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“I sold my business of 35 years. Once I retired, I didn’t really know what to do with myself. I was bored so I thought I’ll put up a really nice little Italian cafe that made perfect everything.” Giuliana Maravelle owns Gelato Giuliana in New Haven. When she started Gelato Giuliana, she says she didn’t know she needed her cafe to be a business. She...

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This morning, we are Cruisin’ Connecticut to Milford, home of gusto Trattoria, celebrating 24 years of Italian cuisine. Executive Chef, Riccardo Mavuli from Sardinia, Italy has been bringing his family recipes to the people of the Nutmeg State since 1993. He visits his 95-year-old Mother back in Italy twice a year, and typically comes back to the S...

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Micalizzi’s Italian Ice may be celebrating its 40th anniversary on Madison Avenue in Bridgeport this year, but the brand can now be found from Seymour and Monroe to Norwalk and Stamford. Owner Jay Piccirillo estimates his treats are available in roughly 100 restaurants, bars and festivals in the county. “Where we’re at now is where my father dreame...

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Southington UNICO named Alphonse D’Angelo as the 2016 Gold Medal Award recipient, the club’s most prestigious honor that has been awarded annually to a town resident since 1945. He will be honored during the Gold Medal Award Dinner on Wednesday, May 17, at 6 p.m. at the Aqua Turf Club. Tickets are still available for the event. D’Angelo is a life-l...

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Award-winning Pantochino Productions Inc., a not-for-profit professional theatre company for family audiences, has sold out the entire run of it's new musical "Noni Cimino's Kitchen." To accommodate ticket requests, the company has added an additional performance on Saturday, April 29, 2pm, at the Center for the Arts in Downtown Milford. Inspired b...

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UNICO Club is hosting an Italian Heritage Presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, upstairs in the Oakville-Watertown Senior Center. The presentation will be about the life and career of Frank Sinatra by author Richard Muti. Mr. Muti grew up in New Jersey and has had a varied career path, including being a Navy pilot in thw 1960’s, a real estate...

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Hon. Richard M. Marano, beloved husband of Eileen N. (Barry) Marano, and devoted father of Michelle, Richard Jr. and Christine Marano, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at his home. Besides his wife, and his children, he leaves to cherish his memory two brothers, Albert R. Marano M.D. and his wife, Ellen, of Watertown, John D. Mar...

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Parents in Stamford waiting for the temporary relocation of their children's preschool will have to wait a bit longer. The preschool at the Italian Center on Newfield Avenue was closed earlier this month due to a fire. The center's executive director, Paul Hickey, says he hopes the temporary location - at the nearby Jewish Community Center  - will...

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People love when comic Vic DiBitetto pokes fun at folks who, when they hear snow is coming, get frantic about buying bread and milk — as if their very lives depend on it. In fact, his viral video, “Bread & Milk” has more than 16 million views. But storm-prep obsessions are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all the things humans do that D...

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An Italian fast-casual chain restaurant is expected to open at the TA Travel Center in Milldale this summer. Fazoli’s, which serves pizza, pasta, sandwiches and other dinners, will open its first location in the northeast at the travel center, 1875 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, the company said in a statement. “Our mission at Fazoli’s is to serve Ame...

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