Michael Cucchiara

"La famiglia è tutto" Family is everything, and has even more meaning to us during this month when we celebrate our heritage! I celebrated by finding a family heirloom in storage and proudly displaying in my home. An old sausage grinder stored in my fathers basement brings back fond memories of my Poppie and Dad making sausage.

In 2025, Columbus Day in the United States will fall on Monday, October 13. Traditionally, the holiday commemorates Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage to the Americas, and is observed as one of the nation’s federal holidays, with many government offices closed for the day.

September is upon us and the weather seems to be up and down. Hopefully this finds you keeping dry, or warm, or cool, whatever needed to combat the regional temps that are thrown at us on a daily basis. For the Cucchiara family, the kids are already running with school activities after school events, and my oldest has started her first year of college. She is doing great… day not so much.