New poetry by Newport News poet Ann Shalaski
Award-winning Newport News poet Ann Falcone Shalaski was born in Connecticut and "nurtured by a warm, loving, and at times loud Italian family," according to her website. Her second and newest book of poems, "Without Pretense," is dedicated to her parents, Fred and Seraphina Falcone. It is about her everyday experiences from childhood as a...
Bob Gaudio Named Italian American of the Year
By Nate Fluharty Its a distinct honor in the Ohio Valley to be named the Italian American of the Year. But this year's recipient is already living up the title. This week, Follansbee native Bob Gaudio was named the 2014 recipient. Gaudio has been an attorney in Wheeling for years, but in addition to his duties in the cou...
UNICO Lends Hand at Community Food Bank of NJ
by Fran Sullivan Volunteers from the Elizabeth Chapter of UNICO spent Saturday morning, April 18, at the Community Food Bank of NJ where they packed senior citizen boxes, food sorting, packaging, and other jobs as part of UNICO Service Day. UNICO is an organization dedicated to promoting and enhancing the image of Italian American...
NMCAL’S 4th Annual Roman Gala – 13 May
His Excellency, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Council of Families to be honored on Wednesday evening, May 13, 2015 at the Embassy of Italy, DC with a host of Ambassadors and Washington Business Leaders. Ambassadors, Senators and Congress members, Roman Catholic Clergy, artists, business leaders and patrons of the...
Un molfettese sindaco di Little Ferry
È molfettese, si chiama Mauro Raguseo, ed è il sindaco di Little Ferry, cittadina del New Jersey. Al suo terzo mandato. Un successo senza precedenti. Mauro è molfettese d'America di seconda generazione ed è stato anche il primo molfettese a diventare Mayor negli States, un orgoglio per la città di Molfetta. Occuperà la poltrona di primo ci...
Verdi’s Requeim to be performed in Scranton, Kingston
The Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra will join with four professional opera singers, the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania and the Marywood University Campus Choir to present two performances of the magnificent Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1. The Saturday performance will be given at 7:30...
Joseph R. Polito Jr., 77, lawyer
by Bonnie L. Cook Joseph R. Polito Jr., 77, of West Chester, a lawyer and civic volunteer so devoted to his home turf that friends called him "Mr. Chester County," died Sunday, June 19, of cancer at Neighborhood Hospice, West Chester. He had been diagnosed in 2011, his family said. Born on Valentine's Day, Mr. Polito was the first so...
With new projects, Little Italy faces change
Little Italy, nestled at the foot of the Jones Falls Expressway close to the Inner Harbor, has been a low-slung quarter of rowhouses, family restaurants and ravioli church suppers for as long as any Baltimorean can remember. While the neighborhood's narrow streets and Formstone facades have endured, its denizens have watched warily as near...
2017 Scholarship Applications Availible
Each Spring we hold our Annual Scholarship Breakfast, drug at this event the Society present 10 $1000 scholarships in memory of Italian American Police Officers that lost their lives in the line of duty. These scholarships are available only to the children or grandchildren of members who are college bound high school seniors. Members must...
U.S. Congressman Tom Marino to be Honored by the Order Sons of Italy’s in America
The Order Sons of Italy will honor U.S. Congressman Tom Marino with the Guglielmo Marconi Award on August 17, 2013, during its 53rd Biennial National Convention in Philadelphia. The Guglielmo Marconi Award, the OSIA's highest honor, is named for the Nobel prize-winning Italian physicist who invented wireless telegraphy. It is presented biennially t...
Residents fondly remember Italian heritage in Pitcairn
by Kyle Lawson There was a time when the Italian Club on Eighth Street in Pitcairn was booming. "This was the place everybody came to on a Friday or Saturday night," treasurer Rich Tartaglione said. "And on a Sunday after church, every table was full." As Italians across the country celebrate their heritage on Columbus Day this y...
Photos of Guardiese immigrants sought for art exhibit
by Sarah Scinto The Scranton Chapter of UNICO National is looking for contributions to an upcoming First Friday art exhibit. The chapter, in conjunction with Pro Loco "I Longobardi" of Guardia dei Lombardi, Italy, hopes to find vintage photographs of Guardiese immigrants or their descendants who settled in Northeast Pennsylvania. &nb...