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Steve Sacco

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Frank's Pizzeria Serves Up Italian & Sugary, Sweet, Smiles

Posted on January 8, 2013 at 1:44 pm

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Since 1972 Frank's Pizzeriain Newark along Bloomfield Ave. has delighted taste buds of hundreds of thousands of people who have come to enjoy freshly made Italian food. When you walk intoFrank's your senses are immediately satisfied with the smell of tomato sauce, garlic and slew of other Italian culinary delights that only a small Italian restaurant like Frank's can make.

While pizza of course is their main dish. Frank's makes every Italian dish imaginable from lasagna to minestrone soup to chicken parmigiana to Italian chicken and shrimp rolls.

But back to there main course of pizza- you would be surprised to know that buffalo chicken pizza is their number 1 seller!

Frank's Pizzeria is a most cherished place for Newarkers to meet up and enjoy a pizza, a soda and zeppoles. Often you will find "old timers" coming in after a parade on Bloomfield Avenue or The Saint Gerard feast and talk about the old times and shared memories of Frank's.

While I was there a little young girl named Samantha Giordano enjoyed her pizza and zeppoles with the proof all over her face sealed with a smile.

If you want to have mouth watering, great Italian food and shared memories that will live on forever, I highly recommend this little Italian restaurant nestled in the heart of the North Ward of Newark. It"s Frank's for good food, fun and friends and memories to last a lifetime.

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Steve Sacco

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A Praying Mantis in My Newark Garden

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Many people are under the false misconception that Newark is a complete urban jungle with only Brick and Mortar hence the Brick City. That as I know is certainly not true as I can attest to. As the winter months are quickly approaching, I though I would share a visitor who paid my Tomato and Basil garden a visit.

A Praying Mantis decided to perch himself on my Tomato and Basil plant and set up shop. They are extremely helpful in ridding your garden of bad insects. My father infact would regularly order Praying Mantis, Lady Bugs and other insects that are valuable to your garden.

While I took a photo of the Praying Mantis it was actually in the process of feeding on its prey- A Bee. It swooped down grapped the bee and was ready to take it down and at that point turned its head saw me and released it.

Did you know that Praying Mantis are cannibalistic-meaning they eat one another. Although rare female Praying Mantis will when hungry go after a male and eat him.

Getting back to my Newark Garden not only do I have Praying Mantis visting, but up until recently had a Peach tree that many in my neighborhood would happen upon and take one. This tree was planted by me when I was a youngster and the amazing part I grew it from a pit. Yes, A Pit!

So when you think of Newark as the Brick City remember right behind it the roots to many gardens grow and perhaps a Praying Mantis or two is watching over the garden too.

Take a look at my Praying Mantis in the video here on News 12 New Jersey and I also posted a video about the Mantis.

You will also see a recipe for my Basil in the magazine Inside Jersey in The January 2013 edition.

http://sections.nj.com/SS/Page.aspx?sstarg=&facing=false&secid=126969&pagenum=65

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This past summer in My Newark Garden I had a bumper crop of basil and in this Month's issue of  Inside Jersey  magazine chef Nancy Schneider gives her wonderful recipe of Basil Pesto sauce.
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Who Is the Hollywood Person of the Year?

TIME magazine named President Barack Obama their person of the year. Tell us who you think should win from our town!

By Ken Stone | December 27, 2012

On Dec. 19, Time magazine named President Barack Obama as their Person of the Year.

"For finding and forging a new majority, for turning weakness into opportunity and for seeking, amid great adversity, to create a more perfect union, Barack Obama is TIME's 2012 Person of the Year," Time managing editor Richard Stengel explained in his note to readers.

The magazine invited votes on 40 candidates, including Obama, Gabby Douglas and Kim Jong Un. Other options included The Mars Rover and the Higgs Boson Particle.

But who cares about the same-old, same-old? Who is Hollywood's Person of the Year—the man or woman who, in Timespeak, "most influenced the news this year for better or worse?"

Tell us your pick in the comment section below!

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Mrs. Petrillo's Kindergarten class at First Avenue School learned about the devastation at the shore that Hurricane Sandy caused first hand with stories from her own mother. Petrillo's mom's house at the shore suffered extensive damage and with the many other stories her students heard they were compellled to action. The call to action came in the form of creative expression from Mrs. Petrillo and her little students. Why not incorporate art by painting and decorating seashells she found along the shore in Long Branch,NJ, a shore town that also was hit hard by Super Storm Sandy. These decorative ornaments would go to the fundraising efforts for Restore The Shore.

Their efforts paid off and many people are spending 5 dollars to go to " Restore The Shore". When they receive their painted shell, they are immediately amazed at their creative expression that also has a poem on the back of the shell.

Tonight on News 12 New Jersey Mrs. Petrillo's class will be featured on News !2 New Jersey @ 8pm & 9pm with anchor Della Crews and tomorrow on News 12 New Jersey with Janine Strafaci @ 2:55, 3:55 and 4:55.

The following is a letter from Mrs. Petrillo detailing their fundraising efforts:

Dear Teachers and Staff,

As some of you may already know, my parents, along with other staff members were hit hard by the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy.  This tragedy has hit home for many of us in the First Avenue School community.

I feel a deep sense of responsibility in helping as many people as possible who have had their lives altered from this horrific event.  This obligation I have to help others is what motivated my class to create the Seashell Ornament Project.

My class will be painting and decorating shells that I personally found along the Long Branch beach this past summer.  On the back of each shell is a copy of a poem I found while rummaging through the debris left in my parent’s home in Bricktown.

These ornaments will be for sale starting the week of November 19th.  The cost of a shell is $5.  All proceeds collected will be donated to theRestore the Shore Fund.

Thank you for your help in making the world a little more brilliant by buying a SEASHELL ornament.                                 Toni Anne Petrillo and Kindergarten 129.

 A final note on their efforts during the week that they started their fundraising efforts they learned the word Altruistic. I must say on personal note not only did they learn the word,But They Defined It!

If you would like to give, you can contactNewarknews@hotmail.com.  Email

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