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In the first half of the twentieth century, Italian American women were born into a life of work. From as young as four or five years old, they were expected to assist in the house or on the farm, leaving school if necessary, to help support the family.   The stories of these women, who could keep up with any man, have been mostly provided b...

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by Alison A. Nieder   A 19th-century textile mill in northern Connecticut is currently humming with the activity of 40 looms making woolen and worsted fabrics for the American luxury market. The mill, founded as Warren Stafford in Stafford Springs, Conn., has been reopened and relaunched as American Woolen Co., a company with about 25 e...

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Carlo's Bakery, the setting of the hit TLC series Cake Boss, will open its doors in the Winter section of Casino of the Earth on Saturday, September 12th. Carlo's Bakery at Mohegan Sun is the brand's eleventh location and first ever New England venue. The bakery will offer all the same famous Italian pastries and specialty cakes that originated in...

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By Alex Gecan   Mayor Mario Bria, of Rose, Italy, first visited Stamford in 1999. The city has changed a lot since then, he said. Bria spent an hour Tuesday with Mayor David Martin, trading gifts and pastries as representatives of a new "sister city" arrangement.   Rose, which lies close to the southern tip of Italy in the Calabr...

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Si è tenuta ieri sera, 3 aprile, nella sede della UNICO National Connecticut District 1 a Milford, in Connecticut, la presentazione di "One Voice Coalition" (www.iaovc.org), un'organizzazione nazionale di attivisti Usa, dedicata esclusivamente a difendere il patrimonio e la cultura italo americana.   Presente all'evento anche Fucsia Nissoli,...

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34th Annual Sea Music FestivalJune 6th–9th, 2013 Mystic Seaport The Museum of America and the Sea75 Greenmanville AvenueMystic, Connecticut 06355(860) 572-5315   Read more   Fonte: Magna Grece    

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Joanna M. Leone, native Connecticut author of "Slices of Life Italian-American Stories" will be a special guest on WGCH 1490 AM radio on Friday, November 28th at 6:00pm.   " I am very excited about being on Bianca Tyler's radio show. We will discuss the special memories that warm people from Connecticut and the northeast have shared with me...

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by Kent Pierce   Italian in Connecticut week continues in Waterbury. The mills drew them to Waterbury and they left their mark with the architecture.   The brass mills and other industries in Waterbury were the big draw decades ago. The mills may have closed, but many of those Italian families are still thriving, and the Italian influ...

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by Ross Hinds   Fairfield, New Jersey is the most Italian place in the United States according to the United States Census Bureau, whose latest numbers came out earlier this month. Just more than half of residents — 50.3 percent — of its 7,475 residents claim Italian ancestry. Less than a percentage point behind, at 49.5 percent, i...

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The sponsors of the annual Southington Italian-American Festival have selected Community Services and Southington Community Cultural Arts to be the recipients of proceeds from the festival. The festival, sponsored by the Sons of Italy and UNICO, will take place Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 24, 25 and 26, on Center Street. UNICO festival coo...

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