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This is the year that the Blue Ridge Parkway is depicted on North Carolina's version of the America the Beautiful quarter. For a parkway that is America's longest linear park, and which reportedly has been the most visited unit of the Department of the Interior's National Park Service every year except for one since 1946, it sure doesn't get a...

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After a delicious Italian buffet catered by Rocco's Restaurant and served by members Cheryl Caira, Julie Manos, Alicia Johnson and Terri Woods, the Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge 2183 of Wilmington awarded several $1,000 scholarships at its June 19 meeting. To begin the awards program, Trustee Lennie Malvone personally awarded a $1,000 scholarship...

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When Wilmington businessman Jeff Jones contacted the MoMentum Group with the intent of listing the restaurant space formerly occupied by Press 102 at the Tarrymore Hotel, developer Terry Espy knew right away what downtown Wilmington lacks: upscale Italian dining.   Espy said she worked with Jones to find a buyer looking to establish an Itali...

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A new casual restaurant offering authentic homemade Italian cuisine has set up shop in Mayfaire. Billing itself as fast yet fresh, Positalia Italian Eatery opened last week at 6800 Parker Farm Drive, in the new Dick's Sporting Goods shopping center.   The family owned and operated dining establishment is the first venture of its kind for Ra...

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by Greg Cox Salvatore "Rino" Fevola, principal partner in Pulcinella's in Durham, has opened Magone Italian Grill & Pizza in Chapel Hill's Timberlyne Shopping Center. Fevola named the new restaurant for a branch on his family tree. But the menu is firmly rooted in the successful formula that has allowed Pulcinella's to thrive for nearly t...

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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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Tria SpA, the Italian maker of granulators, is expanding its U.S. operations in Charlotte, N.C., by adding a new test facility.Daniele Finazzi, vice president of operations at Tria America LLC, said customers can visit Charlotte to run material tests, or send in the material for testing by Tria staff.

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An Italian woodworking company called Minelli Group will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Hickory. The move will create 12 new jobs right away. The company just bought a 18,000 square-foot building at 1245 26th Street SE, according to a statement Wednesday. The local operations will be called Minelli USA.   Read more   F...

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Go to Bellini's website, and as soon as the page loads, Frank Sinatra starts singing "My Way" in the background. Before you go looking for the mute button ( it's at the bottom of the page), you might want to know that Old Blue Eyes isn't just setting the mood.   He's sending a signal to anyone craving the traditional Italian fine dining expe...

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When John Vechionne and Ronnie Zuarro dined on Italian food in North Carolina and other places in the South they were underwhelmed. It didn't meet their native New Yorker expectations of what the cuisine they know should look, taste and smell like. They also found below the Mason-Dixon line Italian food sorely lacking in the intense flavors and fre...

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