Rose Ferentino Grimes has been selected as the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network’s 2025 Distinguished Woman of the Year Patrick’s celebration at Fox Hill Country Club on Friday has been selected as the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network’s 2025 Distinguished Woman of the Year Patrick’s celebration dinner on Friday PITTSTON — The Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network has been honoring women over the last 10 years with the Distinguished Woman Award at the annual St The award has been traditionally been given to a woman who has left a lasting impact on the Greater Pittston Community “This year is the 10th anniversary of this award and I was looking for someone who brought a bigger challenge to the table or a bigger hurdle and Rose Ferentino Grimes is the epitome of what we talk about for our Distinguished Woman,” Michelle Mikitish “We talk about how they go about their day and they build a success because of something that triggered them to be successful.” This year’s choice was not a difficult one in choosing Rose Ferentino Grimes a woman who turned a tragic and sad situation being a great success story; a story of survival the daughter of the late Anthony and Ida Bartoli was happy being a mom to four sons and wife to her first husband Gary Ferentino of 15-years when life drastically changed in 1985 when Gary passed away she had to step it up in order for her family to survive; she ended up in the workforce After securing a job at Prudential Insurance & Investment Company in 1986 and even though she didn’t know it at first she didn’t know it but she would end up being a female leader in a male dominated industry She had to find a way to balance motherhood to sons and her place in the workforce After getting her career off the ground and working her way up at Prudential she met and fell in love with Charles Grimes in 1989 but she stayed on with Prudential for a total of 36 years she achieved numerous milestones for her excellence and innovation She became a keynote speaker and published a motivational video “images” used throughout the industry Ferentino Grimes went on to qualify for 17 business conferences and achieved five presidential citations with Prudential “I was one of two women in the country that was a managing director I was the only sales manager in my district that was a female and I was the only female in my office,” Ferentino Grimes admitted “It all has to do with your own motivation I had four children I had to support and I did not have a college education and live in poverty or follow the dreams their father and I had for our kids.” In addition to raising four successful sons the Grimes have enjoyed splitting their time living in Pittston as well as Naples found herself a widow when Charles passed away following a brief illness Ferentino Grimes said she has been able to carry cherished memories forward and is grateful for love and resilience she has served at many non-profits as well as being a board member of the National Association of Insurance Advisors Gabriel House and The Jacqueline of the Knight of Columbus Pittston and a charter member of the Chamber’s Women’s Network She is a charter member of the Chamber’s Women’s Network Ferentino Grimes is a member of Fox Hill Country Club and Cypress Woods Country Club Naples What’s it like to stare into the eyes of a killer—and win Jarrett Ferentino prosecuted some of the most dangerous murderers as a DA dismantling their defenses one case at a time unfiltered world of a homicide prosecutor who’s seen it all Jarrett’s no stranger to ruthless killers; he learned their moves he’s unpacking those lessons: what two decades of staring down evil taught him about resilience driven in part by his late uncle’s gritty legacy and Ferentino dig into the Bryan Kohberger case: death penalty stakes and the tug-of-war between public hype and a fair shot and how you hold it all together after years in the trenches Life after the DA’s office? Jarrett hasn’t left the law behind; he’s running his own practice while also stepping into TV, making frequent appearances on ​major networks, true crime documentaries, and co-hosting his own podcast, the ‪@PrimeTimeCrimeShow‬ with investigative reporter From Prosecuting KILLERS to Primetime Crime: 20 Yrs Inside the DAs Office. Ep.245: Jarrett Ferentino For more episodes of OnTheStacks with host Bill Corcoran Jr. check out the Youtube channel, and watch more episodes here in our Podcasts section the 2025 Women’s Network’s Distinguished Woman Maurice Ferentino is also a son of Ferentino Grimes Ceremony doubles as Greater Pittston Chamber Women’s Network’s St Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce president stand with the Rose Ferentino Grimes and her daughters-in-law and grandchildren after Ferentino Grimes received the 2025 Women’s Network’s Distinguished Woman Award at Fox Hill Country Club addresses the 175 in attendance at Fox Hill Country Club displays her plaque to the 175 women and family in attendance at Fox Hill Country Club and Tiffany Ferentino at Fox Hill Country Club EXETER — Rose Ferentino Grimes accepted the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network 2025 Distinguished Woman Award on Friday evening at Fox Hill Country Club 175 attended the annual award ceremony doubling as the Network’s St Nicole Ferentino and Tiffany Ferentino presented their mother-in-law with Michelle Mikitish serves as the Chamber president along with Brandi Bartush Dailymirror Sunday Times Mirror Edu Tamil Mirror Lankadeepa Middleast Lankadeepa Ada Deshaya Life Online Hi Online Hitad Timesjobs E-Paper Home delivery Advertise with us Print Ads WNL Home Ferentino Tyres Chief Operating Officer Ushantha Jayalath (fourth from right) gestures during the media briefing on company’s plans on Wednesday Others from left are Regional Sales Manager Danushka Sanjeewa Institutional Sales Manager Akalanka Wijesinghe Sales and Marketing General Manager Dhanushka Maduranga Product Manager Chanaka Thilakarathne and Regional Sales Manager (PCR) Lahiru Hewage – Pic by Upul Abayasekara [email protected] [email protected] All the content on this website is copyright protected and can be reproduced only by giving the due courtesy to 'ft.lk' Copyright � 2004 Wijeya Newspapers Ltd You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Valeo and Tecnobus signed a Letter of Intent to prepare the future of Valeo’s site in Ferentino Valeo has been present in Ferentino since 1974 with a site where the Group produces technologies for thermal management of the vehicles Ferentino has developed incredible skills and knowledge the activity of the site has been slowly decreasing as OEMs focus more and more on electric vehicles which do not use the kind of systems produced in the Ferentino site Valeo has been looking for new opportunities to preserve the expertise and secure the future of the site and its people Tecnobus is an Italian manufacturer of electric powered minibuses established since 1998 and already present in Ferentino They are looking to increase their footprint to support the rapid ramp up of their production as demand for electric mobility booms Tecnobus will take over Valeo’s site before the end of the year To be in a position to start the new production lines quickly Tecnobus intends to leverage the existing industrial capabilities as well as the skills of the 55-strong workforce This acquisition is part of a larger investment plan of 30 million euros Tecnobus intends to further develop the existing facilities as well as to recruit more than 100 people “the Automotive industry is facing the most impressive revolution in its history with vehicles becoming electric Valeo is anticipating the impact on its activity and people with the development and industrialisation of new technologies but also by finding new opportunities to leverage the expertise developed over decades on its sites The takeover by Tecnobus is a great opportunity to secure the future of the site and its people while contributing their expertise to the development of electric mobility we are committed to offering technologies for affordable and more sustainable mobility and we are looking forward to continuing contributing to the Italian ecosystem with our other sites in the country “Tecnobus is probably the oldest company producing electric minibus in the world Though production was put on hold some years ago Tecnobus sold electric minibuses in 47 main cities in the world in the past years our target is to regain that leadership position As Tecnobus is growing and the demand for our products booms we are very proud to add to our amazing journey to offer solutions for more sustainable collective mobility thanks to our electric technologies Leveraging the skills and heritage built by Valeo we are looking forward to welcoming the new workforce and getting ready to start the production in our new location in Ferentino.” As a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players Valeo is innovating to make mobility cleaner Valeo enjoys technological and industrial leadership in electrification reinvention of the interior experience and lighting everywhere Tecnobus sold the first electric vehicle for transporting people in 1988 the  first Gulliver electric minibuses were sold in 1994 and today it represents the European leader in minibuses with over 500 vehicles sold in and outside Europe The only one in the world with more than 200 million kilometers of history Tecnobus has been always committed to fully respond to the growing expectations of public transport entities and operators who wish to reduce air pollution by using truly zero-emission buses The professional approach implemented by Tecnobus provides its customers hundreds of minibuses are in operation around the world We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences for future visits However you may visit Cookie Settings to customize your consent it may store or retrieve information on your browser your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to The information does not usually directly identify you but it can give you a more personalized web experience you 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pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet The takeover by Tecnobus not only secures the future of the Ferentino site but also aligns with the evolving landscape of the automotive industry marking a strategic move towards electric mobility solutions In a significant development for the future of Valeo's site in Ferentino Valeo and Tecnobus have signed a Letter of Intent paving the way for Tecnobus to take over the site by the year-end an Italian manufacturer specialising in electric-powered minibuses plans to leverage existing industrial capabilities and the skills of the 55-strong workforce at the Ferentino site All existing employees will be offered positions as part of this acquisition which is part of Tecnobus's larger investment plan of 30 million euros The company aims to develop the facilities further and hire over 100 additional employees has been a key player in producing technologies for thermal management and HVAC units for Italian OEMs with the increasing focus on electric vehicles by OEMs the activity at the Ferentino site has seen a gradual decline as the demand for the systems produced there diminishes Valeo sought new opportunities to preserve expertise and secure the future of the site and its workforce emphasised the significant revolution in the automotive industry with the shift towards electric Valeo anticipates this impact by developing new technologies and finding opportunities to leverage decades of expertise The acquisition by Tecnobus presents an opportunity to secure the future of the site and contribute to the development of electric mobility in Italy and Europe highlighted the company's excitement about welcoming the new workforce and preparing for production at the new location in Ferentino By leveraging the skills and heritage built by Valeo Tecnobus aims to play a key role in the burgeoning demand for electric mobility Valeo & Qualcomm Enhance Collaboration To Support 2W & 3W In India Truck Rentals Flat In April Despite Toll Hikes; Freight Undercurrent Turns Mildly Positive Yamaha Adds New Colours To Aerox 155 Version S At INR 1.53 Lakh Odysse HyFy Launches At INR 42,000 For Everyday Urban Commutes KPIT Strengthens Commercial Vehicle Push With Caresoft Acquisition JSW MG Launches Windsor PRO With Bigger Battery, Advanced Tech, Flexible Ownership Born in Ferentino, Italy (just outside of Rome), Giuseppe Morosini was ordained to the priesthood in 1937 the same year Benito Mussolini pledged Italy’s support for Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany and by the early 1940s he was sent by his Vincentian order to Rome to provide aid to displaced children at Ermenegildo Pistelli School became a secret base for the Italian Resistance Movement (the partigiani) However, the Gestapo had a mole within this resistance cell, which eventually led to Morosini’s arrest in January 1944, according to Crux News Morosini refused to provide details regarding the Resistance One survivor who met Morosini in prison later offered this memory of their encounter: He was coming out of an interrogation by the SS his swollen face dripping with blood like Christ during his passion He blessed his own firing squad while shouting ‘God forgive them they know not what they do,’ like Christ on Golgotha The memory of this noble martyr lives in my soul He was gunned down by a firing squad on April 13 a nationwide radio broadcast  was sent out calling for a popular uprising and general strike against the Nazi occupation and Fascist regime by the National Liberation Committee of Upper Italy (CLNAI) a political umbrella organization representing the Italian resistance movement Morosini was posthumously awarded Italy’s highest civilian honor there’s a small square named for him in our neighborhood executed in April 1944 for assisting the Italian resistance against fascism and the German occupation of the country How Los Angeles is bringing its long-lost Little Italy back to life The New York Times reveals the Italian origins of one of America's most cherished Christmas traditions ISDA has kept its strong sense of community alive and thriving to become one of the largest and most financially successful Italian American organizations in the country We now unite Italian Americans across states nationwide to celebrate our culture and preserve the traditions our ancestors brought with them from Italy Share your email address with us Italian Sons & Daughters of America 419 Wood St. © 2025 Italian Sons & Daughters of America Michael Stack to the Chairman’s Advisory Council of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons Ferentino is a principal in the law firm of Pugliese Ferentino received his Juris Doctorate from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle He is an honors graduate of Kings College’s McGowan School of Business He is a graduate of Seton Catholic High School in Pittston The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons fulfills the task of examining all clemency applications for potential recommendation in Pennsylvania As a member of the newly created Chairman’s Advisory Council Ferentino will be involved in advising Stack on the many crucial aspects of the criminal justice system that candidates face throughout the pardons process Ferentino serves as a federal and state trial lawyer handling many different types of matters representing individuals He serves as the solicitor to the Wyoming Area School District and Borough of Wyoming recently received his Doctor of Dental Medicine from Tufts University in Boston He is a graduate of Wyoming Area High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh He is the son of Anthony and Beverly Del Giorno Del Giorno is currently practicing dentistry in Mountain Top with his brother-in-law son of André and Mary Ann Kabacinski of Duryea was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in medical humanities at the 140th commencement of Boston College on May 23 Kabacinski is a 2012 graduate of Holy Redeemer High School in Wilkes-Barre He graduated summa cum laude and earned the distinction of being inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society He will be working as a program coordinator for the Harvard Catalyst and the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes University students Matt Yatison are participating in research projects this summer in the biology environmental engineering and earth sciences A girl was born to Melissa Washney and David Makarewicz A boy was born to Christina Singleton and Francois Simmelkjaer Rosemarie Butera of Jenkins Township celebrated her 85th birthday on Aug Sri Lanka tyre factory was officially opened by Sri Lankan president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on 14 January 2021 The facility was constructed with an investment of US$250 million and can reportedly produce 2.4 million tyres annually Tyres made at the Ferentino factory will cross a number of sectors including radial car These include a “Mythos” product line reminiscent of the Marangoni passenger car tyre range previously produced in the same place (see below) Of the 2.4 million tyres produced annually at the Ferentino factory in this phase 80 per cent are destined for export markets A second phase is scheduled to be completed in March 2022 Tyrepress and Tyres & Accessories subscribers can log in below to read the full article If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber Subscribe now If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com Love In Reverse released Fake It vie DaDa Drumming Records on August 19 The 10-track album was produced and mixed by Andres Karu and mastered by Drew Lavyne/All Digital Mastering It features performances by Michael Ferentino All of the songs were written by Michael Ferentino "I began writing the majority of the songs for the new album Most of the lyrics on this album are poetic attempts at exorcising personal demons while keeping the context broad enough to remain relatable to all listeners The overall music and vibe of the record is a return to some of our early 90s guitar driven alt rock sound while attempting to remain relevant in the popular music landscape of the 2020s." the New York/New Jersey based dark electronic art rock duo known as DOG performed and gained an impressive following in some of the most iconic NY and NJ clubs including CBGB DOG quickly evolved into the 3-piece indie/art rock/space rock band Love in Reverse signed with Jon and Marsha Zazula’s Crazed Management (former owners of Megaforce Records) who led the band to a lucrative deal with Warner/Reprise Records Love in Reverse recorded three critically acclaimed albums with Warner/Reprise (two with legendary producer Russ Titelman and one mixed by Grammy Award Winner Jason Corsaro and coproduced by NIN producer they toured with the likes of Gravity Kills They also played several radio festivals performing with artists ranging from the Spin Doctors and Tonic to The Deftones and Joan Jett The band’s video for “I’m a Contradiction” was featured on MTV’s 120 minutes and the video for “Blueprint for a Possible Song” was included on the sampler DVD for Sony’s first commercially available DVD player Love in Reverse was also featured along with Peter Frampton on the Meredith Viera ABC television news show Love in Reverse disbanded and evolved once more into the Amazing Meet Project a band which has been described by Matt Pinfield of MTVs 120 Minutes as “putting the alternative in alternative rock!" During this period  Ferentino and  Karu scored the Kevin Smith produced thriller “A Better Place,” a realistically violent film that has become an underground cult classic Their music was also featured in “Time of Your Life,” the “Party of Five” television spin-off starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and multiple MTV specials Among a number of positive media articles featuring the band Rolling Stone named Love in Reverse as one of 6 new promising bands of 1996 Ferentino and Karu experimented with a myriad of projects including the noisy lo-fi electronic garage band the Diablo Project with Jai Diablo from Interscope Records sludge rock/stoner metal band and the electronic ambient/experimental outfit they teamed up with The Wonder Stuff front-man Miles Hunt for a collaboration dubbed the Miles Hunt Club Karu also went on to become drummer and producer for the Wonder Stuff in the mid ‘00s while Dave Halpern played drums for multiple artists including the BeeGees Ferentino continued with Bedtime for Robots releasing several acclaimed albums and tracks throughout the 2010s and into the 2020s Bedtime for Robots were featured in Fangoria Magazine and their music has been consistently featured on DOOMED Radio Soma FM and multiple worldwide underground Internet radio shows during the initial lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic Karu and Halpern put finishing touches on an album they had been secretly working on for the past couple of years and self-released the reformed Love in Reverse album which brought them to the attention of Ferentino’s childhood friend and owner of Dada Drumming Records an independent label from Texas which specialized in noise Looking to expand the horizons of the label now focusing on a return to their guitar-driven indie art rock sound the band put the finishing touches on their newly recorded and arguably strongest album to date All About The Rock You must be logged in to post a comment This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive BEAVER — A federal inmate who says he was like a father figure to two men charged in the murder of a Beaver Falls couple testified Friday the men confessed their roles in the killings to him Isaiah Paillett said he has known Robert Burgess since the early 1990s and that he met Devon Shealey Paillett said it was he who introduced Burgess and Shealey to one another in 2007 Shealey is currently on trial for the June 2008 shooting deaths of Richard and Demetria Harper in their Beaver Falls home while two of the couple’s young daughters were locked in a small furnace room Paillett offered many details about the case some of which had been similarly testified to by other witnesses throughout the week Paillett — who readily admitted on the witness stand that he is hoping his testimony will lessen the time he serves in prison — said he and Shealey ended up in the Allegheny County Jail together and there Shealey told him “We handled some business up in Beaver County.” Paillett said to him that meant Shealey and Burgess killed someone He said Shealey told him a woman owed them money for marijuana and he was worried Burgess was going to tell authorities about him Shealey said if they got back on the street he wanted to kill Burgess He said Shealey asked him if he would “handle him.” Paillett said he told Shealey he would think about it Burgess and Paillett ended up in the same prison and Paillett said he began to question Burgess about what happened in Beaver Falls Paillett testified Burgess told him details of the night the Harpers were killed including how they got into their home and about the children being there Paillett said Shealey told him he shot Richard and then looked at Burgess like “What are you waiting for,” and then Burgess shot Demetria Paillett also testified he was told Shealey and Burgess were wearing black and when the pair left the Harpers’ home they saw a neighbor looking at them from a window Earlier in the trial a neighbor of the Harpers testified that he heard a man’s angry voice the night of the shooting looked out his window and saw two men dressed in black getting into a car Public Defender Kevin Kindred told Paillett he never actually talked to Shealey Senior Special Agent Maurice Ferentino of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Firearms and Explosives was questioned about the information Paillett provided Kindred suggested that Paillett never provided Shealey’s name to federal investigators but rather Ferentino was the one who brought up Shealey’s name in association with the homicide Ferentino testified both Thursday and Friday that when someone comes to his agency to make what is known as “proffer,” the information “flows one way” from the person making the proffer to the investigator receiving the information According to testimony given by Ferentino on Thursday a proffer is a written agreement used as an investigative tool by the federal government Sometimes referred to as a “queen for a day” agreement statements made by the person making the proffer cannot be used against that person A person who makes a proffer can still be charged in a case but the charges must be based on information from other parts of the investigation and not the proffer itself Kindred asked Ferentino if he had a video of his interview with Paillett “Are you accusing me of lying?” Ferentino asked Kindred ECONOMYNEXT – Ferentino Tyre Corporation (Pvt) Ltd an export oriented greenfield project which the firm says will be South Asia’s largest tyre factory has been commissioned by Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa The factory has been built on a 155-acre Board of Investment industrial zone in Wagawatta The 100 million first phase was opened by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on January 14 The firm is expected to export 80 percent of its output and sell 20 percent domestically Sri Lanka is currently under import controls after the central bank printed large volumes of money The first stock of production is to be exported to the USA this month Sri Lanka’s Rigid Tyre Corporation to start production from Jan 2021 earlier known as Rigid Tyre Corporation is promoted by entrepreneur Nandana Lokuwithana The second phase is expected to come on stream by March 2021 Lokuwithana also heads Ceylon Steel Corporation and Onyx Group in the UAE His other investments include Marriot Al Jadaf Hotel in Dubai a cement grinding plant in Mirijjawila Hambantota which will start in May 2021 and Marangoni Industrial Tyres Lanka (Pvt) Ltd ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s 2025 local authority voting has ended with some turnout at some districts around 60 percent according to returning officers in sharp contrast to 2018 elections which was a protest vote with high 79 percent turnout Turnout in reported by Sri Lanka Sirasa TV quoting district returning officers after polls closed at 4.00pm were as follows with a divided opposition and the central bank missing its 5 percent inflation target to keep inflation around 1 percent The election was viewed as a litmus test on incumbent President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Opposition parties have charged that his ruling National Peoples Power came to power criticizing an International Monetary Fund program but largely followed its course The central bank has avoided its customary inflationary rate cuts and depreciation which is then followed by a stabilization crisis that had dogged all recent administrations The 2023-2024 stabilization crisis was largely carried out by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who was ousted in the last Presidential elections The 2018 February local government elections came in the wake of the 2017 stabilization crisis In 2015 and 2016 the central bank and poured liquidity into the banking system collapsing the rupee from 131 to 152 to the US dollar in the process and rate and tax hikes But the currency collapse and the stabilization crisis had shattered the credibility of the United National Party which was governing with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party The then opposition Sri Lanka Podujana Party swept to power in local authorities and subsequently won the 2019 Presidential elections with a further collapse of the currency to 184 to the US dollar under flexible inflation targeting/potential output targeting ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 299.50/75 to the US dollar in the spot market Tuesday weaker against Monday’s close of 299.48/50 dealers said A bond maturing on 15.12.2026 closed at 8.80/87 percent A bond maturing on 15.03.2028 closed at 9.77/85 percent A bond maturing on 15.10.2028 closed at 9.82/85 percent A bond maturing on 15.12.2029 closed flat at 10.25/30 percent A bond maturing on 15.03.2031 closed at 10.68/75 percent The central bank announced an auction of Rs and an auction of Rs.80,000 million Treasury Bonds on May 9 ECONOMYNEXT – World Bank group president will visit Sri Lanka on May 07 the first visit by the head of the multilateral lender in 20 years following an invitation extended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake last year Banga’s trip “reflects the strong and enduring partnership between the World Bank Group and Sri Lanka which spans more than 70 years,” the lender said “His visit will focus on supporting job creation and driving an inclusive and sustainable economic recovery for the country as Sri Lanka continues its path toward economic recovery and seeks to build a more resilient and senior government and private sector leaders “These discussions will center on how Sri Lanka can overcome current challenges and seize new opportunities as it continues to recover economically and socially,” the World Bank said The World Bank Group currently supports Sri Lanka through a portfolio of projects worth 2.2 billion including both public and private sector investments We use cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast Gain clarity on the biggest stories of the day with our daily newsletter Ferentino unwittingly gave investigators their break after he declared payoffs to Alexander as a business expense on his income tax returns He then helped prosecutors find other conspirators in a scheme that netted Alexander about $1.4 million in kickbacks during his 16 years in office from 1970 to 1985 Alexander ultimately pleaded guilty to racketeering in 1988 and served 5 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence in federal prison He died of cancer in 1996 at the age of 69 Prosecutors said Ferentino paid Alexander $363,998 in return for $3 million in contracts to perform architectural work for the city from 1972 through 1985 He was granted immunity from prosecution and never served jail time After Ferentino's payoffs were exposed in an IRS audit the architect agreed to wear a secret wire to record conversations with co-conspirators Some of those co-conspirators later agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in exchange for leniency Ferentino's architect's license was suspended for nine months but was restored so he could resume his career in the Albany suburb of Guilderland Ferentino never granted an interview about his involvement in Alexander's scheme or his decision to become an informant for the FBI Contact Mark Weiner anytime: Email | Twitter | Facebook | 571-970-3751 Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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All rights reserved (About Us) Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site Ad Choices RIGHT OF REPLY FERENTINO Tyre Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. has written to us regarding a news item published last week under the headline; “Cabinet approves Rs 566mn tyre tender despite concerns by engineers” by Namini Wijedasa The company states that the news item misrepresents to the reader that the four-month tender for the supply of tyres [...] The company states that the news item misrepresents to the reader that the four-month tender for the supply of tyres to the Sri Lanka Transport Board has been improperly awarded and that the quality and technical specifications of the tyres to be supplied under the contract do not conform to the tender specifications and thus pose a significant threat to public safety and could have been easily ascertained had you extended the most basic courtesy of verifying your information from our company prior to publication The photo shows how the serial number for one of the inspected Ferentino tyre's manufactured date has been imprinted on a strip of rubber that has been applied to the tyre It further points out that the news item refers to “concerns in transport circles about a number of crucial technical specifications that the winning bidder had itself departed from”.and adds; “We also note that your article erroneously refers to “a technical evaluation committee (TEC) finding that the product sold by the winning bidder had deviated from a multitude of fixed predetermined specifications.” Had you duly and properly inquired into the matter prior to publication you would have been made aware that there was no such finding by the Technical Evaluation Committee in the evaluation of Ferentino’s bid Ferentino’s bid would not have been considered to be substantially responsive and would have been rejected at the evaluation stage This is a fact that could have been possibly verified had the company’s and the views of the Sri Lanka Transport Board on this matter been obtained prior to the publication of your article NEWS DESK NOTE: The news item concerned was in the public interest because it was a matter concerning public road transportation of the poor and underprivileged We found all tender parties violated tender requirements The Chairman of the SLTB has admitted to these flaws and argued “the tyre crisis” as the urgency to fast forward this tender despite these flaws – much the same way of the controversy involving the import of faulty pharmaceutical drugs in the health sector With regard to Ferentino’s allegation that what we quoted was not from the Cabinet Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) our report did not refer to an evaluation committee appointed by Cabinet According to a written statement by the SLTB Chairman which is now in the public domain the Ferentino tyre samples were first found not to fit the required tender specifications by Gampaha District Engineer he then appointed three officials of the SLTB Head Office’s Technical Division who also recommended that the procurement of these tyres could not proceed It is the report of this “technical group” that our news report widely cites The best way to say that you found the home of your dreams is by finding it on Hitad.lk. We have listings for apartments for sale or rent in Sri Lanka no matter what locale you're looking for Print Edition – The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka [email protected] [email protected] President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today declared open Ferentino Tire Corporation PVT Ltd the largest tyre and radial tyre manufacturing factory in South Asia The factory has been set up on a 155-acre land which belongs to BOI Industrial Zone in Wagawatta Investment of the first phase is USD 100 million Manufacturing will be carried out using European technology and state-of-the-art equipment Special tyres will be manufactured for SUVs while catering to the demand in the world market for tyres for cars 80% of the production will be exported and the remaining 20% will be supplied to the local market The first stock of production will be exported to the USA this month Promotion of the export market potential of this country generating a large number of direct and indirect employment opportunities and the ability for local rubber producers to obtain a higher price are some of the benefits of the factory The management of the factory has taken measures to recruit qualified women to fill the vacancies for technical positions beating adopted standards in the industrial sector President Rajapaksa was welcomed by the Chairman of Ferentino Tyre Corporation PVT Ltd Nandana Lokuwithana After unveiling the plaque the President inspected the entire manufacturing process at the factory The President also presented a memento to Dewmi Yasasmi of Sumanajothi Vidyalaya in Ingiriya who obtained 200 marks in the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination held recently Maha Nayaka of Sri Kalyani Samagri Dhamma Maha Sangha Sabha Iththapane Sri Dhammalankara Thero and Maha Sangha several officials of public and private institutes were among the gathering Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time It was a relief for me and my colleagues from the foreign press association the Associazione della Stampa Estera: finally a journalist's trip again The trip went to Ferentino in southern Lazio Italian cities and regions regularly organize informative trips (educationals they call it in good Italian) for domestic and foreign journalists who specialize in travel Some editors object to this in principle (although that has decreased since the crisis in journalism about 10 years ago) In practice this is not so bad: the participants are overloaded with information there is no obligation to publish and if the offer is not worth it it will not happen or you may even get a bad review Usually this is not the case and these types of trips if accompanied by competent guides who know everything about the region are a nice eye opener for the participants and certainly also for their viewers and readers That was certainly true for Ferentino, a gem of the Ciociaria, the friendly landscape in the south of Lazio with rolling hills of white limestone that also house the local ancient and medieval monuments Less well known than the nearby medieval papal towns of Anagni and Alatri Ferentino has not yet been discovered by major tourism but it has a series of monuments that stand out making it a great day trip destination from the 80km more northerly Rome possibly in combination with the other towns when there is usually not much news and editors can miss their correspondent for a day.) In addition to the 25 foreigners a bus with at least as many Italian colleagues turned out to have arrived But Ferentino also had something to celebrate: the beginning of the restoration of the city's Roman theater The city council and the Archeoclub Italia (a private institution for the preservation and care of ancient heritage) had prepared the reception in great detail a billboard placed along the road welcomed us journalists Ferentino is located on a hill in the fertile valley of the river Sacco tons-weighing and irregularly shaped boulders where other clumps of stone connect seamlessly They are the so-called Cyclopean or Pelagic walls which in the past were thought to have been built by one-eyed giants or by the Pelasgians a seafaring people from 1.000 years before Roman times In reality they are in the 4e century BC a local people who so defended themselves against aggressive neighbors like the Volsci and the Latini who soon preferred the Ernici as an ally rather than an adversary an impressive piece and I immediately asked myself the same question as with the hunebeds in Drenthe: How in God's name did they get those beasts in place There doesn't seem to be a clear answer yet You can immediately read the history of Ferentino from the 2,4 kilometer long wall On top of the lower part – now known under the neutral and apt name of Mura Poligonali (polygonal walls) – a second layer of broad horizontally and vertically chipped building blocks above which is another layer of smaller chunks from the Middle Ages and at the top often also modern houses After a reception and some chaotic accreditation due to rain and covid measures in a tent in front of the city wall we were led through the archaic-Roman Porta Montana into the narrow streets of the old center on our way to the antique Roman covered market alderman and the national and local leaders of Archeoclub with hymns to the 'unique historical and cultural heritage' of which Ferentino can be so proud That always happens on these kinds of trips but this time the speeches were enriched with the penetrating cooing of rutted pigeons for whom the antique structure was a suitable loft But it was also a great location for interviews for Slovenian They don't experience that every day in Ferentino and we had a lot of attention.  in turn the heavily walled city center on the top of the hill On the southeast side of this towers the sturdy block of the Avancorpo the high bulwark built here between 100-80 BC because those were years in which Rome and central Italy were torn apart by a civil war that finally ended in a bloody way by dictator Silla This building also rests on a clearly visible pre-Roman base A floor of the Ferentine Acropolis itself is now partly subterranean corridors and rooms Under the vaults is a photo exhibition that gives a good picture of the havoc caused on 24 and 25 May 1944 by American bombings against a local Gestapo office On top of the Roman structure now stands the imposing Vescovado (bishop's palace) and opposite the Duomo a solid Romanesque jewel consecrated in 1108 with those beautiful cosmatic floors (figurative marble mosaics) as you see in many Roman churches from that time but two Roman brothers who were martyred) is built on the remains of an earlier church from the 9e century The sacristy still has a fully intact cyborium a rare piece of Longobardian sculpture with beautifully stylized peacock figures There is also a plaque with an inscription from the 4e century from an even older church that was probably built on the remains of a Roman temple The facade is decorated with wonderfully naively carved lion heads and what is believed to be a portrait of the 13ecentury Emperor Frederick II The charm of all that beauty is disturbed by the dozens of cars that more than fill up the cozy Dompleintje time for mass and we get the sacred song for free After lunch (a sober package because of the pandemic the Cistercian monks in the 13e century built granary it was time for the ceremony in the Roman theater which was then under Emperor Trajan in the 2e century enough for a provincial town like Ferentinum later partly excavated and for 20 years the municipality has been asking for a subsidy to complete the excavation and demolish a few shacks above the theater That money has now been promised and it will be quite a job but according to the architect it can be done within a year and a half and performances can be held again after more than 1.500 years because too much has already been lost: a local resident showed me his cellar which opens seven meters below the theater Antique statues had been stored there for decades which had been stolen by the Germans during the war the double Porta Casamari from the 2e century BC and the pre-Roman (4e century BC) Porta Sanguinaria the Bloody Gate whose name no one really knows we paid another visit to a unique monument: the Testament of Aulus Quintilius Priscus donated a significant portion of his estate to the citizens of Ferentino and everyone was allowed to know that too That is why he had the full text of his will carved into a rock above the thoroughfare Via Casilina where it was clearly visible to every passer-by and is still one of the main attractions of the town we had by no means had everything there was to see in this rather small town - the municipality has 21.000 inhabitants including the countryside - so there is every reason to come back again That certainly also applies to the gastronomic experience which this time got off to a poor start due to that damned virus biochemist and president of the Archeoclub Ferentino The cuisine of Ferentino and the Ciociaria in general is traditional cucina di terra, so no fish with typical products as local pecorino cheese en March (hard goat cheese), prosciutto ciociaro of local pig breeds and various types of sausage enriched with wild fennel alongside typical oil of the loiarella olive Classic local dishes include the finifini very nice sliced ​​tagliatelle; the minestra con il pane sotto: soup of different types of legumes and vegetables poured out on a firm slab casareccio bread (coarse baker's bread); the timballo di maccheroni, pasta baked in a baking tin with all kinds of meat and tomato sauce or without (in blank) with rabbit and/or mushrooms And don't forget the lasagna alla ciociara which is not that different from the standard lasagna but (unlike that of northern Italy) must not contain any butter and must be at least 7 layers thick the best place to try those in Ferentino is at the Trattoria Consolare while if you're more into haute cuisine and money is not an issue you can go to Ristorante Bassetto. Seeing is believing FerentinolazioMedievaltravel tips Historian who has lived in Italy for more than 30 years 20 of which as a journalist and 12 as a press and political officer at the Dutch embassy in Rome Has been working as a journalist again since May 2022 the gourmet group of the 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