Lifelong Washington resident Silvio Passalacqua, who was the former owner of Angelo’s Restaurant, posthumously received the Dominic T. Roppa Memorial Award at the National American Italian Sports Hall of Fame banquet Aug. 5 at the LeMont Restaurant on Mt. Washington. The award was accepted ...

Michel Passalacqua couldn’t pick just one word to describe her father Silvio. “He was a character,” she said Friday. “He just had a big personality. He was a fun guy, funny. He was very real. He was a very loving father and a good friend. He was tough. He was a disciplinarian, but he ...