Amalfitani Hit The Streets
Some came for the memories and to see old friends. Others came to introduce a fourth and even fifth generation of local Italian-Americans to enduring traditions. Almost everyone came to taste the sausage and peppers, the pasta e fagioli, and the fried mozzarella Yet others come to plumb the mysteries of the secret sauce. Those were some of the reas...
118th St. Andrew's Italian Festa to begin
If you're interested in indulging in some Italian favorites this weekend, there's a century-old celebration happening in New Haven. The Saint Andrew the Apostle Society in New Haven is kicking off its four day Italian Festa celebration at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday night in New Haven. It's the event's 118th anniversary. There will be food and musical e...
Frank Pepe’s quality is end result of 93 years of tradition
Gary Bimonte, grandson of Frank Pepe, said Frank Pepe put New Haven on the map for thin crust pizza. Frank Pepe founded the original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana on Wooster Street in New Haven in 1925. Since 2007, the family has expanded the original restaurant to 10 locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. The loc...
La Festa di San Giuseppe in Providence
Sunday, June 24th. 11:00AM to 2PM EDT. Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Ave, Providence RI 02909 On Sunday, June 24th we will celebrate Saint Joseph, a Mass in Italian will be celebrated at 11:00am at the Church of the Holy Ghost, Rhode Island's Mother Church for Italo Americans, following the Mass will be a procession of St. Joseph, along with sever...
‘Angry Mosquito’ Fiat 600 ready to buzz Barrett-Jackson auction
The Fiat 600 is usually a modest little car, tiny and rounded off, and powered by a miniscule 633cc engine in the rear that blasts out a mighty 28.5 horsepower. But the 1959 Fiat 600 that will be auctioned next week during Barrett-Jackson’s Northeast sale in Connecticut is something else altogether. Call it a resto-mod or a stoplight sleeper, this...
Pepe’s launching ‘Genuine Italian Tomatoes’ retail line
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, widely-known just as “Pepe’s,” has launched its own retail tomato line to the market, according to a release. The restaurant, founded in 1925 by Frank Pepe, is known for its New Haven-style pizza. Frank Pepe, who immigrated to the United States in 1909 at the age of 16, and fresh tomatoes were always at the center of...
Ciota brothers say Ciao in Lynn
Two local brothers got to see their film on the big screen right in their hometown. Frank and Joe Ciota may have been raised in Lynn, but their film, “Ciao America,” focuses on their Italian roots. Based loosely on the life of Joe and his time as the first American football head coach in Italy, the movie focuses on an Italian American who travels t...
As I See It: The reality of change in Worcester
Sitting at the kitchen table in the late-1960s, I recall listening to my parents lament “the new highway,” or what we commonly refer to today as “290.” Beginning at the shoreline of Lake Quinsigamond and stretching across the city to the border of Auburn, homes, backyards, schools, businesses, ponds, and playgrounds vanished. The new landscape upro...
Here’s a look back at memories from Momma Baldacci’s Restaurant
Bangor’s Baldacci family may today be better known for its political figures, including former Maine governor John Baldacci and former Bangor city councilor and mayor Joe Baldacci, but for most of the 20th century, they were known as restaurateurs. On Thursday, the building at 12 Alden St. in Bangor, which for more than 30 years housed Momma Baldac...
Salem’s Stellato joins gunnery athletics Hall of Fame
There isn’t much NFLPA certified agent and Salem native Sean Stellato didn’t accomplish during his athletic career. Stellato quarterbacked the Salem High football team to a Super Bowl appearance in 1994, helped lead the Witches boys basketball team to a state championship in 1995, earned a Division I scholarship to Marist and played professionally...
Italian runner wins race to highest peak in northeast US
A 24-year-old Italian man has become the first European to win an annual race up the highest peak in the northeastern United States. Cesare Maestri, of Borgo Lares, pulled away from three-time winner Eric Blake on Saturday at the halfway point of the 7.6 mile (12 kilometer) race to the 6,288-foot (1917-meter) summit of Mount Washington. He finished...
Lorenzo Petruzziello - Love Fool: A Rome-antic Comedy
Friday, June 22nd - 6PM to 7.30PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113. Alex recently moved to Italy for an opportunity at a PR firm in Rome. His first client is the beautiful Danish chef Pernille Bjørn, a popular model, TV personality, and cookbook author just entering the booming televised cooking show market in Italy. Alex’s single minde...