Cento milioni di euro dalla Regione Siciliana per consentire alle famiglie disagiate di accedere all’assistenza alimentare.
Lo ha deciso il governo Musumeci, riunito in mattinata a Palazzo Orleans, in seduta straordinaria e urgente.
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Most of these people are Caminita descendants that Pietro had met on Ustica many years past.
Molte di queste persone discendono dai Caminita che Pietro ha incontrato ad Ustica molti anni fa
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Da Chalmette (N.O.) Frank Mumphrey (Manfrè)
My father’s family, both Mumphrey and Licciardi, emigrated from Ustica to New Orleans. The Mumphrey’s came over during the early 1890’s and the Licciardi’s during the early 1900’s. The Mumphrey’s were farmers in Ustica and continued to farm in America. The Mumphrey Farm was in Meraux, Louisiana and eventually expanded into neighboring Chalmette. Most of St. Bernard Parish was farmland with a heavy concentration of Italian immigrants from Ustica. The Mumphrey Family was one of the first Italian Families to settle in St. Bernard Parish as were the Licciardi’s. Over the years we have stayed in contact with our family back in Ustica through visits, letters, and phone calls. I myself along with my two cousins, Anthony & Abraham Boackle, traveled to Ustica in May 2011. I’m planning another trip next year sometime between May and July. On Sunday, April 21st I had the pleasure of having the Bertucci’s and the Compagno’s as my guests for lunch at my family’s home in Slidell. We enjoyed great company and great food. I was really happy we were all able to get together. We also called our cousin Gianna Licciardi in Ustica and were able to talk to her for a while. I enjoyed our visit very much, it was a very good day. I look forward to visiting with our out of town guests again before they return to Ustica.
Frank Mumphrey (Manfrè)
Pietro Bertucci and his wife, Pina of Ustica and Rome, are visiting the U.S. in April and May. Pietro edits the daily Ustica blog at www.usticasape.it. You may already be aware of a reunion planned for them in New Orleans (LaFreniere Park) on April 6. Pietro and his wife want to travel west to meet again with us “Western Usticesi”. They would like to meet as many of us as possible … so the question is, where could we meet that would bring out the greatest number of people to greet them. The choices of location are: the San Diego area, the Orange County area and the Santa Monica area. In Northern California our choices are the Bay Area (probably Mt. View) and the Sacramento area. We would like to get a feel for about how many could attend, depending on the location. We don’t yet have a definite date in Mid May. Our reunions in San Diego and Mt. View two years ago during Pietro’s last visit were both extremely successful and a lot of fun! This is a great opportunity to learn first hand of “what’s new on Ustica!”
Please indicate your feelings on the following:
San Diego Area
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___ Definitely could not attend
Orange County Area
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___ Definitely could not attend
Santa Monica Area
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___ Definitely could not attend
San Francisco Bay Area
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___ Definitely could not attend
Your response in the next day or two will help us greatly with our planning. We’ll pass the results along to Pietro and Pina so that they can plan on meeting the greatest number of people.
Ciao!
Fred Lauricella
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Da Ustica Giocanni Martucci
Bellissima foto di gruppo scattata all’inizio di viale Cristoforo Colombo (rotonda) con sullo sfondo la vetriata della scuola elementare. Da sinistra Maria Bertucci Gisonna, Giuseppina Bertucci Longo (mia zia ), Carolina Bertucci Martucci (mia Madre ), la zia Raffaela Di Mauro Nunziato, Masino Martucci (mio padre ) ed il sottoscritto. Tra i piccoli sempre da sinistra : Adriana Gisonna, Giovanna Longo, Raffaella Gisonna, Rosalba Longo e Ignazio Martucci (mio fratello).