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Columbus Day Parade 2021 Committee Officers Parade Chairperson . . . . . . . . . . Cavaliere Susan R. LaMorte Parade Co-Chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Costa Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Costa Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Freda Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vito Matturro

Columbus Day Parade 2021 Committee Members Rev. Father Tom Nicastro Bill Freda Pasquale Meola Diane Stanzione Edie Peters Liguori

Melissa Matturro Jeanne Lombardi Joseph Gencarelli Anthony Santasieri Vincent Cozzarelli

Parade Founders John V. Kelly

James Donadia

Columbus Day Parade 2021 Honorees Grand Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony J. Pope Lifetime Achievement Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John S. Zarra Italian Heritage Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent S. Socca Italian Business Leader Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Biondi Jr. Nutley Italian Man of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Cafone Nutley Italian Woman of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nella Cicchino Belleville Italian Man of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin Giardina Lutz Belleville Italian Woman of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Perna Renaissance Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Chieffo and Brian Banda Community Excellence Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Ellen Clyne

All parade photos in this special section were taken by Steve Ellmore at previous Nutley–Belleville Columbus Day Parades.

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The 39th annual Nutley–Belleville Columbus Day Parade The Nutley–Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee is hosting the largest Italian American event in Essex County.

The 39th annual Columbus Day Parade is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10.

The parade route starts at Belleville High School, proceeds north on Franklin Avenue and ends at Nutley High School. The parade reviewing stand will be at Franklin Avenue at the Oval in Nutley.

The Nutley–Belleville Columbus Day Parade was born out of a community spirit that encompassed the local Italian Americans living in Nutley and Belleville.

Back in the early 1980s, the parade committee was founded by Belleville resident Vincent “Jimmy” Donadia and Nutley resident John V. Kelly. Both men invested $1,500 toward the event.

Now in its 36th year, the parade continues to grow with each year, improving on the last while at the same time holding onto the vision inspired by the original founders.

The parade organization is staffed by a dedicated group of hardworking volunteers who bring their individual expertise and experience to the table. It takes a tremendous amount of fundraising, planning, emails, telephone calls, text messages and meetings to put on these events — but they are able to pull it off each year.

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Pope named 2021 Grand Marshal Anthony J. Pope 2021 Grand Marshal For Anthony Pope, the journey began on the streets of Newark when he walked the beat as a young patrol officer.

However, it was soon obvious to all that the young Pope walked to a different beat.

His extraordinary talents and abilities were quickly recognized as he was elevated to the rank of detective — the youngest in the department’s history. This experience in enforcing the law ultimately led him to his lifelong passion of practicing law.

Pope enrolled in Rutgers Law School, where he once again distinguished himself, both academically and in several mock trials, which are critical tests for every aspiring lawyer. Pope won the regional competition — a first for Rutgers Law School. Upon graduation, he went to work as an assistant prosecutor in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. This was followed by his entrance into private practice for an employer for a short stint.

In 1991, he took the major step of opening the Law Offices of Anthony Pope.

Today, Pope sits atop the legal profession in both criminal defense and complex civil litigation. And, while he practices law predominantly in New Jersey and New York, his reputation is national in scope.

The cases he has been involved in and won are too numerous to mention. He has protected the interest of hundreds of Americans who have been brought into the

criminal justice system and has zealously upheld their constitutional rights. He has also won hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients, who have sometimes had extraordinary physical and emotional hardship wrongly visited upon them.

Pope has also defended from the very beginning of his career hundreds of police officers who, from time to time, are accused of very serious allegations in the performance of their duty. He has always had a special appreciation of law enforcement — one of the most difficult jobs in the world — and an understanding of his clients’ limited resources to put toward good representation.

Pope has been awarded the distinction

by the New Jersey Supreme Court of being a certified civil trial attorney and a certified criminal trial attorney. Fewer than 50 attorneys in the state hold both board certifications.

Pope is a staunch contributor to the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the ASPCA. He has been a legal analyst and guest commentator on “20/20,” “60 Minutes,” CNBC, HLN and Court TV, and a regular legal commentator for the “Dr. Phil Show” and “Ask the Lawyers.”

He has also received numerous honors and awards. He was voted a New Jersey “Super Lawyer” by his peers and has been selected as one of the state’s best attorneys every year from 2005 until present.

In 1997, he was honored as “Italian American of the Year” by the Italian Tribune News, and in 2006 he was recognized as “Humanitarian of the Year” by the Columbian Foundation. The Newark Policemen’s Benevolent Association named him “Attorney of the Year” in 1994.

He was named one of the “Top Attorneys in New Jersey” by New Jersey Monthly Magazine from 2011 to the present, and in 2014-15 was named one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by National Trial Lawyers.

In 2015, Pope was named one of the “Nation’s Top One Percent” by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

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Zarra recognized for achievements Joseph Zarra Lifetime Achievement Award Joseph Zarra grew up in Belleville, graduating from Belleville High School in 1969. Zarra and his wife, Donna, met in high school; they have been married for 43 years and moved to Nutley in 1982.

Joe and Donna Zarra have been blessed with two daughters: Erica, who teaches English, and Jessica, who is a school social worker. Erica is married to Rob, who is a physical education teacher; and their son, Alexander, is in kindergarten.

Zarra is in his 47th year as an educator.

Since retiring from Nutley in 2011, Zarra has served as the Essex County executive superintendent for the New Jersey Department of Education. He oversees 23 school districts and 21 charter schools, as well as 19 state-approved schools for special education.

Zarra started his career as a substitute teacher in Belleville. He then taught at Seton Hall Preparatory School, before joining the Nutley School District in 1982.

He worked in the Nutley School District for 30 years. While in Nutley, he served as a social studies and special education teacher. As an administrator, Zarra held several positions, including director of summer school, department chair, athletic director, high school vice principal and high school principal, before his appointment as superintendent of schools in January 2005.

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While Zarra was at Nutley High School, two graduating classes dedicated their yearbook to him.

Zarra earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Montclair State University and a master’s degree in public school administration from Seton Hall University. He holds certifications as a chief school administrator, principal, teacher of special education and teacher of social studies.

He taught graduate school classes at Kean University, was president of the Essex County Superintendent of Schools Association and was a member of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s executive committee. Zarra also served in the New Jersey National Guard for 20 years.

Additionally, Zarra is a trustee at Essex County College. He was recently honored Most noteworthy, as superintendent, by the New Jersey Association of CommuZarra oversaw a complete curriculum nity Colleges for his contributions to review, created an in-district elementary Essex County College.

Zarra is a member of Nutley UNICO school program for children with autism, established all-day kindergarten, and and the Third Half Club of Nutley.

He feels so humbled by this honor. He oversaw an ambitious $90 million faciliis thankful for his many blessings: his ties renovation to all seven schools.

Additionally, Zarra was an assistant family; growing up in Belleville; living, football coach, wrestling coach and crew working and raising a family in Nutley; coach, earning several Wrestling Coach many wonderful friends and mentors; the of the Year honors. He has been inducted incredible opportunities he has been into the Belleville Athletic Hall of Fame given; and his Italian heritage.

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Scoca wins the Italian Heritage Award Vincent C. Scoca Italian Heritage Award Vincent C. Scoca was born and raised in Belleville. He is a lifelong resident of Essex County.

All four of Vincent’s grandparents were born in Italy and instilled in him pride for his heritage and encouraged him to promote, protect and preserve his Italian heritage, values and traditions.

Scoca earned a Bachelor of Arts from Seton Hall University in 1976. He attended and graduated from Rutgers Law School in 1982, earning a Juris Doctor.

He served as an assistant Essex County prosecutor from 1983 to 1985.

Scoca has been practicing law for 39 years; his office is located in Bloomfield, and he specializes in criminal law. Scoca is also the chairperson of the Criminal Law Committee of the Essex County Bar Association.

Scoca serves as a commissioner for the Essex County Improvement Authority.

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Business Leader Award goes to a Nutley native Anthony A. Biondi Jr. Italian Business Leader Anthony A. Biondi Jr. is a native of Nutley and earned a degree in mortuary science from Mercer County Community College in 1988. He is proud to be a thirdgeneration funeral director and to continue the tradition of the family-owned funeral home. He is the son of Anthony Biondi Sr. and Mickey Biondi.

Biondi Jr. is the manager of the Biondi Funeral Home and is proud to provide the community with the finest facility and the largest parking area supervised by attendants, and what he has learned as a Rotarian: “service above self.” Biondi Jr. is actively involved in St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Council No. 2346 of Nutley, a member of the Nutley Rotary Club, and a member of the National and NJ State Funeral Directors associations. He is also a past officer of the Nutley Elks Lodge No. 1290.

In his work, Biondi Jr. strives to embody service above self and to pay personal attention to all details. Biondi Jr. became licensed in 1988 and is now the manager of the family-owned and -oper-

ated business. He is happily married to Lisa and resides in Nutley.

Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley brings a strong presence to the community, and has always been sought out by families for its fine facility and attentive and compassionate service. As always, the business stands committed not only to the families it serves, but also to local community involvement.

Clyne honored for her commitment to community Mary Ellen Clyne Community Excellence Award Mary Ellen Clyne is the president and chief executive officer of Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility located in Glen Ridge and Montclair; Clyne has held this position since 2010. She oversees all initiatives supporting the delivery of patient care, financial stability, strategic planning, capital improvements, renovations, new construction, quality, performance improvement, patient experience, patient safety and community relations for the medical center. She brings more than 30 years of diverse health care experience as a registered nurse, adjunct professor, prolific author, researcher and seasoned health care executive, who has a proven track record of clinical growth and an expansive knowledge of the Affordable Care Act and population health innovation.

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and distinguished career in nursing at the General Hospital Center at Passaic, the Hospital Center at Orange and Overlook Hospital.

Clyne is the first person to earn undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in nursing at Seton Hall University, where she has served as a clinical and adjunct professor. Clyne has presented many poster sessions, authored peer-reviewed and published papers, and is a contributing author for a textbook chapter called “Strategic Planning, Goal-setting and Marketing” in “Leading and Managing in Nursing,” edited by Patricia S. YoderWise, for the fifth, sixth and seventh editions, published in 2011, 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Clyne served and continues to serve on multiple boards and professional organizations, including Barnabas Health Accountable Care Organization; the New Jersey Hospital Association’s Health Research and Educational Trust and its

Audit and Compliance Committee; the Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey, for which she is a former member of the board of directors and treasurer; New Jersey Nurses Association; American Nurses Association; the New Jersey Hospital Association Patient Care Advisory

Group; the Health Care Advisory Board’s Nursing Leadership Institute; the Seton Hall University College of Nursing Advisory Council; the Jersey City University College of Nursing Advisory Board; and the Fairleigh Dickinson University Alumni Board for Continuous Education.

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Chieffo earns a 2021 Renaissance Man title Michael Chieffo Renaissance Man Michael Chieffo is a proud Italian American who was born and raised in Belleville. His mother, Gail Chieffo, still resides in Belleville; his father, Michael Chieffo Sr. passed away. Michael Chieffo and his wife, Michele, have three children, Luke, age 12; Christian, age 7; and Michael, age 4.

Chieffo went through the Belleville public school system, starting at School No. 3, then middle school and Belleville High School. He graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, majoring in communications and minoring in business.

His grandparents, who were from Calabria, Italy, and his parents instilled in him love for his heritage, values and traditions, having Sunday dinners as a family and just being all together.

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Renaissance Man goes to Belleville’s Banda Brian Banda Renaissance Man Brian Banda was born in 1984, is thirdgeneration American and was raised in Belleville. He attended Belleville No. 5 Elementary School and graduated from Belleville High School, Class of 2002. He continued his education by obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Montclair State University School of Business and an MBA from Walden University.

His professional career spans 15 years in commercial banking, with a focus on real estate and development. Banda is also a real estate investor in the Belleville and Nutley area. He continues to reside in Belleville and has served on the Belleville Planning Board. He is an active member of the community through his work in the civic associations Better Belleville and Green Belleville.

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Perna named Belleville Italian Woman of the Year Elaine Perna Belleville Italian Woman of the Year A Belleville native, Elaine Perna grew up on Division Avenue, attended Elementary School No. 7 and later graduated from Belleville High School. Throughout her high school years, she was involved in many student activities; she was a twirler, a member of the National Honor Society and a Future Business Leader. In addition to having been an exemplary student, she also oversaw the Belleville Recreation Department’s girls activities in the evenings and on the weekends.

While in Belleville High School, she met her future husband, Nicholas Perna.

Her husband is currently employed by the Essex County Schools of Technology District. The Pernas have two children together.

Their daughter, MarLynn, graduated from West Essex High School and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University in international studies. MarLynn and her husband, Joe, have two children, JP and Tessa, and reside in Chevy Chase, Md. Their son, Nicholas, also graduated

from West Essex High School and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at George Washington University in business administration. Nicholas and his wife, Renee, have a daughter, Sophia, and reside in Jersey City.

To this day and always, Perna’s proudest personal achievement has been her children, and she treasures any time she gets to spend with them and her grandchildren.

While her children attended elementary and high school, Perna was always involved in PTA activities. She is past president of both and served on several committees. She was a member of the Junior Women’s Club and always eagerly contributed to several community services.

Perna’s business background began in the pharmaceutical industry, but she was always seeking to launch her own business. Finally, in 1973, after determining a need in the marketplace and local community, she founded Sandy Lane Nursery School. The school’s doors opened with a modest enrollment of seven children and three teachers. Today, some 46 years later, Sandy Lane has a total enrollment of

185 students and 35 employees. Having grown over the years, the school remains dedicated to providing families in the Essex County area with a warm, nurturing and inclusive learning environment for their children.

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Lutz named Belleville Man of the Year Martin Giardina Lutz Belleville Italian Man of the Year Martin Lutz is grandson to Salvatore Giardina and Angelina Cucchiara, who immigrated to the United States in 1918 from Nissoria and Agira in Sicily; son of Carolina P. (Giardina) Lutz, who raised two sons on her own with the help of her three brothers, Tom, Pat and Paul Giardina. Marty Lutz was born in 1965 in Orange and lived in the Vailsburg section of Newark until the age of 10, when his mother moved the family to Carmer Avenue in Belleville.

While moving into the apartment on Carmer Avenue, Lutz and his brother, Sterling, were met by the local neighborhood children and immediately asked if they were the new children moving in, which led to playing football on the concrete street that Carmer Avenue once was.

Growing up at Carmer Avenue and King Street meant going to work with all your friends’ fathers, brothers and uncles, who in that neighborhood were bricklayers and concrete masons. Lutz continued that trade for 28 years. To this day, he still has the same friends he met there 44 years ago — a common experience in Belleville.

Lutz attended St. Mary’s School and graduated in 1979, then attended Belleville High School, graduating in 1983.

Lutz wanted to follow in his uncle Tom’s footsteps and become a firefighter after frequently visiting him as a child at Engine 26 /Ladder 12 in Newark. So, he joined the Belleville Auxiliary Fire Department in 1988 and remained until 1991, when he was hired full time.

He ultimately completed the ranks of

lieutenant, captain, battalion chief and deputy chief. He also served as Office of Emergency Management coordinator for the township of Belleville and vice president for the New Jersey Deputy and Battalion Career Fire Chiefs Association. He

retired after a long and fulfilling career in February 2021.

Through his career, Lutz responded with Belleville Fire Department task forces on several occasions to the World Trade Center site in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and was on the Belleville Arson Squad for six years, commanding the unit for two years.

He has received numerous certifications from attending the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., and as a graduate of the Rutgers Certified Public Manager Program.

For years, whether on duty or off, along with other members of the Belleville Fire Department, Lutz cooked for the homeless and delivered food to local shelters.

He is committed and dedicated to volunteering and helps with fundraising for Alzheimer’s New Jersey. He is also a longtime supporter of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

His greatest claim to fame was that he was the first winner of the Columbus Parade Homemade Wine Competition!

Children. NAEYC is a professional organization that promotes excellence in early childhood education. Recently, Sandy Lane has also become an active participant with Grow NJ Kids, an organization that strives to raise the quality of child care and early learning across the state, and ensure children are provided with the best possible early learning opportunities.

Additionally, Perna has been invited to join several professional associations and collaborate with institutions such as Montclair State University to continue to draw attention to the importance of early childhood education and steadily improve the standards of care.

Perna continues to foster a strong relationship with the town of Belleville, the local community and the high school by regularly participating in community events, offering programs for high school transitional students to get a firsthand experience working in the field of child care, as well as making plans to collaborate with the local Board of Education to host their public preschool program.

Being an active part of the Belleville community continues to be her mission.

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Cicchino named Nutley Italian Woman of the Year Nella Cicchino Nutley Italian Woman of the Year Nella Cicchino was born in the Molise region of Italy and spent her early childhood in the picturesque town of Castelpetroso before immigrating with her family to Nutley. After graduating from Nutley High School, Cicchino attended Fairleigh Dickinson University. There she earned a bachelor’s degree in hospitality administration and management. She spent most of her professional career at the former banquet facility The Landmark. For nearly three decades she successfully hosted social, corporate and nonprofit events.

Cicchino’s trilingual skills, experience with international foods and customs, and her easy-going, calming personality gave her an edge, especially in the wedding industry. Many of her clients have become lifelong friends.

Cicchino presently owns Mamma Vittoria Catering on Franklin Avenue in Nutley; she feels very fortunate to be able to live and work in a beautiful town such as Nutley.

Cicchino is a member of Nutley UNICO and Nutley Women Networking Group.

She has been a passionate animal lover and activist for most of her life. Prior to the birth of her son, she was very active in the animal rescue community and cofounded CATS, which stands for Care and

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The most important aspect of her life is her role as a mom. She is the proud mom of her son, Pax, a pre-med student at Seton Hall University. In addition to teaching Pax the Italian language, customs and traditions, she also makes a point of teaching him the importance of filling one’s life with experiences instead of things. Cicchino feels fortunate to have been blessed with a culturally rich Italian and American background that she is proudly passing on to the next generation.

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Cafone honored as 2021 Man of the Year in Nutley Paul Cafone Nutley Italian Man of the Year Paul Cafone is one of seven children born to James and Rosina Cafone. His father was born in the Avondale section of Nutley, while his mother was born in Acri, in the province of Cosenza, Italy, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 16. Paul Cafone grew up alongside his siblings in Nutley, where he attended St. Mary’s School and graduated from Nutley High School in 1980.

Cafone began his career in the township of Nutley’s Department of Public Safety in 1982. He was a police dispatcher and briefly a police officer before he was then hired by the Nutley Fire Department, where he transitioned from being a fire inspector to firefighter, and then advanced to the position of captain. He is currently the deputy fire chief, overseeing the fire department and in charge of its day-to-day operations.

In 1991, Cafone married his wife, Denise, and moved to Fairfield, where they currently reside. Together, they have four children: daughters Meghan, Jenna and Marissa, and son Paul Jr. This year the Cafones welcomed daughter-in-law Bianca Palma and son-in-law Michael Markey into their family. Paul Cafone will become a grandfather for the first time in December.

When his children were young, Cafone was an active volunteer, coaching many youth sports including T-ball, baseball, softball, basketball and wrestling. He was a past member and president of the Fairfield Board of Education, as well as one of the founding members of the Fairfield UNICO. He is currently a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Municipal Alliance Committee’s drug and alcohol awareness committee, and now sits as chairperson on the township of Fairfield’s Planning Board.

In his free time, Cafone enjoys the tradition of Sunday dinner with his family.

He also enjoys hunting, fishing and relaxing on the beach. He feels his Italian heritage encompasses “family, respect, honor and good work ethic.”

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