Fountain restoration dream faces silt removal challenge

Fountain restorations have proved popular across Scotland in recent years as a way to boost civic pride. A similar project in Dumfries saw its town centre fountain restored to its former glory a few ...
The Guardian

‘This is history, it should be free’: Rome’s €2 Trevi fountain fee divides opinion

Charge is designed to protect much-loved monument from overtourism, but not all visitors like the idea Teresa Romero is in Rome to celebrate a milestone birthday and one of the first things she did on ...
Reuters

Rome introduces Trevi Fountain access fee to curb coin-tossing crowds

Charge aims to ease overcrowding and raise conservation funds Coin tossing guarantees a return to Rome, according to tradition Fountain features in famous 'La Dolce Vita' film scene Latest Italian ...
CNN

Now there’s a $2 charge to toss coins in the Trevi Fountain — and tourists are still ignoring the rules

Legend has it that tossing a coin into Rome’s Trevi Fountain guarantees a return to the Eternal City. Two coins promise love with an Italian. Three, marrying an Italian. As of February 2, however, ...
Deadline.com

Yvonne Lime Dies: ‘I Was A Teenage Werewolf’ Co-Star, ‘Father Knows Best’ Alum & Longtime Philanthropist Was 90

Yvonne Lime, who starred alongside Michael Landon in I Was A Teenage Werewolf, recurred on Father Knows Best, had dozens of other screen credits and later devoted her life to philanthropy, died Friday ...
New York Magazine

A Beginner’s Guide to Fountain Pens (According to an Obsessive)

Welcome to Stationery Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing office supplies — everything from pens, pencils, and paper to task chairs. For more, head to our ...
The Washington Post

National Park Service to spend $54 million on landmark D.C. fountains

Work crews donning hard hats and erecting chain-link fences around some of Washington’s most famous — and long broken — fountains in recent days have stirred puzzled looks from passersby and cautious ...
Post and Courier

RV and boat storage plan moves forward in Mount Pleasant with more than 400 trees slated for removal

MOUNT PLEASANT — A proposed recreational vehicle, boat and trailer outdoor storage plan advanced in early December, despite concerns over the removal of more than 400 trees on the 11-acre site. The ...
Reuters

Rome to charge tourists to get close to the famed Trevi Fountain

ROME, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Tourists who want to get close to Rome's Trevi Fountain will soon have to pay a two-euro ($2.34) fee, the city mayor said on Friday, as authorities look to profit more ...
The New York Times

Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included

Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay). By Elisabetta Povoledo ...