Questo 24 maggio, commemora cento e nove anni da quando l’Italia entrò ufficialmente nel Primo conflitto mondiale che costò l’Italia Nazione 650 mila vittime tra i soldati e 600 mila […]
ROMA – Sugli spalti dell’Hard Rock Stadium di Miami, a tifare per Jannik Sinner nel match con Grigor Dimitrov, c’era anche Laura Pausini, che è scesa poi ad abbracciare il […]
Mamma has been trying to teach us many things since she adopted us, but we still have a lot to learn! She hung a bell near the back door for […]
For followers of Padre Pio (1887-1968), May is an important month. St. Pio of Pietrelcina was born on May 25 and was beatified on May 2, 1999, then canonized in […]
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – La Festa di San Giuseppe on March 19 was celebrated in the traditional manner with a special service after the morning Mass at St. Edmond Church […]
Iconic radio personality Bob Pantano (seated at right) listens to radio producer and engineer Tony Harris during a ceremony April 9 to rededicate a South Philadelphia street where he grew […]
Al Zone, executive director of Elmwood Park Zoo, (center) is flanked by officers of Norristown’s Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca (MSS) Lodge, from left: Dave Carpani, Richard Catanese, Charles J. […]
In part one of this three-part series, we provided an example of an Italian proverb in Italian and the same proverb in six Italian “dialects.” However, linguists continue to debate […]
This issue’s featured surnames continue with additional surnames beginning with the letter V. VERRATTO – This surname derives from the Verrino river in Molise. The river’s name derives from the […]
This month Sardinians will celebrate “Sa die de sa Sardinnya,” (the day of Sardinia) on April 28 to honor the day in which their ancestors rebelled against Piedmontese rule. The […]
The seed for “Cabrini” formed in 1955, when J. Eustace Wolfington saw a statue of Mother Cabrini at St. Donato Parish in Philadelphia and joined a nine-week novena on the […]
ARDMORE, Pa. – Ardmore author Linda Romanowski has received the 2023 Sunny Award for Nonfiction from her publisher, Sunbury Press, for her 2023 book “Final Touchstones.” The memoir chronicles four […]
About 20 miles southwest of the town of Siena in the magical land of Tuscany lies a town called Chiusdino, where a true tale of a knight and his sword […]
Did you know that the first mixed race baseball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame was an Italian American? Roy “Campy” Campanella was born in the Germantown […]
If there ever was a person who could be described as a baseball dinosaur it’s me. I grew up in the ’50s and ’60s when even little leaguers played like […]
It is known that our human olfactory sense can detect countless distinct smells. A study that was conducted in 1927 claimed that we can distinguish 10,000 distinct odors, but a […]
On April 25 Italy remembers and celebrates the Day of Liberation from Nazi-Fascism. The day is a national public holiday which is celebrated with ceremonies, historic re-enactments and other events […]
Il 25 aprile l’Italia ricorda la Giornata della Liberazione dal nazifascismo e anche quest’anno non mancheranno le polemiche nel mondo politico che danno impulso e superano le ambiguità sul fascismo. […]
I went to the refrigerator searching for anything that needed to be turned into a great meal. As usual, Liz came into the kitchen and saw me staring into the […]
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SPRINGFIELD, Pa. – Sharon Bank has announced that Chairman Charles D. Marvil Jr. has retired from the board of trustees effective March 1. Marvil was a longtime board member, following […]
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – UNICO Delaware was slated to conduct its annual thalassemia information conference from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 21 at St. Edmond Parish Hall. Speakers included Ralph […]
Italy, more specifically The Vatican and Rome, is preparing for its Jubilee in the year 2025. The motto for this Jubilee is “Pilgrims of Hope.” Pope Francis has put an […]