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Congratulations to the newly elected Council of the Little Italy Lodge, a Sons of Italy organization, and to those elected to positions supporting the Lodge for the 2013-2015 term - Trustees, State Delegates and Arbitration Committee. The Lodge especially thanks the Nominations Board Chair, Barbara Goodman, and her committee.   The Nominatio...

Sabato 13 aprile, a Boston, durante la riunione annuale del Comitato dei Presidenti dei Comites, Maurizio Pasquale è stato eletto a coordinatore dell'Intercomites USA. Al presidente del Comites di Boston, che è anche membro ed esponente del CTIM, Vincenzo Arcobelli, presidente del Comites di Houston e coordinatore del CTIM Usa, ha espresso a nome...

Le mele e le pere italiane presto potrebbero avere il semaforo verde per entrare nel mercato degli Stati Uniti. Il condizionale, in questo caso, e' d'obbligo, anche se nel settore si respira un'aria di cauto ottimismo in merito alla trattativa in corso. Lo anticipa il Corriere ortofrutticolo. Il Cso, Centro Servizi ortofrutticoli, per il comparto...

The sights, the sounds, as well as the inside scoop on the 84th annual Saint Rocco Grande Festa. Held every second weekend in August for the past 84 years on the streets of Edgeworth in Ward 2, the Feast has become one of the last vestiges of Malden's storied past, a tradition held close to those of us who grew up in this great city of ours, who g...

Roberto Pomili, composer, conductor and international musician, is considered one of the best tango double bass players and composers of his generation. Musical reviews have said that Pomili deserves not only to be heard but seen playing to fully understand and appreciate his authentic identification in Tango music.   Since 1995 he has had t...

The Lido Civic Club was honored to present a Public Service Award on July 17 to Mario Mastrangelo, a Montgomery County Police Detective, for his unselfish act of heroism in saving the life of a Montgomery County, Md. woman. On April 24, on his way to taking his children to "take your kids to work day," Detective Mastrangelo saw smoke billowing from...

By Emily Everson The West Essex High School Student Council recently hosted an Italian feast for support staff in the High School Cafeteria. Aides, secretaries and maintenance staff feasted on meatballs, penne vodka and pumpkin pie.   The Student Council also honored Salvatore Provenzano, who works in maintenance/plumbing, as the Support St...

by Ron Devlin   A fifth-grader at Amity Elementary Center journeyed more than 100 years into the past to create an essay that's competing for national honors in a contest conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution.    "A Child's Journey Through Ellis Island" by Sarah Soriano, 11, has won the organization's awards for B...

Village Square was the site of the annual Spring Gala for the Italian Heritage Festival Saturday night. The night featured presentations of the new Regina Maria, the maids of honor, and the senior, junior, and minor courts. The new Regina Maria is Chelsea Boyles, a 23-year old from Shinnston.   She'll be officially crowned during the fe...

by Linda Tyssen Kathy Frank had opened the shop before 5:30 a.m., as she's done for more than 25 years. She put the coffee on and prepared for the regulars to arrive. Only this Friday, July 17, was to be bittersweet, the last day for business at the Eveleth Italian Bakery. "It's a sad day," Dominic Rauzi of West Eveleth said as stepped inside...

A visit to Carnegie Museum of Art's Neapolitan presepio, one of the finest Nativity scenes of its kind, has been a Pittsburgh holiday tradition since 1957. Handcrafted by artisans between 1700 and 1830, the presepio features lifelike figures and colorful details that re-create the Nativity within a vibrant panorama of 18th-century Italian vill...