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By Laura Johnston Ask my kids their favorite food, and they'll say pasta. Ask again and the answer will change. To pizza. So to celebrate my son's fifth birthday, I wanted to give him a taste of his favorites, upgraded from my boiled-from-a-box go-to pasta dinner, with lunch at a real Italian restaurant.   We chose Piccolo, in an...

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WHEELING -This year's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival kicked off with a dinner at the McClure Hotel. Local businessman Bob Contraguerro, Sr. the owner and CEO of Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration took the honor of 2012 Italian-American of the year. Contraguerro said in light of his family's humble beginnings in Wheeling, the honor means much....

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AC Milan, one the world's most successful clubs returns to the USA. The AC Milan Youth Program is returning to the USA to host the 2014 Milan Junior Camp Season. The camp season begins June 15 and will end in August of 2014.   The Milan Junior Camp program is the stepping stone into a series of activities organized by the AC Milan Youth Pro...

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By Carol Costello   I am American. Italian-American. Or maybe I'm American-Italian or an American of Italian descent. Nah, I'm Italian-American. It's how I was raised to think of myself, even though I was born in the most American of cities, Canton, Ohio.   In 1920, a group of men meeting in downtown Canton founded the National Footba...

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There are plenty of restaurants that provide competent service, but few conduct themselves so thoughtfully that profits seem secondary to a genuine desire to maximize your happiness. Restaurants that achieve this become local institutions, with a constant customer base of regulars who know each other as well as the staff. Opened by Frank and Judy S...

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You're just as likely to hear the broken English of an exchange student as that of an Italian immigrant. And the neighborhood is home to more cappuccino-sippers than stonemasons.   But no place in Cleveland has retained the historical look and Old World charm more than Little Italy. No festival bridges tradition and change more than Lit...

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by James Ewinger   There are numerous tricolor flags in the world, but only one with any dominion over a bocce tournament. Thus the green, white and red flag of Italy is flying proudly alongside the banners of Canada and the United States this weekend in Wickliffe. The occasion is the 32nd annual Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce at...

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By Kathy Antoniotti GREEN: Gervasi Vineyard's newest project, which is expected to open in late 2014, has a new name, logo and official Facebook page. General manager Scot Swaldo, son of owner Ted Swaldo, announced Wednesday that remodeling is well underway for the Twisted Olive Italian American Kitchen, located in Green's Southgate/Boettler Park,...

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by Taylor Rosen The eighth annual Festa Italiana is expected to draw a much larger crowd this year due to the Republican National Convention taking place in Cleveland starting on July 18. The festival will run from July 15-17, at Falls River Square, which is located on Riverfront Parkway and Front Street near Broad Boulevard.   "We believe...

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Experience a "touch of Italy" when you attend the 24th annual Brier Hill Italian Fest planned Thursday through August 23 on Calvin and Victoria streets. Organizers welcome everyone "back to the old neighborhood," where the festival is touted as the "longest continuously running Italian fest in the city of Youngstown."   At the event, th...

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