20 December/dicembre 2000
MESSAGGERO -
Villa Santa Maria - A frontier marshal speaks from the altar / Un maresciallo di frontiera č salito
anche sull’altare, by Lilli Mandara
Gregorio Destratis, 32, married with two children, marshal of the Carabinieri station for Villa Santa Maria, Montelapiano and Montebello, one Sunday morning rose to speak from the church altar to the elderly population to explain to them how to defend themselves from false social workers and other delinquents. With hundreds of young students in the Scuola Alberghiera, also drug problems in Villa Santa Maria are increasing.
20 December/dicembre 2000
IL CENTRO - -
San Salvo - Historical re-enactement / Corteo storico
On 20 december 1745, the precious urn of Cardinal Carafa with the bones of Saint Vitale entered triumphantly San Carlo square, in the light of a giant bonfire. The event was re-enacted yesterday by over 200 characters in costume.