Thursday, May 22nd, 2025, at 4pm, Mayor Greg Verga and Mayor Giosuè Maniaci signed certificates naming Gloucester and Terrasini official Sister, or Twin, Cities. This is a wonderful opportunity to exchange cultural traditions and customs, connect future generations to their heritage, and travel to mutually welcoming communities. Mayor Giosuè Maniaci was admiring of the beauty of Gloucester and the Terrasini community plans to build a memorial similar to our fisherman’s statue, commemorating the lives of fishermen who have been lost at sea.
Nina Francis, Julia Verga, Sefatia Romeo Theken, Giuseppe Cracchiolo, Mayor Greg Verga, Mayor Giosuè Maniaci
Seeing the joy on the participants faces was heartwarming and is a reminder of the blessed and centuries old American tradition of welcoming immigrants to her shores. To know that first, second, and many generations to come, will always be welcome to their country of origin is equally as heartwarming.
Mayor Giosuè Maniac thanking Giuseppe Cracchiolo
Earlier in the week Mayor Giosuè Maniaci was honored with a lovely dinner of fresh off the boat Gloucester seafood and a presentation by Gloucester Fishermen’a Wives president Angela Sanfillipo. The following photos are courtesy of Marianne Pacquette.
