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Jun 19, 2020

Soon there will be flowers - The Florentine

Contents include: LONG READ / The Ponte Vecchio predicament. Harry Cochrane speaks with the jewellery store owners on Florence’s famous bridge as the boutiques steadfastly refuse to reopen due to a dearth in sales after the Covid-19 lockdown. With photography by Francesco Spighi. CULTURE / Boboli Gardens + Upper Botanical Gardens Alexandra Lawrence entices us all to the Boboli Gardens with a light look at the Medici court’s pleasure park and our present-day place of solace after the lockdown. INTERVIEW / Maria Manetti Shrem. Florence-born international arts patron Maria Manetti Shrem chats about her devotion to giving back to culture through friendships with Andrea Bocelli, Prince Charles and Bona Frescobaldi. EVENTS / What’s on in June. Florence must be on the mend now that our Best Events column has returned. We’re not quite able to produce our events listings yet, but here’s a bare bones guide. FESTIVAL / La Città dei Lettori. Artistic director Gabriele Ametrano outlines plans for literary festival La Città dei Lettori, which will be held in the Villa Bardini gardens this August. NATURE / Forest bathing in Tuscany. Helen Farrell soaks up nature by forest bathing on the slopes of former volcano Monte Amiata in southern Tuscany. Highly recommended! TREASURE / Geocaching in and around Florence. Join the community of global wanderers, track down untold treasures and head into the wilderness for the glory of escape and the thrill of the unknown. Jane Farrell explains how. ...

Feb 3, 2016

Creighton Joe McCullough

Dayton, Ohio and Gary McCullough of Parkersburg; one daughter, Cathy Sloan (husband, Michael) of Williamsburg, Va.; former wife, Mary MCullough Cochrane of Parkersburg; one granddaughter, Sydnie McCullough; one grandson, Michael Lanzalotti; two sisters, Dolores Blackwell and Rita Pierro (husband, Henry "Hank"); two stepdaughters, Stephanie Renee Morris (husband, Michael) of Houston, Texas and Shannon Renee Mulinex (husband, Matthew) of South Charleston; five stepgrandchildren; Princess, his loving Min Pin dog also survives. In addition to his parents, Joe was preceded in death by a sister, Anita McCullough. A memorial service to celebrate Joe's life will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2016, at New Hope Baptist Church, Rosemar Road, Parkersburg, with Reverend Tom Stevens officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to service time. American Legion Post 15, Parkersburg will conduct military rites. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Road, S.W., Lilburn, GA 30047 or the charity of your choice. The Vaughan Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. A guestbook for sharing memories and condolences is available at www.vaughanfh.com ... (Parkersburg News)

Feb 3, 2016

James R. DiProfio, 81, of Westborough

Cedar Swamp Seven. He also volunteered for many years at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Jim is survived by his former wife, Leone (Cochrane) DiProfio of Northborough; two daughters, Lynn M. LeClaire and her husband Steve of Ormond Beach, Fla. and Lori I. St. Laurent of Westborough; one brother, Gerald DiProfio of Limestone, Maine; five grandchildren, Jessica Mancuso, Jennifer Mancuso and her husband James Hughes, Daniel Mancuso and his wife Hanna, Ryan Sweeney, and Shauna Sweeney; two great-grandchildren, Mila and Sienna Mancuso; and several nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Leonard DiProfio. His funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, Feb. 5, at 10:30 a.m., in St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 70 West Main St., Westborough. Burial will follow in St. Luke’s Cemetery. Calling hours at the David A. Pickering Westborough Funeral Home, 62 West Main St., Westborough, are Thursday, Feb. 4, from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to St. Luke the Evangelist Church Memorial Fund, 70 West Main St., Westborough, MA 01581. Short URL: http://www.communityadvocate.com/?p=70928 ... (Community Advocate)