Festa Celebrates 90 Years of Italian-American Heritage in Nonantum – Fig City News

Festa celebrates 90 years of Italian-American heritage in Nonantum – Fig City News

At 5PM on Wednesday, July 16, it was hot and still sunny as the 90th start of the five-day St. Mary of Carmen festival - Festa - began in Pellegrini Park on Hawthorne Street. Members of the St. Mary of Carmen Society gathered in their assigned places after three weeks of uncertainty and stress as a result of Mayor Fuller's decision to replace the signature Italian-flag stripe on Adams Street with double-yellow lines. In short order, their appreh…

Snapshots: St. Mary of Carmen Society celebrates 90 years of Festa - Newton Beacon

It’s been a tense few weeks in Nonantum, but all of that was left behind this weekend when the St. Mary of Carmen Society celebrated its 90th Italian-American Festival, also known as Festa. In the [...]