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Courtesy of Maria CampanellaHere’s another way to help out the less fortunate this holiday season. Maria “The Ice Cream Girl” Campanella [/maria-the-ice-cream-girl-talks-new-childrens-book-her-dad-why-she-loves-bensonhurst/] will be holding her annual holiday food drive on Friday, November 20, 5:30pm – 8pm. Those wishing to donate non perishable food items can find Maria at
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Few personify Bensonhurst’s honest, working class ethos and generous spirit more than Maria “The Ice Cream Girl” Campanella. Brooklyn’s first female ice cream vendor, Maria got her start at 19, working alongside her father, Angelo “Chubby” Campanella, who earned a reputation in the neighborhood, not just for his
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Maria and Chubby Campanella (Source: theicecreamgirl.com)The street co-naming ceremony for Angelo “Chubby” Campanella [/chubby-ice-cream-man-campanella-memorialized-street-co-naming/] last Sunday capped off a quiet, 5-year battle in which Maria “the Ice Cream Girl” Campanella beat back City Hall smugness to get her dad remembered. The fight for the new sign at 21st
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Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/10/all_cansong_2013_03_08_bk.html] clued us in to the new music video created by Bensonhurst’s “ice cream girl” Maria Campanella. The video, dubbed Yo Granny’s In My Garbage, paints a broad picture of a common New
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Last Sunday’s fourth annual ice cream eating contest presented by Senator Martin Golden and Maria “The Ice Cream Girl” Campanella was a hit. Locals gathered to watch competitors scarf down tubs full of L&B’s famous spumoni. There were a few complaints pertaining to the crowds (aren’
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The “We ♥ Japan” relief fundraiser of Gravesend held by the “Ice Cream Girl” came out to be a successful night bringing more than 100 residents to the event and raising $1,097 for Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Maria “The Ice Cream Girl” Campanella collected donations for the