The Cedar Grove Chapter of Unico National is accepting applications for its annual scholarship awards. This year the chapter will be awarding several Cedar Grove resident high school seniors $1,000 awards. In addition to the local chapter scholarships there are eight district and national awards for undergraduates and two awards for post graduate s...

The Columbian Foundation hosted their 74th Annual Humanitarian, Achievement, and President's Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 17 at at Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. Honorees included the Foundation's first ever father/son duo, Senator Anthony R. Bucco and his son, Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco, East Hanover Mayor Joseph Pann...

Doheny's Swim Forward ScholarshipSponsor: Doheny.com online retail companyAmount: $500.00 Eligibility: Senior who displays disciplined leadership skills as well as team spirit towards an aquatic pursuit.Applicant has to be a member of a school aquatics sport team, local aquatic club or league, or hold a lifeguard position. Considered in acade...

Application deadline is July 31 for The Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation's scholarship applications for those high school students who meet the following eligibility criteria.   Candidates must establish Italian Ancestry and reside in Southeast Lower Michigan, candidates must have completed their junior year of high sch...

By Christian Araos The Order Sons of Italy will host its annual Italian Feast starting Wednesday Aug. 26 at Michael J. Tully Park. The festival will open at 6 p.m. on the Aug. 26 and will run through Sunday Aug. 30. It will be open from 6-11 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 3-11 p.m. on Saturday and 3-10 p.m. on Sunday. There will be fire...

The Order Sons of Italy in America Lodge 2700 presented its 2015 Joseph Caldarone Memorial Scholarship to (from left) Marissa Politano of Tinley Park, who plans to major in medical lab science with a minor in music at Illinois State University; Victoria Schwieger of Chicago, who plans to major in engineering at Purdue University; Skylar Blasz of Ch...

Women's Italian American Civic League will be rewarding 2 scholarships of $1,500.00 each. The deadline for the application is February 12, 2014. Eligibility: An applicant must be of Italian ancestry and a 2014 high school graduate. Criteria: The scholarship is awarded based on American Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) college entr...

Ten young adults from the Lawrence area were each awarded a $500 scholarship toward tuition or fees at colleges or tuition-based high schools as part of the second annual Giangrande Family Scholarship Award. The award ceremony was held July 27 at Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Health and Technology Center at Northern Essex Community College in Lawrence....

I sette giovani chef americani - Christofer Olkoire (John Besh restaurant group - New Orleans), Ben Umstead (RN74 - Seattle, Washington), Bobby Little (Ai Fiori - NY), Plyraharn Ansuron (Maketto - Washington), Justin Zawoysky (Volt Restaurant - Frederick, Maryland), Sarah Brewer (Brewers Hideaway Farm - Rising Sun, Maryland), Caitlin Koether (Bar T...

Senator David Carlucci (D) announced today that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $2,000 scholarships to be awarded June 9 at their Annual Legislative Conference Day.   "Given the high costs of college, every opportunity must be made by local students and their working famili...