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Ramerino Italian Prime, located steps away from the New York Public Library and Bryant Park, is owned by Sammy V. Gashi, an industry veteran with a career spanning 25-years. He currently owns and operates San Marino SoHo and Antica Ristorante on Stone Street. Ramerino Italian Prime is his take on rural Tuscan cooking and is named for a staple of th...

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The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations (COPOMIAO) unveiled its bold agenda for the coming year at its annual membership meeting in NYC in late July. President Basil M. Russo presented the delegates of the 58 member organizations with a detailed breakdown of three major initiatives. Developing a comprehensive campaign t...

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After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canastota Italian Heritage Committee will be hosting an Italian-American Festival on North Canal Street in the Village of Canastota on Saturday, Aug. 13. The festival will kick off next to the historic Erie Canal at 11 a.m. and will run until 7 p.m. The celebration of Italian American cultur...

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Hillary Sterling is on fire, literally. The executive chef is serving up modern Italian cuisine created in the heat of a state-of-the-art wood-burning oven and grill at Ci Siamo. The oven and grill are the centerpieces of the open kitchen Sterling presides over alongside a stellar all-woman team at the restaurant, which is located at 440 West 33rd...

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It was around this time last year that pinging sound effects and glowing screens filled a charter flight from Tampa to Miami, gossip filtering throughout the cabin that the Yankees were acquiring Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs. The move provided a welcome spark, prompting celebration in the aisles. Rizzo and his teammates were in a pin-drop silent vis...

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When AJ Galli was just 2 years old, his dad handed him a baseball bat. But instead of swinging to hit home runs, AJ was using it as a golf club. “So then he got me some golf clubs and I kept hitting the balls,” said the now 7-year-old from Bulls Head. From there, it was history and AJ has been playing golf ever since. AJ went viral in early 2020 wh...

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With the support of family behind her, Lisa McDonald followed her dreams and opened the doors to her very own Italian restaurant, NonnaLisa’s, at the end of March. Her sisters Jeanine Sawyer, Rachael Sawyer and Greta Sawyer have been working at the restaurant since the opening, and while McDonald is the head cook and owner, her sisters help prepare...

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John Basilone was a hero in WWII and now the Navy has christened a second ship in his name and there is also a movement to recognize him here in his hometown. Basilone, born on the West Side of Buffalo, November 4, 1916, into an Italian-American family, the sixth of ten children. Basilone enlisted in the Army in 1934, then in the Marines in 1940. H...

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How did one of Manhattan's most successful real estate family dynasties of the 1900s happen mostly by accident? And how could it be that almost all of their buildings still stand generations later? Fortunately, a great-granddaughter of the family has meticulously cataloged each of their projects and New York story like never before. From 35th Stree...

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The Roman screenwriter and writer (La Mia New York, Un Giorno senza Kobe, Ultra edizioni) won the prestigious Big Apple Film Festival, which had more than 30,000 participants from all over the U.S. and Canada in 2022. After winning with his original screenplay, Forget New York, he signed with KMC, Hollywood Talent Agency that will represent Careri...

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