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From Mint to Dolce to New Leaf, Tecchios make Rondout a family compound

by Lynn Woods
August 11, 2011 01:52 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend | print
In 1959, Tarcisio Tecchio and his wife, Nella, left their town in northern Italy and went to Switzerland to find work. It was a classic Bread and Chocolate tale: He worked in construction and she assembled watches in a factory, but after she got pregnant, she had to return to Italy, since it was against the law in Switzerland for non-natives to have children.
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