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by Emily Wright   Food is life for the Martone family. From cooking together in their home's kitchens (plural), to running a pair of Boston-area restaurants, parents Geraldine and Raffaele and children Rosie and John bond and over all things culinary.   When the Food Network approached the Saugus clan to be on a Dec. 23 episode of "Ch...

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By Ellen Bhang A special bottle can change your life. Just ask Matt Mollo, co-owner of the North End wine shop The Wine Bottega. That head-turning pour for Mollo was a fizzy red lambrusco, which he had in Italy in 2010. He and his wife, Adriana, were at a salumeria in Mantova, Lombardy, across the Po River from Emilia-Romagna, the region most asso...

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The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts makes a committment every year to assist graduating high-school seniors with their plans to continue their education in four-year degree-granting programs.   With the rising costs of tuition and the limits of financial aid, the Scholarship Commission (through the Charitable and Educational Trust of the Grand...

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For the second year in a row, Professionisti Italiani a Boston has partnered with Italian sailing powerhouse Mascalzone Latino to give teenagers from underprivileged neighborhoods in Naples the chance to sail on the Charles River. Guided by instructor Antonio Dell'Omo Beneduce, Salvatore Pistone and Laura Canzanella — both 13 — took part in severa...

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On a recent visit to the North End, I decided to explore the pride that is associated with Italians and sports.As a proud Italian-American, I already know that there is a special relationship that exists between Italians and their teams, but I wanted to see what else I could find. As I walked down Tony DeMarco way, it became apparent to me that the...

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L'INPS ha qui comunicato che, al fine di evitare l'erogazione di prestazioni indebite a soggetti diversi dal beneficiario del trattamento pensionistico, Citibank N.A. avviera' a partire da settembre 2013 la rilevazione dell'esistenza in vita dei pensionati che riscuotono all'estero trattamenti delle gestioni pubbliche (ex INPDAP) e dello sport e sp...

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by Matt Conti   The Order Sons of Italy in America, Massachusetts Grand Lodge (OSIAMA), has made a late decision not to march in Boston's North End 2013 Columbus Day Parade. Citing a changing demographic, the Italian-American organization told the North End organizers that it will instead march in the City of Revere this year. "They really...

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In partnership with the French Cultural Center and Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, explore the story of Rigoletto from its French origins in the Victor Hugo play Le roi s'amuse to Verdi's adaptation for the Italian opera stage.   See performances of selections from both works, discover the political scandal surrounding the original...

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by Danielle Abreu   The Christopher Columbus Statue on Boston's North End was vandalized Monday night with red paint and the phrase "Black Lives Matter," Boston police said. Red paint was poured over the top and sides of the white marble statute.   The slogan, which has become a common refrain at demonstrations across the U.S. in...

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by Lisa Cappuccio Pirandello Lyceum President Rosario Cascio has announced the 2014 recipients of the Pirandello Lyceum's prestigious I Migliori in Mens et Gesta award. The Board of Governors has recognized a group of outstanding Americans of Italian-American descent who have made important contributions to their profession, to society and to the...

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