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As grand marshal of this year's Columbus Day Parade, Luciano Sclafani Jr. will definitely be adding some local flavor to the event. The Stamford native runs Sclafani, an authentic Italian food importing business that has been serving the area for more than a century.   "I was very humbled," Sclafani said, of being chosen to lead the ann...

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Nell'ambito delle iniziative per ricordare il 45° anniversario del beato transito al Cielo di Padre Pio, la Puglia Center of America ha organizzato per le ore 19 di lunedì 16 Settembre 2013, presso la Chiesa del Sacro Cuore e Santo Stefano di Brooklyn, una solenne Celebrazione Eucaristica presieduta dal frate cappuccino Fr. Carlo Laborde, Segretari...

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Joanna M. Leone, Trumbull, CT author of "Slices of Life Italian-American Stories" July 11th book signing will be held at the Stamford Senior Center on 888 Washington Blvd at 4:15pm during their Open House event, thanks to the vivacious Executive Director, Ana Nelson.   Joanna's presentation will include a nostalgic story telling hour along w...

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by Justin Papp   Lower Fairfield County is a place whose Italian roots run deep. The 1880s brought nearly four million Italians to America, according to figures from the Library of Congress. From Milan to Palermo and everywhere in between, Italian men and women sought to escape a stagnant economy, failing agriculture and a threatening p...

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A: My parents opened their first restaurant in 1983. I was 13 years old and had already been around restaurants before that. My mom's brother owned and operated a very popular Italian restaurant called Rugantino's on the Stamford-Darien border.   My mom purchased a rundown pizza place on Main Street in Norwalk. I washed dishes and learned ho...

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As Bruno DiFabio reflected on his career coming full circle at the new Amore Cucina & Bar in Stamford's Springdale neighborhood, the restaurant's wood-fired pizza oven basked the back of the eatery in warmth on an otherwise chilly January morning.   DiFabio, of Ridgefield, never lost the warm place in his heart for the restaurant that la...

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by Robyn Blosio Bova   The Italian Center on 1620 Newfield Ave. in Stamford, founded in 1909, was started to assist newly arrived immigrants who were adjusting to life in America. Today, the Italian Center is a very large facility on more than 28 acres with four pools, miniature golf, playground, gymnasium, fitness center, tennis and platfo...

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Nutrizionisti italiani e americani per l'affermazione della Dieta Mediterranea negli Stati Uniti. All'iniziativa partecipa anche l'Istituto Italiano di cultura di New York per il rilancio del Made in Italy presso strutture ospedaliere e centri salutistici "Credo molto che questo progetto vada proprio in direzione di un rinnovato slancio delle espo...

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By Alex Gecan   Mayor Mario Bria, of Rose, Italy, first visited Stamford in 1999. The city has changed a lot since then, he said. Bria spent an hour Tuesday with Mayor David Martin, trading gifts and pastries as representatives of a new "sister city" arrangement.   Rose, which lies close to the southern tip of Italy in the Calabr...

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Lunedì 3 settembre 2012 alle ore 11.30 presso la Sala Giunta del Palazzo della Provincia di Bari si terrà la conferenza stampa di presentazione della seconda edizione del premio "Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America", promosso dalla "Puglia Center of America" che si svolgerà il prossimo 9 novembre nella città Eastchester dello Stato di New...

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