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It’s been 500 years since Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano explored much of what is now America’s eastern seaboard in 1524. Officials from Rehoboth Beach, the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture, the Rehoboth Beach Sister Cities Association, and the Rehoboth-area chapter of UNICO gathered April 17 at the Verrazzano Monument i...

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Dear friends, I just came back from a magnificent Verrazzano Day in Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, the small town where the great explorer who first entered New York Bay 500 years ago was born. It was a beautiful day of friendship between Italy and the United States together with the Tuscan authorities, the new U.S. Consul in Florence Danela Ballard...

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Associazione Regionale Abruzzese (ARA) of Delaware County will hold its 29th annual dinner dance to honor those who contribute greatly to the community on Sunday April 28 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Oaks Ballroom by Anthony’s Catering, 511 W. Oak Lane, Glenolden. The event fosters Italian customers, language and customs and will be a fundraiser for St. Gab...

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A 500th anniversary celebration of the explorations of Giovanni da Verrazzano will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, rain or shine, at the Verrazzano Monument on the Boardwalk at Olive Avenue, Rehoboth Beach. Rehoboth Beach Mayor Stan Mills will open the program with an official proclamation. The history and placement of the monument on the R...

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April 17, 2024, marks the 500th anniversary of the first entry of someone from the Old World into New York Bay. It was, of course, an explorer from the lands now called Italy: Giovanni da Verrazzano. We the Italians could not miss this very important date with history. We talk about it with admiration, pride and gratitude, hosting a great researche...

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Delaware author and third generation Italian American, Jo-Ann Vega’s memoir, Moments in Flight, is a Bronze Medal Winner in the Classics Memoir category in Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Awards, 2023-2024. Started in 2005, Reader Views is one of the most prestigious and longest-running book award competitions on the indie publishing scene. Reader V...

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UNICO Rehoboth Area Chapter will conduct its annual thalassemia symposium and fundraiser from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 21, at St. Edmond’s education center in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Special guests will be Ralph Colasanti, the first person with this disease to serve as national president of the Cooley’s Anemia/Thalassemia Foundation, and Crai...

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Ursuline Academy, an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school for students from early childhood through 12th grade, received a $5 million commitment from Anthony N. Fusco Sr., a Delaware real estate developer. A release stated that this gift is the largest in Ursuline’s 130-year history and will have a widespread impact across the academy....

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Beebe Healthcare's Rehoboth campus is now Abessinio Health Campus, following a $6 million donation from Rocco and Mary Abessinio and family. It's the second-largest philanthropic gift the 108-year-old Beebe Medical Foundation has ever received. The Abessinio Health Campus, includes Beebe's Specialty Surgery Hospital, Outpatient Surgery Center, Tunn...

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UNICO Rehoboth Area Chapter celebrates Italian heritage and culture with the annual Italian Movie Night each year in January. A segment from the “Don Matteo” series is shown, in Italian with English subtitles, while members enjoy food from Nicola Pizza, popcorn and other snacks. Proceeds from this event are used to prepare Easter baskets for childr...

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