St. Jude Italian Festival returns next month
The 27th annual St. Jude Italian Festival will kick off next month with plenty of food and entertainment at the church grounds on Route 111. Over the years the festival has grown from a two day carnival to the current four day festival attracting over 10,000 visitors during the event. What makes the festival so great is the food and there is a lot...
Missione Funzionario Itinerante ad Hartford
Si informa la comunità italiana residente ad Hartford nello Stato di Connecticut che il giorno 16 agosto 2017, sarà effettuata una missione itinerante per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del rilascio del passaporto italiano. La missione avrà luogo presso gli Uffici del Console Onorario Quintino Cianfaglione a 196 Trumbull Street, terzo p...
Sen DiDomenico’s Appointment Is Outstanding
We wish to take this opportunity to congratulate our State Senator, Sal DiDomenico, for his recent appointment by Senate President Stan Rosenberg as the Senate Chair of the newly-created Italian Caucus of the Massachusetts legislature. The establishment of the Italian Caucus comes at the urging of the Italian Consul General to Massachusetts, Nicola...
Order Sons of Italy in America announces activities
The Order Sons of Italy in America, Quattro Eroi Lodge No. 1414, ended the 2016-17 year with multiple activities. These activities included a lecture by James Johnston on the immigration of Italians to Franklin; the installation of lodge officers; the recognition of Alesandro (Alex) Pizzi with the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Law Enforcement Award;...
Pannese Society plans neighborhood block party
Perhaps the solid-looking handshake that’s featured on the Young Pannese Social Club logo best describes what the Italian-American organization will present Saturday at its home on 187 Pocasset Avenue on the Johnston-Providence line. While the event is officially named a “Block Party Festival at the Café,” Young Pannese Club President Peter Gonecon...
Southington UNICO names 2017 officers
Southington UNICO announced local builder Ron Ingriselli as the organization’s president during a recent swearing-in ceremony. Ingriselli succeeds Rev. Victoria Triano at the top spot, and Triano swore in her successor at the ceremony. “Vicki did a great job,” Ingriselli said. “She was our first female president, so it’s an honor to follow in her f...
No 2017 Mount Carmel Italian Festival, two next year?
When the Italian Festival returned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in 2015 after a hiatus stretching several years, it did so with a bang. Thousands were said to have passed through over the three-day gala, which served up food, music and an Italian community that was rallying around its beloved – and now-closed – church. Last year, organizers e...
Luciano Parente: I'm engaged
Growing up in Italy, Luciano Parente and his siblings were immersed in the art their sculptor father created. When Luciano was a young man, his father came to the United States to visit one of his older children who had moved here. “He fell in love with this country,” says Luciano, “and he wanted the rest of us to move here, too.” After returning t...
Singer Jon Bon Jovi and Family Moving To Torrington Connecticut
Singer Jon Bon Jovi is claiming in a new interview that he is moving his family to the Torrington, Connecticut area. “I just want a place to escape to sometimes and the Torrington area seems like a good choice for my family. I know it’s going to be a lot different than what I’ve been used to but I’m actually really looking forward to that and I’m j...
Christopher Columbus monument to be installed in front of Southington municipal center
Local groups are preparing to install a bust of Christopher Columbus in front of the John Weichsel Municipal Center, an important historical figure particularly for Italian-Americans but controversial for others.The Town Council unanimously approved the monument’s placement last year. It’ll be installed on Columbus Day. Dick Fortunato, coordinator...
New Haven area Catholics adjusting to life in new parishes
Margaret Krzeminski has pretty much spent her entire life living in West Haven’s Allingtown section and going to church at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church on First Avenue. Now, after all these years, Krzeminski — like parishioners at churches across the area as the Archdiocese of Hartford consolidates parishes from 212 to 127 — is facing big chang...
Pittsfield ITAM Lodge put up for sale
Faced with aging membership, a shortage of younger replacements, and a decrease in both events and revenue, the realty trust that owns the ITAM Lodge on Waubeek Road on Pontoosuc Lake has reluctantly put its home for the last 40 years on the market.The 16,000-square-foot, two-story structure, home to Sons of Italy ITAM Lodge 564, whose roots date b...