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It’s the homemade food and family feeling that keep people coming back generation after generation to prepare and consume Italian delicacies made from secret recipes for the Niles Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish summer festival. “All of our food is homemade from recipes, many handed down through families, that are literally locked up in the church...

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Food, glorious food, is at the Hamilton Farmers Market. Hot fresh food is made to order plus baked and specialty items are available. New food vendors include Reel Flavors Food Truck & Catering, Two Chicks’ Scratch, The Grind and The Montana A Cappella Society fundraiser will offer food seasoning items with a taste of Italy. Reel Flavors Food Truck...

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Just because the temperatures are back in the 90s doesn't mean you have to hide indoors. Organizers with the inaugural Italian Heritage Summer Festival say they've got ways you can beat the heat and still enjoy the outdoors. "We're ordering more ice, " says Organizer Sos Codispoti. He says you don't have to be Italian to enjoy the day. "There's foo...

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Girard's Mount Carmel Festival has been a summer staple for decades. It's also a family tradition that's been passed down to generations in more ways than one. In honor of her late grandfather and father, Rene Esposito and her family continue to keep their legacy alive by spearheading the annual Mount Carmel Festival. "We knew when my father passed...

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Local and traveling artists will set up work under white tents Saturday morning for the start of Mantua’s street festival, Art on the Hill. Debbie Haylett, an oil painter and embroideress from Mantua, will arrange paintings, wine coasters, embroidered T-shirts and personalized stuffed animals and portraits along Prospect Street.  "It is special for...

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Mangia! The Italian-American fest in and around Lock 3 in downtown Akron will run Thursday-Saturday. Food vendors will set up and music will include Straight On, a Heart tribute band, at 8 p.m. Thursday; Satisfaction, a Rolling Stones tribute band, at 8:30 p.m. Friday; and a Frankie Valli tribute band at 8:30 p.m. Saturday followed by fireworks. Ac...

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The Charitable Italian American Organization of Lima awarded $1,000 scholarships to 12 area students during the organization’s awards banquet on May 16, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Nicholas Azzarello, Nikiyja Carter, Nicholas Dove, Gabrielle Goecke, Faith Gossard, Alexa Hawk, Michael Johnston, Madison Langhals, Ethan Mangette, Savannah Meeker,...

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Thursday, August 2, 17:30 EDT. Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Ln, Columbus, OH 43215. After the huge success of the last six years, we have been approached again by the Columbus Clippers and asked if we would be interested in hosting the seventh annual Italian Heritage Night at Huntington Park this summer. With our desire to raise the profile...

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According to general manager Patrick Cunningham, there's a man who has a standing reservation at Russo's out in Peninsula in Summit County for every Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. until the day he dies. This may be an extreme case of FOMO (fear of missing out) on the part of that eager eater, or a cautionary tale to compel you to make that call right...

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Family. Home-style cooking. Meatballs. These are the things that make “Mr. Meatball,” newly opened in Pataskala at 61 E. Broad St., special, say the Pataskala couple who own the enterprise. “We are truly a family business, doing most of our own production, and it’s about as close to home cooking as you’re going to find,” said Don Gullatta, who with...

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