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Bay Properties Co. Celebrates 36 Years

March 2019 |
In 1983, Attorney Michael J. Occhionero and home-builder/realtor Raymond J. Negrelli, on a handshake, formed the partnership known as Bay Properties Co., originally to acquire the Dover Junction Shopping Center and Mall in Bay Village, OH. The idea...
Local News > Youngstown

Marco Antonelli: First Italian in Mahoning County to Attain U.S. Citizenship

February 2019 |
I primi italiani ad insediarsi nella valle del Mahoning arrivarono durante la guerra del carbone del 1873, quando 7.500 minatori in sciopero furono rimpazziati da immigrati italiani e afroamericani della Virginia portati dai proprietari delle...

Remembering Alfonso D'Emilia

February 2019 |
The Italian American community of Cleveland lost a leader, an intellectual, a gentleman, and a friend this past October 2018. Alfonso D’Emilia was 90-years-old when he passed away after a short illness. He was the beloved husband for 63 years of...

Café Arnone: An Authentic Italian Coffee Bar

February 2019 |
When I first saw the big, orange sign go up on the front of Fairlawn’s new Café Arnone, I thought, “Oh, great; another national chain.” It looked too polished, too organized, too modern to be locally owned, but it is. nd it’s polished because the...

Artisan Anthony's

February 2019 |
Growing up in the restaurant industry, Anthony Quagliata is no stranger around the kitchen. From dishwashing to bussing tables to running a kitchen as the Executive Chef, Anthony is experienced in every facet of restaurant life. It all started when...

Saving History - Remembering Nicolena "Lil" Abate

January 2019 |
I often talk about the past of the Italian American Community of Northeast Ohio and the work that I do within the community and at the Western Reserve Historical Society to assure that it is preserved in the Italian American Collection. The history...

A Benefit Evening Supporting the Cleveland Museum of Art and Friends of the Uffizi

January 2019 |
On Thursday, November 15, the Cleveland Museum of Art and Friends of the Uffizi welcomed more than 180 guests to the museum for a benefit evening celebrating “Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries.” Guests were treated to a...
Local News > Youngstown

The Father of Youngstown Italians: Alfonso Saulino, 1849-1931

January 2019 |
I primi italiani che si insediarono nella valle del Mahoning arrivarono per sostituire i 7,500 minatori scioperanti durante la guerra del carbone del 1873 e rimasero poi a vivere nella contea di Trumbull anche dopo la fine delle proteste, dando...

Italian Language Lessons at WRHS

January 2019 |
The Cleveland History Center, in collaboration with NOIA Foundation is pleased to continue offering a series of Basic and Intermediate Italian Language classes, taught by Serena Scaiola, a native speaker of Italian with many years of teaching...
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