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Quando sei uno studente delle superiori, magari appassionato di stile e tendenze, cosa può capitarti di più allettante che trovarti seduto nello showroom Diesel di Chelsea, circondato da oggetti di design ed abiti super cool, e sentir parlare esperti del marchio, vedendoti arrivare alla fine, vera ciliegina sulla torta, lui, Stefano Rosso, figlio d...

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Nicola “Nicholas” Casciano nacque a Popoli, in via delle grazie, il 15 aprile del 1885 da Gennaro e Concetta entrambi “contadini” (all’atto di registrazione fu presente l’allora Sindaco Ciro Mancini). Sin da piccolo conobbe il duro lavoro dei campi. Andò a scuola quel tanto che bastò per saper leggere e scrivere. Ma era di intelligenza vivace e sog...

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“There’s no question in my mind, as a veteran, that we need to always support our troops and our veterans. It’s because of them, and only because of them, that we enjoy all of the freedoms that we do,” Luigi (Louis) Lemme explained matter-of-factly. Lemme and his business partner, Giovanni (John) D’Alessandro, owners of Luigi & Giovanni Italian Spe...

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Black Cat World Tour 2017. Saturday April 1, Borgata Atlantic City Casino 9:00 pm www.theborgata.com - Sunday, April 2, Foxwoods Resort and Casino 6:00 pm www.foxwoods.com TICKETS & INFORMATION, TICKETS DISCOUNT BLACK CAT CODE. STARDUST SHOWS +1 848 444 9241, GIANNI RUSSO +1 718 968 5195 Credited as the “father of the Italian blues,” Zucchero, who...

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Santina C. (Sandra) (Tanasi) Bellantuono, 81, of New Britain, Conn., died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Hartford Hospital. Santina was born in New Britain, and was the daughter of the late Sebastiano and Angelina (Gionfriddo) Tanasi. She worked as the director for the YWCA for several years. Santina was a member of St. Maurice R.C. Church, Sons of I...

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Italian immigrants have stamped New England as indelibly as any Puritan ever since they started to arrive in large numbers during the 1890s. Today, the descendants of Italian immigrants make up more than 10 percent of the population of every New England state except Vermont and Maine. Any New Englander can recognize the voice of Don Orsillo, Joe Ca...

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A 1904 New York Tribune article about Italian immigration to New Haven carried the fevered headline “ITALIANS ARE FLOODING CONNECTICUT.” The article quotes the Rev. Joel Ives of the Missionary Society of Connecticut, who worries that the Italians coming into the state are “poor, superstitious, ignorant, and indifferent.” Well, the Rev. Ives has dep...

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Four years ago few would think the nearly vacant Main Street would become restaurant row or that this blue-collar heavily Democratic city would be overthrown by Republicans. Both have happened. And on Monday Lulu Pazzo, the latest brainchild of Vincent Noce, a Bridgeport lawyer and Dino Tetu, a well-known interior designer, conducted its grand open...

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Jeff Gentilcore, who’s known for his stylist skills and selfless volunteering, will be recognized as volunteer of the year by Unico Manchester. “I’m very proud,” Gentilcore said of the distinction. “It caught me off guard, although I prefer to be on the other side of the microphone, working behind the scenes.” He will be honored Friday, Feb. 24, at...

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The East Haven Rotary Club will hold an “Anginetti Wars” fundraiser, a competition for bakers of the iconic Italian cookies, April 6 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church Hall, 80 Taylor Ave. Anginetti are the cakey, frosted cookies Italian-Americans make for holidays and special occasions. Prizes will be awarded for Best Tasting C...

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