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Evans Automotive, Primary Aim and Midwestern Auto Group have once again teamed up to host the 11th Annual Italian Gathering. The Sunday, September 4th event welcomes Italian motor vehicles and motorbikes of all vintages to the Wendy's International Corporate Grounds at One Dave Thomas Blvd., Dublin, OH 43017 from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Automo...

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Francesco and Giuseppina (Josephine) Catena left Ramacca, Sicily (Prov. Catania) and came to America on April 6, 1966. Their story began as neighbors in Ramacca where her parents, John Sabatino and Francesca, owned an Italian deli. John and Frencesca were reluctant for their daughter, Giuseppina, and Francesco to become involved because Francesco w...

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French & Italian: Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor (possible multiple positions) in Italian to teach Italian language and literature courses; advise students; contribute to intellectual environment of department; contribute minor departmental service.   Required: PhD or equivalent by date of appointment (for appointment as Visitin...

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By Charles Payne, Matthew Kazin   In this Salute to American Success, we're taking a look at Marco's Pizza, a pizza restaurant franchise headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. The company focuses on using fresh ingredients to create authentic Italian pizza. Marco's Pizza was founded in 1978 by Pasquale "Pat" Giammarco.   When he was nine-year...

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Twenty years ago, a group of Italian-American business leaders – Umberto Fedeli, Dominic Visconsi, Sr, Nacy Panzica, John Quagliata, Joe and John Miceli, and Sonny Orlando -- wanted to find a way to preserve their Italian traditions while also helping the Cleveland community. Their idea transformed into the Northern Ohio Italian American Found...

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The Italian-American Veterans Post 1 Auxiliary of Lorain has donated $3,000 to the Valor Home of Lorain County to help sponsor a room for a homeless veteran in it's transitional housing. Much of the funds that the Valor Home receives are from grants, donations and fundraisers.Dan Gillotti, vice chairman of the Valor Home committee, received the ch...

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North America is an integral market in Luxottica's strategy with more than 4,800 stores in the region and 40,700 employees. As stated in usfashionmag, in 2012 the Italian company's number one market generated revenue of €4 billion ($5.3 billion), with a total of €7 billion across all markets. At the company's recent investor's day held in Mason, Oh...

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No "ritardando," or slowing down, for Cleveland Opera Theater. No, at this point in the score it's following, the marking clearly reads the opposite: "accelerando."    Even as it puts the finishing touches on a full-scale production of Puccini's "Tosca," its largest effort to date, the group also is advancing rapidly as an organization,...

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by Wale Aliyu   The annual Feast of the Assumption Festival is coming to Little Italy this weekend, and this year's organizers expect even more people than normal. That's because it just got a little easier to get to Little Italy. On Tuesday, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) opened a new $15.6 million Little Italy-...

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KeyCorp, the parent of KeyBank, has named a new president for the Akron-Canton-Mahoning Valley region. Lucia Pileggi, a Canton native and resident, has been named Akron/Canton/Mahoning Valley market president and Key private bank sales leader. The Cleveland-based bank said in her role, Lucia is responsible for developing and leading the mar...

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