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 ...
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 ...
Italian-American HeraldSeveral years after Italian oriented radio programs ceased broadcasting in the Delaware Valley, a group of Italian-American business owners and other individuals funded the return of Italian American radio programming. On Sunday, Nov. 13, ...
Italian-American HeraldELSMERE – Serpe & Sons Bakery, which began as a humble baker of breads and tomato pies and grew into a landmark bakery that provides a full array of doughnuts, pastries, cakes and Italian ...
Italian-American HeraldREHOBOTH BEACH – Even during the pandemic, Italian lessons – offered free to UNICO members – were uninterrupted on both the “Beginner” and “Continuing” levels. These lessons, which began approximately six years ago in ...
Delaware natives document their quest in film ‘BIG CITY, Little Italy’ By Ken MammarellaA new travelogue on Little Italies across America uses commedia dell’arte zaniness, three iPhones and lots of cannoli to tell the story ...
Brother Ronald Giannone reflects on his legacy helping the less fortunate By Ken MammarellaIn 1976, Brother Ronald Giannone, OFM Cap., was sent by his Capuchin Franciscan Order to Delaware. After ascertaining community needs, he obtained ...
By Al Kemp, Managing editorWhen Andrea Canepari was a student at University of Pennsylvania Law School studying for his Master of Laws degree, and later representing Italy as the Italian consul general from 2013 to ...