Helping the North End Celebrate Italian Heritage

Wherever he is, Nicola Orichuia wants people to know about Italian heritage and culture.

The founder and editor of Bostoniano  (www.bostoniano.info) Nicola established the website in January 2011.

“I was born in Berlin, Germany,” he said. “But I grew up in Rome.”

Fluent in several languages, Nicola came to the United States in 2008 to study journalism at Columbia College in Chicago.

He began working for Fra Noi in January 2010.

“It’s an Italian American monthly magazine in Chicago,” Nicola said. “I report from Boston on general interest articles about Italy,” he said. “Now that Bostoniano is coming out in December, it is partnering with Fra Noi.”

The monthly magazine was launched December 21 as a print, monthly magazine. It is written in English and will include a few pages in Italian.

“The magazine will, of course, be available at many North End locations and will be listed on my website,” Nicola said.

He and his wife, Alessandra, moved to Boston in 2010.

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