Joseph C. Calabrese, 81, of Wilmington, Del., died on Aug. 4 due to complications from cancer. Joseph was born on June 30,1943, to Roy and Nicolina Calabrese in Cleveland, and […]
More than 100 relatives and descendants of Vito Baldi and Rosa Galzerano, who were born in Campania in the 1800s, gathered at family events in June in Malvern and South […]
In 1224, King Philip Augustus of France held court at the Battle of Wines, a blind competition decided by the sophisticated palates of monks that resulted in an upset: an […]
Usually when we think of a vaccine, we imagine a substance that is administered to stimulate an individual’s immune response to a particular infectious microorganism with the aim of protecting […]
Vincent Genovese is coaching younger family members to instill the drive that led him from emigrating from the Tyrrhenian commune of Gioia Tauro (in Reggio Calabria) to serving as a […]
As I look back over the years, I would have to admit that I have been rather intrigued by nicknames and how they have come to pass. Aside from the […]
Alice Pizza Authentic Roman-style pizza al taglio and Italian happy hour. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun.-Mon.; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Entrees include pizza by the slice/margherita pizza, Patate Picante, Cacio e […]
ROME – Sources recently said that Europe’s most at risk vulture has reappeared in a Friuli nature reserve. The Egyptian vulture, which is the most at risk of extinction on […]
ROME – Italy has the world’s joint second most powerful passport behind Singapore, according to the 2024 Henley Passport Index. The passport of the Asian city State gives access without […]
Drive three miles, in either direction, between the towns of Medford Lakes and historic Medford Village in Burlington County, South Jersey, and you will find not one but two Italian […]
Italian-American Herald TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission in September announced the launch of its latest educational initiative, “The Creation of America: The Roman Legacy.” This newly […]
Michelle Padalino was born in Sicily and moved with her parents to Pennsville, N.J., when she was very young. She worked in her parents’ local pizzeria for most of her […]
It’s Halloween! We love this festa (fes-ta) holiday because mamma loves it! Here in the country mamma tells us non è così divertente (non a co-zee d-vair-tent-a) it’s not as […]
Cape Henlopen School District has hired Kristin Loffreda Mancinelli to teach Italian in the high school, a program built and fostered for many years by Cristina Christy. This four-year program […]
This month’s lesson is dedicated to, of course, Halloween! Halloween has become a big celebration in Italy although it is regarded by some as another invasion of American culture in […]
Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture Chairman Rick DiLiberto was a Delaware delegate at UNICO National’s Annual Conference in Princeton, N.J., in July, where he congratulated Sal Paolantonio, ESPN’s […]
The connection of Italy, and more importantly Sicily, to Malta goes back to prehistoric times even before the link Sicily had to the modern Italian mainland. The first sign of […]
Three times each year the faithful of Naples pray for “the Miracle of the Blood” on the first Sunday in May, on Sept. 19 when they celebrate their patron saint […]
Sal Lapio is taking it easy now, heading to work at 7 a.m. and heading home midafternoon, a sharp contrast to when he was running a gas station that was […]
Delaware native Tess Rafferty was vacationing on the Italian island of Ischia when she remarked to her husband that the people around them seemed straight out of an Agatha Christie […]
Honoring the motto “Educate, Not Eradicate,” the Native American Guardians Association stands proudly with the Italian American community, choosing to honor their great visionary Christopher Columbus as an “explorer” not […]