December 14, 2020
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Posing last year around the Giving Tree at the Frankie’s Reidville Drive location are from left to right: Alanteia Isley, Stavonne Ward, Teisha Ward, Eddie Ocasio, Allen Isley, Jr. and Paul Martelli.
Waterbury resident Paul Martelli, owner/general manager of Frankie’s and a former mentor with Big Brother, is continuing his annual effort to support local kids in the Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters youth mentoring program by setting up Giving Trees at two Frankie’s locations. Paul has done this for seven years and was not going to let the pandemic stop him from bringing holiday joy to children in need.