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Tuscan folk tale from 1881 gave the world Pinocchio By Jeanne Outlaw-Cannavo The expression “don’t lie or your nose will grow” became a common saying after Walt Disney released the film “Pinocchio” in 1940. Pinocchio ...
By Ken MammarellaThe theme for this year’s St. Anthony’s Italian Festival in Wilmington is simply benvenuti: Welcome back, after two years of the world torn asunder by the pandemic. The festival – expected to draw ...
Jon Peri, president of Manor College, with his wife, Kristin Weldon Peri.PHOTO COURTESY OF MANOR COLLEGE By Ken Mammarella “I have a Christian worldview, and I promote fellowship, compassion and caring for others,” Jon Peri ...
By Al KempABINGTON, Pa. – Bobby Rydell, a one-time teen idol who achieved lasting fame as a singer and actor, died on April 5 in Abington Jefferson Hospital. He was 79. The news was announced ...
By Flavia LoretoVisiting Rome can be overwhelming. Rome offers too much, too many monuments, too much history, too many exhibitions and museums, too many tourists. You might decide to get away from the city’s energy ...
By Al Kemp Managing editor According to his driver’s license, Charlie Sacchetti is 75 years old. In his mind, though, he’s a much younger man, dwelling forever in that magical age on the brink of ...
Italian-American Herald John Viscomi of Wildwood Crest, N.J., Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pa., passed away peacefully on April 9. Mr. Viscomi was the son of the late Antonio Viscomi and Teresina Celia and born in ...
From left: Italo Carrieri-Russo, Gina Cook, New Castle County Register of Wills Ciro Poppiti, New Castle County Councilman David Carter, and Register of Wills office administrator Traci Henn at the Appoquinimink Library. Italian-American HeraldNew Castle ...
Art teacher Amy Beitzel and her family are hosting Iacopo Pavan until this fall. By Maria Teresa MorrisonLEWES – Iacopo (Jacob) Pavan, an 18-year-old Italian exchange student from Cittadella in the province of Padua, is ...
Author Jo-Ann Vega (left) discusses lecture topics with former UNICO Rehoboth Area President Rose Marie Patin. By Maria Teresa Morrison LEWES – Jo-Ann Vega, born in the South Bronx of immigrant Italian grandparents and now ...
