It all began in a small town outside of Newark, NJ in the mid 1950’s when Paul Santinelli met Antonia Masi. They lived in the Silver Lake section of Belleville for more than 40 years. They now reside in Northern New Jersey.
Paul was a baker by trade, turned mechanic. Antonia emigrated from Italy and located a factory job, which she held for more than 35 years. Both are recently retired.
Paul and Antonia gave birth to three sons - Tony, Angelo and Paul Jr. All three sons have since moved from New Jersey to places as far as California.
Paul Jr. maintains santinelli.org in his spare time. He is hoping to hand over operating duties to his nephew, Jared, who is currently in the engineering program at Georgia Tech.