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The seventh-inning stretch just got a little cheesier by baseball standards. On Saturday, the FerryHawks introduce “Mozzarella Madness,” a celebration of all things curd-ish from cheese ball tosses to lessons on how to make the supple, yummy stuff. Italo Perito from Italo’s A&S Fine Foods of West Brighton and Port Richmond will lead cooking demos s...

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We are thrilled to announce the upcoming ribbon cutting ceremony of the Tower of Light, a stunning addition to the Garibaldi Meucci Museum (420 Tompkins Ave, Staten Island, NY). The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on May 21st at 5.30 pm, and we would like to invite you all to join us for this momentous occasion. RSVP FOR RIBBON CUTTING  The...

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The Noble Maritime Collection of Staten Island is hosting the survivors’ reunion concurrently with the historic exhibition, Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea with artifacts recovered by diver, collector and salvor in possession of the wreck, John Moyer.  Andrea Doria survivors and family members will unite at the Noble Maritime Collection on Saturday, Ma...

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This week's MTA Hero has gone over two decades without calling sick. Not even once. Tony Ventimiglia is Staten Island's dispatcher who pulls out all the stops. He oversees 29 express routes, six local routes, assists with customer service, and covers bus breakdowns with a spare bus. "I always go by the theory 'make the job work for you'. At the end...

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The president of Tuscany, Italy, visited the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum in Rosebank on Saturday to highlight the work of inventor Antonio Meucci. President Eugenio Giani and his colleagues were welcomed by the Sons of Italy Foundation to the house that was once occupied by Florentine Antonio Meucci, whose homeland was the region of Tuscany, before he...

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Over the past 102 years, he’s witnessed profound changes in history that have transformed lives in countless ways: two pandemics, wars, and breakthroughs in the fields of science and medicine. But Anthony Louis Aquaro is adamant about his life and his good fortune.  “My greatest blessing is wealth,” he said. “Not the monetary kind, but the wealth t...

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A new City Council caucus announced Thursday will bring a bit more amore to the five boroughs. The new bipartisan Italian Caucus will seek to provide a voice for the city’s Italian community while promoting the history, culture and contributions of New Yorkers of Italian descent.  City Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island), who is of half Italian he...

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Francesco Bonvini is taking the next step in his baseball career by playing at the College of Staten Island on a scholarship. A previous recipient of an Italian American Baseball Foundation scholarship, Bonvini, an Italian native from Parma, is living out his dream of playing baseball in America. He played last season at Kingsborough Community Coll...

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When: Saturday, Feb. 18 at 10 am - Organized by Casa Belvedere – The Italian Cultural Foundation Karima Moyer-Nocchi will give a live virtual lecture based on her book: Chewing the Fat – An Oral History of Italian Foodways from Fascism to Dolce Vita. This highly engaging and visually driven presentation will examine ways in which the politics of th...

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Turning 100 is magical, but when you exceed that number, well — you are really extra special and breaking records. The family of Lena Vallone Barone just couldn’t wait to shout the news from the rooftops! Lena is 108! And according to granddaughter Chris Orlando and her research, her grandmother is the 544th oldest person in the United States — out...

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