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Parents in Stamford waiting for the temporary relocation of their children's preschool will have to wait a bit longer. The preschool at the Italian Center on Newfield Avenue was closed earlier this month due to a fire. The center's executive director, Paul Hickey, says he hopes the temporary location - at the nearby Jewish Community Center  - will...

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People love when comic Vic DiBitetto pokes fun at folks who, when they hear snow is coming, get frantic about buying bread and milk — as if their very lives depend on it. In fact, his viral video, “Bread & Milk” has more than 16 million views. But storm-prep obsessions are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all the things humans do that D...

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An Italian fast-casual chain restaurant is expected to open at the TA Travel Center in Milldale this summer. Fazoli’s, which serves pizza, pasta, sandwiches and other dinners, will open its first location in the northeast at the travel center, 1875 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, the company said in a statement. “Our mission at Fazoli’s is to serve Ame...

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Fazoli's, a Kentucky-based fast casual Italian chain, said Wednesday it is partnering with the TA Restaurant Group to open a new eatery in the Milldale section of Southington late this summer. The Southington restaurant would be the first of four restaurants across the country to debut with the two partners. Two others are planned Oklahoma and Texa...

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The Norwalk Sons and Daughters of Italy Pietro Micca Lodge No. 744 will mark a major milestone Saturday with a dinner, dance, scholarship awards and pride in its history. “With pride, we mark 100 years in Norwalk where we have been an integral part of the community and contributed to it,” wrote Pietro Micca Lodge President Marie Iannazzi in an invi...

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While New Haven’s run as Connecticut’s co-capital may have ended, its legacy of world-class pizza has endured. Each year, droves of people visit the Elm City for a taste. Chicago has deep dish, New York has thin crust, and New Haven has apizza. “New Haven-style apizza is [akin to the Neapolitan-style pie] traditionally baked in a coal-fired oven at...

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A vacant restaurant near Rogers Lake is being transformed into a new Italian eatery called Stella's Restaurant & Pizzeria, the New London Day reported. The new 2,800-square-foot restaurant is described as a family-oriented experience, according to the New London Day. Stella’s is named after the family owners’ oldest child, 6-year-old Stella. The re...

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Italian blues guitarist Roberto Morbioli is taking a big tour, with multiple stops through the region. Morbioli was born in Verona. He started playing the guitar at an early age, and discovered the blues at the age of 15. He has played in some of the biggest European festivals as well as many blues spots around the U.S., including Antone’s in Austi...

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Customers of Darien Social shuffled out its doors for the last time Sunday, but the space at 10 Center St. was not dormant long. On Wednesday, April 5, renovations began on the restaurant that will soon become the second Louie’s Restaurant and Bar, an Italian eatery which has been in Cos Cob since 2009. “We’ve been looking around for the better par...

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A fire started in the sauna at the Italian Center in Stamford early Thursday morning. When firefighters arrived heavy smoke was coming from the building and it had already been evacuated. Additional fire companies were called in to help fight the fire. Firefighters had to deal with heavy fire conditions as the fire quickly spread beyond the sauna a...

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