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Members don't have to be Italian to join the Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts. The Springfield-based organization is open to new members who appreciate Italian culture and are looking for Italian learning and social opportunities.   The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts, located on Margaret Street in Sprin...

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Italian-Americans looking to gain dual citizenship got to learn about the process to do that at the Mt. Carmel Society in Springfield.   Comitas is the Committee for Italians Abroad. Among many things, they help to promote cultural exchange and the Italian language.   Read more   Source: http://wwlp.com    

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Italian-Americans who made Springfield their home many years ago brought the game of bocce to Western Massachusetts. Bocce is now more popular than ever thanks in no small part to bocce enthusiast Rico Daniele. The south end food store owner champions the game. He's been largely responsible for its continued growth here in the Pioneer Val...

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The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts (ICCWM) wishes to announce that starting with "Benvenuti al Nord (2012)," on March 6, it will begin a continuation of its Friday Night at the Italian Cinema celebration of Italian movies. There will be three movies that will be shown the first Fridays of March, April and May.   Benvenuti a...

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Stefania Falvo is the recipient of the 2015 Brian Piccolo Award from the Springfield Chapter of UNICO. The award is presented to a high school student of Italian heritage, is a good student/athlete, plans to attend college, demonstrates good character, leadership, sportsmanship/competitiveness and community service.   Falvo is a graduat...

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By Conor Berry   In honor of Italian Heritage Month, Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, the son of Italian immigrants, and members of the Italian Cultural Center will raise the Italian flag at the Christopher Columbus Statue in the South End on Thursday, Oct. 1.    Springfield's South End has historically been a destination and...

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A man with a passion for the sport of his ancestors, Rico Daniele, a leader in Western Massachusetts' Italian American community, continues to be an advocate for his beloved sport of bocce. Daniele and other bocce enthusiasts held a bocce tournament Sunday at the Mount Carmel Society in Springfield's South End neighborhood.   Daniele, t...

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by Stephanie Barry   Salvatore "Sal" Circosta is Catholic, politically conservative, gay and running for mayor. In the early weeks of his candidacy against three-term incumbent Mayor Domenic Sarno, Circosta, 29 - a former seminarian, military chaplain and business manager of a Catholic church - has nearly indoctrinated his campaign.  ...

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by Brian Steele   The bust of former state Rep. Anthony M. Scibelli that stood outside the Mount Carmel Society social club was stolen over the weekend. The bronze likeness of one of the longest-serving lawmakers in American history, who died in 1998, was taken from outside the Italian-American club on Winthrop Street in the city's Sout...

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Italian Cultural Center events Springfield - The Italian Cultural Center of western Massachusetts, Inc. announces the publication of its very own homemade cookbook, "Mangia! Ci fa bene!" It is a cookbook with over 160 tried and tested family recipes contributed by its members and friends, many of which have been prepared for generations.   Y...

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