The City of Folsom is hitting a milestone in international friendship this year, celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Sister City relationship with Pieve del Grappa, Italy. The partnership, which began in 2000 with the former city of Crespano del Grappa, honors Folsom’s deep Italian roots and the legacy of Giuseppe “Joe” Murer, one of the city’s...
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READ MOREKenosha Sister Cities has embarked on an exciting new collaboration. We are working with Professor Carey Waters and her students at UW-Parkside to create a mural celebrating our relationship with our Sister City in Cosenza, Italy. Her class will be working with an Italian Mural artist named Carlo Giardina to create two designs, one to be placed i...
READ MOREThe sister city relationship between Potenza, Italy and Denver, Colorado was born in 1982, just two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Irpinia and brought widespread destruction to parts of Basilicata, including Potenza. Though separated by geography, the two cities share a strong and enduring friendship rooted in cultural exchange,...
READ MOREMayor Simone Costanzo of Coreno Ausonio, Italy, is coming to Seven Hills. The mayor of the Italian municipality will be hosted by his sister city counterpart, Seven Hills Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta, at a special gala event Aug. 2 at the Community Recreation Center. The upcoming international visit so far has exceeded Biasiotta’s expectations.“Worki...
READ MOREIt’s a bit confusing the first time you hear it — the way Italians pronounce “Cheyenne,” that is — but after a few times, you might find it charming, spicy even. That’s because, ’round these parts halfway around the world from Wyoming, Cheyenne sounds more like cayenne, thanks to the silent “h” in the Italian language. Pronunciation differences asi...
READ MOREExactly 4,658 miles separate Seven Hills and the Italian municipality of Coreno Ausonio. That great divide is about to shrink, with Seven Hills Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta recently proposing a sister city partnership. The selection of the community located roughly halfway between Rome and Naples isn’t by accident. “That’s the hometown of my grandfat...
READ MORELocal students from North and South Medford High Schools are saying ciao to Medford’s Italian sister city, Alba, through a cultural exchange program in their tour across Italy. The students have visited Rome, Turin, and of course, Alba, where student Will Brock stopped to sing at a cathedral. The Medford Alba City Sister Exchange Association says t...
READ MORETwo classes at Iron Mountain Schools are taking part in a unique online cultural exchange with students in a school in Italy. On Wednesday, seventh grade students in Eric Penn’s social studies class had their third meeting with their counterparts in Iron Mountain’s sister city of Sassoferrato, Italy. The students in Italy all speak English. North E...
READ MOREOn Monday, Feb. 24, Walla Walla Mayor Tom Scribner received this statue on behalf of the City, as a gift from Mayor Fabrizio Garreggia of Cannara, Perugia, Italy. Walla Walla and Cannara have been sister cities since signing a pact of friendship in December 2015. The statue, by artist Antonio De Paoli, is titled "...Andate e riempite il cielo di ca...
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