The Italian expansion from New Haven to North Haven

by Kent Pierce

North Haven has plenty of Italian people and businesses, but it doesn't have a Little Italy like Wooster Square in New Haven. Immigrants settled there fresh off the boat. Their children and grandchildren now live in suburbs like this. The one big exception? Some very recent immigrants who are burning up the bocce courts.

Italian immigrants brought lots of their culture to the United States. Bocce is one part of that culture that is still thriving today. It's a game that sounds simple on the surface.

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Source: http://wtnh.com/

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