NEWS & EVENTS

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FIAME’s honored guests and recipients including Dr. James J. Montesano, Dr. Gerald M. Cattaro, Tina Meliota Cortese, Angela Ceparano, Silvia D ‘Arco-DiBello, Chris Alessandro, Julie Falco Porras, Linda Rufino and Melanie Blasucci Marino.		Members of FIAME with their organization’s president Josephine Fanelli and author, both seated.		Ventrelli (r) hands over the reigns to Fanelli after FIAME’s executive board meeting.		FIAME member Fran Coglitore, scholarship winners Nicholas DiLillo, Mathew Baffuto, Erica Ferrara, Sara Rose Monahan, Christina Ciccone and Sabrina Musto, and FIAME member Maryann Ventrilli Gorman.


On Sunday, January 10, the Forum of Italian American Educators hosted its annual Epiphany Dinner at Fratelli’s Restaurant to celebrate the end of the Christmas season and announce this year’s FIAME honorees.		Josephine Fanelli, principal of St. Theresa School in Pelham Bay, is honorary Grand Marshal.		The Forum of Italian American Educators celebrated their 32nd annual dinner dance awards last Friday, April 15 at the Villa Barone Manor.