From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Naples barracks to close early
By Lisa M. Novak, Stars and Stripes European edition, Friday, April 17, 2009
NAPLES, Italy — A Navy barracks building on Capodichino will close three months earlier than expected. But at least troops’ moving expenses will be paid for.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The building, called BEQ (bachelor-enlisted quarters) 1, had been scheduled to close by the end of September. But officials, offering no explanation, said Thursday that the building will now close by June 30.
The closure means about 80 junior enlisted troops have to move off base. Officially, bachelor housing was only supposed to be provided for servicemembers E-3 or below."
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
S&S - AFN radio may go silent in Naples
Stars and Stripes
AFN radio may go silent in Naples
By Kent Harris and Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, April 26, 2009
Courtesy photo
A view of numerous broadcast towers on Mt. Camaldoli in Naples, Italy.
The military network’s radio service will go off the air in Naples beginning Monday unless there’s a "miracle" this weekend, the senior commander of American Forces Network operations in Italy said.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Radio broadcasts heard on 106.0 and 107.0 FM frequencies in Naples will stop unless Italian environmental officials provide written permission for use of a new transmitter site to replace the current one, which must be dismantled, Maj. Tom Bryant said Friday in an interview in his Vicenza office."
AFN has negotiated a deal with RAI, the Italian state-run broadcasting system, to use one of its existing towers — also on the mountain but outside the monastery — but needs to receive a series of approvals before it starts to broadcast."
AFN radio may go silent in Naples
By Kent Harris and Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, April 26, 2009
Courtesy photo
A view of numerous broadcast towers on Mt. Camaldoli in Naples, Italy.
The military network’s radio service will go off the air in Naples beginning Monday unless there’s a "miracle" this weekend, the senior commander of American Forces Network operations in Italy said.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Radio broadcasts heard on 106.0 and 107.0 FM frequencies in Naples will stop unless Italian environmental officials provide written permission for use of a new transmitter site to replace the current one, which must be dismantled, Maj. Tom Bryant said Friday in an interview in his Vicenza office."
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"Bryant said the lease on a transmitter that AFN has been using for decades expired last year. Military broadcasters were allowed to continue to use the transmitter — located inside the walls of a monastery atop Mount Camaldoli — for an additional nine months. That deal ends Thursday, and the transmitter needs to be disassembled and taken away by then, a process that will take a couple of days.AFN has negotiated a deal with RAI, the Italian state-run broadcasting system, to use one of its existing towers — also on the mountain but outside the monastery — but needs to receive a series of approvals before it starts to broadcast."
Monday, February 23, 2009
S&S - Stray animals remain a problem in Naples
Stars and Stripes
Stray animals remain a problem in Naples
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, February 8, 2009
Sandra Jontz / S&S
A group of stray or abandoned dogs available for adoption gather at a gate of the Lega Pro Animale veterinary clinic and shelter in Mondragone, Italy.
Sandra Jontz / S&S
One of the stray or abandoned dogs available for adoption from the Lega Pro Animale veterinary clinic and shelter in Mondragone is this German Shepherd mix, which was microchipped and registered to a U.S. Navy servicemember who had been stationed in Naples, Italy. The dog likely was abandoned after the member left, said Dr. Dorothea Friz, adding the Navy said it was unable to locate the individual.
Sandra Jontz / S&S
Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Dockendorff plays with Russell, one of several dogs the Naples, Italy-based sailor has fostered. Over the years and between duty stations in Italy and Bahrain, Dockendorff has adopted or fostered roughly 17 stray dogs.
NAPLES, Italy — Marcella Falco loves her job. But each morning, she dreads going to work.
Will this be another morning when she finds a dog chained to the gates of the animal shelter?
"It just breaks my heart. Every week, we find one dog, two dogs, just left outside the shelter," Falco said. "Sometimes they are just running around outside the gate. Sometimes they are chained. What choice do we have? We give them a home."
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In Italy, animal shelters too often become the final home for thousands of abandoned or stray dogs, including the 550 dogs and puppies that reside at the privately run Rifugio San Francesco in Ischitella, a suburb of Naples. "
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"Some are abandoned by U.S. servicemembers when they leave their duty stations, although the number of pets left behind by the military is not available. Most, however, are from the country’s rampant stray population.
Italy has nearly 150,000 stray dogs and nearly 2.6 million stray cats, according to Ministry of Health data."
Stray animals remain a problem in Naples
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, February 8, 2009
Sandra Jontz / S&S
A group of stray or abandoned dogs available for adoption gather at a gate of the Lega Pro Animale veterinary clinic and shelter in Mondragone, Italy.
Sandra Jontz / S&S
One of the stray or abandoned dogs available for adoption from the Lega Pro Animale veterinary clinic and shelter in Mondragone is this German Shepherd mix, which was microchipped and registered to a U.S. Navy servicemember who had been stationed in Naples, Italy. The dog likely was abandoned after the member left, said Dr. Dorothea Friz, adding the Navy said it was unable to locate the individual.
Sandra Jontz / S&S
Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Dockendorff plays with Russell, one of several dogs the Naples, Italy-based sailor has fostered. Over the years and between duty stations in Italy and Bahrain, Dockendorff has adopted or fostered roughly 17 stray dogs.
NAPLES, Italy — Marcella Falco loves her job. But each morning, she dreads going to work.
Will this be another morning when she finds a dog chained to the gates of the animal shelter?
"It just breaks my heart. Every week, we find one dog, two dogs, just left outside the shelter," Falco said. "Sometimes they are just running around outside the gate. Sometimes they are chained. What choice do we have? We give them a home."
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In Italy, animal shelters too often become the final home for thousands of abandoned or stray dogs, including the 550 dogs and puppies that reside at the privately run Rifugio San Francesco in Ischitella, a suburb of Naples. "
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"Some are abandoned by U.S. servicemembers when they leave their duty stations, although the number of pets left behind by the military is not available. Most, however, are from the country’s rampant stray population.
Italy has nearly 150,000 stray dogs and nearly 2.6 million stray cats, according to Ministry of Health data."
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