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A preservation group has appealed a decree by Worcester’s Catholic bishop that revokes the sacred status of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church so the building can be sold. Meantime, Bishop Robert J. McManus has said warnings of seriously deteriorating conditions at the crumbling church date back a half-century, not long after Interstate 290 was built...

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Medford High School senior Sandra Figueroa was among four students in the Boston area to be honored recently by the Federazioni Associazioni Abruzzesi-USA. This organization, in the occasion of “October Italian Heritage Month” every year, selects students who distinguish themselves in the study of Italian, and awards them scholarships at their annu...

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The Alpine Restaurant Group — which is behind Posto, the Painted Burro, and other restaurants in Somerville’s Davis Square and beyond — is expanding again. According to a post on Boston Restaurant Talk, the group plans to open Burro Bar (a close sibling to the Painted Burro) in the space at 1357 Washington St. currently occupied by La Motta’s. The...

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The phrase “Fall Classic” has only one real meaning for Maldonians in October of 2017 — “you are correct sir,” I’m talking about the Italian American Citizen’s Club Annual Bocce Championship Series Finals. This year it took Pete “Boss Of The Bocce Court” Robinson and his band of merry men five games to put this barn burner of a series to sleep for...

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When it opened in December, Boston’s Eataly became the fourth U.S. location of Mario Batali’s brand of massive, multi-floor Italian dining emporiums. So when chef Dan Bazzinotti interviewed for a role at Terra, one of several full-service restaurants inside the 45,000-square-foot space, he wanted to make sure his hometown wasn’t being served stale...

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On November 11 every year the United States observe Veterans Day, an official United States public holiday, that honors military veterans, those who served in the United States Armed Forces. Several Italian Americans were part of the US Forces through the decades. In particular, after Pearl Harbor many Italian citizens living in the United States w...

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Less than two months passed from the time Jennifer and Teraesa Chagnon decided to open a restaurant and when they began serving customers at the beginning of this month. Lineage Italian Bistro officially opened Oct. 5. "From inception to completion was seven weeks," said Jennifer, who handles the business and promotion side, while Teraesa, her wife...

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You’ve known him as a not-so-lucky boxer on television’s “Taxi” and later as a live-in housekeeper on the long-running ABC sitcom “Who’s the Boss?” Now, Tony Danza is stepping it up as a song and dance man in “Standards & Stories,” coming to CityStage on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. As the title suggests, Danza will share stories from his life and perform a s...

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Well, little bookstore, you have just turned two. It’s hard to grasp the notion of time inside the magical box that you are. You have grown so much in these two years. When you were a baby, and we all celebrated your birth on Oct. 29, 2015, you were so small, so lean. Looking back, I realize how frail you must have looked to anyone seeing you for t...

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Winchester’s Italian food enthusiasts can rejoice: a new location of Boston’s Italian food chain Comella’s is coming to Winchester. The town is Comella’s 14th location in Massachusetts. The opening date has not been confirmed, the restaurant will open in November, according to the owners. The new space, located at 529 Main St., will seat 27 custome...

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