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If she stands on her toes, she is probably 4 feet, 10 inches tall – maybe. For most of her life, she struggled to weigh in at 100 pounds. But when it comes to helping women and girls who are struggling, there is no one bigger or stronger. Linda Cavaioli was born in Leominster in 1954 into a hard-working Italian-American family. She went to the Univ...

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Newbury Street will soon have another late-night spot to crash: The Boston Licensing Board told the Track that Italian restaurant Serafina was just granted a liquor license with permission to stay open until 1 a.m., with a patio going strong until 11 p.m. And the news comes to the chagrin of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay. “Ninety per...

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Laughter and the tantalizing aroma of Italian cuisine filled the air inside the Steriti Memorial Rink in the North End Friday night. The occasion was the annual Taste of the North End event, where 35 of the neighborhood’s best restaurants gathered together for a worthy cause. Classic Italian staples like risotto, meatballs, and cannoli’s were serve...

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The Springfield Chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian-American service organization in the United States, raised $10,000 for the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Tuesday. The fundraiser was one of many the Springfield UNICO holds throughout the year to help local organizations. Former club president Frank Stirlacci started this fundraise...

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Luca and Stefano De Carolis left Italy in 2014 for America with 10 years of experience working at a bike shop in Rome and a talent for design and building, respectively. With their combined experience and enthusiasm for biking, these Italian brothers decided to open a bike shop here in the area. “We planned to open in Tewksbury, but the rent was to...

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For the faithful of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, it is a crowning indignity. A sculpted relief of Our Lady of Mount Carmel that once graced the pediment of the historic church on Mulberry Street has lain in the parking lot, through snow and rain, since it was removed from the church a year ago. “So sacrilegious,” says Amoret Zamarro Beiter of W...

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The dining out public's appetite for Italian seems to remain predictably consistent. No sooner than one such eatery closes, another opens to take its place. That's certainly a story line for Compari's Ristorante, which debuted late last year in the spot once home to Salvatore's. Housed in a Boston Road location that's had a long history of restaura...

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Italian Family History Day. Saturday, May 20, 2017. 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Inc., 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Featuring keynote speaker, Mary Tedesco,co-host of Genealogy Roadshow Knowing our ancestors is essential to knowing ourselves. As Italian-Americans, we each inherit a rich personal family h...

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Saying goodbye to a piece of my childhood. The Italian Kitchen on Common Street in Lawrence will be closing on Sunday April 30th after being in business 59 years.  They sell only 2 products, crispellis and rice balls. And as of now no one else in the area or even the U.S. makes crispellis. As a matter of fact not too many people outside of The Merr...

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Sono stati pubblicati nella Gazzetta Ufficiale due decreti firmati dal Direttore generale per le risorse e l'innovazione della Farnesina, Luca Sabbatucci, che elevano a Consolati onorari l'Agenzia consolare onoraria a Springfield e il vice consolato onorario ad Anchorage, entrambi negli Stati Uniti. Il consolato onorario a Springfield è posto alle...

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