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The Italian American Celebration Honoring Christopher Columbus Committee (I.A.C.) will award scholarships to 14 area students this month. The recipients were selected by a Scholarship Committee, which was headed by Professor Dario Del Puppo of Trinity College, Hartford. Eight $1,000 scholarships and six $500 scholarships will be presented June 22 a...

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The Columbus Day Committee of Greater New Haven will hold a fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. June 28 at the Cielo Banquet Ballroom, 85 Chase Lane, to raise money for the 2017 Columbus Day parade in West Haven. The benefit will include a buffet of Italian foods donated by city restaurants, along with beer, wine, soda, coffee and dessert. It will also inc...

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Time for Festa, the 117th actually, and you know the food is great. Starting with a simple march June 22 at 6 p.m., the St. Andrew the Apostle Society and the Amalfitani-Italian Community of New Haven are celebrating their heritage and traditions with a processions, a Mass and a festival running through Sunday evening. The Thursday procession is a...

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It’s a celebration 117 years in the making, the St. Andrew the Apostle Society in New Haven is hosting their annual Italian Festa this week to celebrate their heritage and tradition. This morning, Stephen Stellato and Anne Candela stopped by our kitchen to give us a cooking preview and tell us more about the great event. Events kick off Thursday, J...

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The Italian American Civic Order recently held its new election of officers. Lou DiMauro was elected president. Sal Ciccarello was elected vice president; and Fred Terrasi will continue as secretary, as will Jack Mayors as treasurer.  The house committee is headed by Frank Augeri and the new Sargent at Arms is Joe Formica. The Board of Directors el...

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The St. Andrew Society will hold its annual “Blessing of the Fleet” Sunday (June 11, 2017) at 1 p.m. in New Haven Harbor. Boats will line up at 12:30 p.m. off Dock AA of the Bruce and Johnson Marina in Branford and then proceed to New Haven for the ceremony.  The blessing requests heavenly protection for boaters and commemorates the heritage of Ita...

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Italian-American Catholics in New Haven are celebrating one of the biggest feast dates in the Roman Catholic church from Thursday night through Sunday. The Feast of St. Anthony at St. Anthony’s Church on Washington Avenue is hosting its long standing festival. The feast includes a variety of foods, drinks, and even Italian singers. The feast will b...

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Your new favorite Italian restaurant just opened in Darien. The popular Cos Cob restaurant has just opened its second location, at 10 Center Street, former home to Darien Social. Louie’s Italian Restaurant & Bar first opened in Cos Cob in 2008 and quickly became known as a casual neighborhood restaurant, serving classic Italian cuisine in a comfort...

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Thhere was a time in Avon when there was little to no Italian population. That began to change in 1905, when an explosion at the Ensign-Bickford Company factory in Avon caused some to leave the company and left a gap in employment. As Avon resident Aldo Vernesoni tells it, that explosion was responsible for the founding of Prince Thomas of Savoy, t...

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The Connecticut Lyric Opera with the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra will present the ever-popular Italian opera “Tosca” in Middletown’s state-of-the-art MHS Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m., brought by the Greater Middletown Concert Association. The production is fully-staged and professionally performed with English t...

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