When traveling to Italy, there are many great cities to choose from. Everyone knows about Rome, and many have seen its splendors through the eyes of Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. Fashion lovers will find the catwalks and shops of Milan to be inspiring. Those who love romance often head for Venice.   The architecture lovers head for Floren...

Local Sicilian government, business and church officials recognized Marines and sailors volunteer efforts, Feb. 26, during their a community relations event at the Villa Romana del Tellaro archaeological site in Noto, Italy.   Noto Mayor Corrado Bonfanti presented the Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Cris...

This year Columbus day celebrations are extremely special as four mayors from the province of Siracusa ( Canicattinini, Floridia, Solarino and Rosolini) will be visiting Hartford to take part in the celebrations. The Hartford Italian Clubs have joined forces to make this visit a very special one indeed and on 10-12 we will host a gala dinner at Aq...

di Salvo Guglielmino   Ci sono tanti giovani italiani che vanno in America in cerca di fortuna. Ma ci sono anche quelli che vivono oltre oceano ma lavorano in Italia. Claudia Cannizzaro e Salvatore Scalora hanno scelto di emigrare, dieci anni fa, a New York, la città del Moma e di Andy Warhol. Claudia è nata in Sicilia, a Modica. E' una...

The Scalabrinians increase the presence in Syracuse. The two Junior Sisters arrived to give support to the three Sisters who opened a "first-line" community in assisting the migrants who come on the shores of Sicily. The two are Sister Andri Boas (Brazilian) and Sister Catherine Petalcurin (Filipino).   "The mission has met with great succes...

There is plenty for tourists to take in at the Ortigia market in Syracuse, Sicily: the distinctly southern Italian hum of the crowd; spices and vegetables so diverse they could color a rainbow and the calm blue sea in the distance.   But just wandering around this site, where Archimedes is said to have once helped the Greeks fight the Romans...