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As an Italian-American growing up in Shinnston, Chelsea Boyles gathers with her family every Sunday for big pasta dinners and on Christmas Eve for the Feast of the Seven Fishes. And every year, she has attended the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, where she admired the event's queen, Regina Maria, especially the first one, Mary Frances...

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  WTI Magazine #74    2015 December 11Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 74th issue of our online magazine. On Thursday December 3 in Rome We the Italians have been part of the commemoration, hosted at the House of Representatives, of the tragedy happened in 1907 in Monongah, West Virginia, where 171 Ita...

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Following the Philadelphia visit of RAI Italia CEO, Piero A. Corsini, last 18th of November (see here), we are conducting a survey to ascertain the quality, distribution, reception and enjoyment of RAI Italia TV, radio and multimedia programs.   If you live in the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia (Pennsylva...

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By Alex Hines   The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival is still a few weeks away, but events leading up to the festival were already underway, including in Shinnston Saturday morning, where the organization held its annual bocce tournament. The yearly event is unique in that it provides an opportunity for everyone in a family to enjoy a...

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by John Asebes   If you closed your eyes and smelled the air in Bluefield Saturday you may have thought you were in Italy. The tastes of Italy is here in Bluefield thanks to the Bluefield-Princeton Italian Lodge. Saturday brought in the 21st Annual Southern West Virginia Italian-American festival at the Bluefield Auditorium. I...

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In a ceremony fit for the occasion, the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival will induct new members into the organization's Hall of Fame. Taking place on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Village Square Grand Ballroom in Clarksburg, the ceremony will honor and pay tribute to the inductees, all of whom were selected for their contributions to the long-...

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The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (WVIHF) has named Steptoe & Johnson attorney Sharon Flanery Italian-American Woman of the Year. Flanery is one of four WVIHF honorees for 2013 and will be recognized at the WVIHF dinner in Bridgeport on Aug. 29.   Flanery maintains a busy legal practice while also leading the Steptoe & John...

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by Dave Lavender   Back in 2014, The Facing Hunger Foodbank got a little help from their Italian-American friends with a fundraiser that included a taste of Italy - an intimate cooking class by Rocco Muriale and then a wine tasting and dinner at Ralph Hagy's La Famiglia. Last year, and with a whole lot of help from their friends, the Fo...

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by Brittany Murray   Bridgeport resident Ranee Torchia has always had a love of baking. "I've been baking my whole life with my mom," Torchia said. "When I was little I started baking with her, and that's where I learned how to do all this." Four years ago, Torchia decided to use that love of baking to start her own business, Torchia's...

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Representatives from the Embassy of Italy visited the Eastern Panhandle on Tuesday as part of the area's initiative to expand international investment in West Virginia.   This visit was organized by the West Virginia Development Office and the Jefferson County and Berkeley County Development Authorities.   Read more   Source:&n...

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