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Following the movement to remove statues and monuments of racist or otherwise controversial figures from American history, a local group has collected nearly 1,500 signatures in an effort to remove the 117-year-old bust of Christopher Columbus located in downtown Detroit.The petition also comes amid discussions to change the name of Cobo Center, wh...

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The Italian American Cultural Society will be hosting its annual Sportsmen’s Wild Game Dinner to benefit the Italian American Cultural Society Building Fund and Italian Scholarship program. This year’s event will be at the Italian American Cultural Society Banquet & Conference Center at 43843 Romeo Plank Road on Thursday, on September 14. Ticket co...

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Frank Santorelli’s character on HBO's classic “The Sopranos” was a bartender at the Bada Bing who ended up getting on his boss’s every last nerve. He got beat for it, of course. You may recall the episode in which that character, Georgie Santorelli (yes, the same last name), bought “Tone” a phone answering machine that featured a singing fish. When...

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When you walk into Sauce Italian Grill & Pub in downtown Adrian, your first impression might be that it would be a nice place to meet a few friends after work, or after seeing one of the productions at the Croswell Opera House, located around the corner. Sauce’s entrance has a long bar on the left and some tables on the right with what look like vi...

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There is a list of things an incoming freshman has to deal with when preparing to leave home and head off to college, especially if they have to travel several hours to a remote corner of the world to do so. Typically for incoming Michigan Tech students and student athletes, that list does not include learning English. For incoming freshman volley...

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Lacking any Confederate monuments to vilify in Detroit, protesters over the weekend went after Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and landed in America, the first identifiable European to do so. Columbus’s statue stands at Randolph and Jefferson downtown, erected by proud Italian-Americans in 1910 in recogn...

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Mama Mia, what a weekend it was in downtown Farmington last Saturday as we celebrated Italian American Day under Mediterranean blue skies, a market full of sunflowers and the "close your eyes" feeling of being in an old-world European marketplace. People came to market early, ushering in with them, the early morning warmth of a rising sun. There wa...

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Three days before the 690th anniversary of St. Rocco’s death, four men carried a small statue of the medieval man down the steps of St. Mary parish, across the intersection of Church Square and Pleasant Street, through a school parking lot, and onto the field of grass and woodchips that has served as an annual fairgrounds for 39 years. One hundred...

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The city’s rich Italian heritage will be on display for the 11th year in a row at Italian Fest, set for Saturday in downtown Iron Mountain. The event that celebrates all things Italian kicks off at 11 a.m. in the parking lot across from the Dickinson County Library, with a full slate of contests, entertainment, games, food and beverages planned to...

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In search for a better life, Frank Damico at the age of 18 left his home in Italy. He left his mother, dad and thirteen brothers and one sister to come to America. It was a long and difficult journey on a crowded ship that took many days.  Upon arrival on Ellis Island, all of the passengers were put through many tests. His ultimate dream was to com...

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