTO TEMPORANEO DA ADIBIRE AI SERVIZI DI COLLABORATORE AMMINISTRATIVO PRESSO L'AMBASCIATA D'ITALIA A WASHINGTON
E’ indetta la selezione per l’assunzione presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington di un impiegato con contratto temporaneo (della durata di sei mesi) da adibire ai servizi di Collaboratore Amministrativo. Possono candidarsi coloro che siano in possesso dei seguenti requisiti alla data del presente avviso: abbiano compiuto il 18° anno di età; siano...
Tony Soprano’s House Hits the Market
The house that Tony Soprano called home is listing for sale 20 years after its television debut. The roughly 5,600-square-foot home in North Caldwell, N.J., where America’s favorite fictional mobster scooped up his morning newspaper and swam with ducks, is being listed for sale by the owners, Patti and Victor Recchia, at a “starting price” of $3.4...