Nicholas Giacobbe

It’s always a great time getting to chat with students from @Suffolk_U! Thanks for swinging by the State House!

En Roma hay una iglesia en la que no entras… bajas. Porque al cruzar su puerta puedes recorrer toda la historia de la ciudad descendiendo escalones y pisos bajo tierra. Capa a capa, encontrarás una iglesia sobre otra… hasta llegar a un templo pagano. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

One of the greatest and oldest special effects in history can be witnessed in Rome today And it has been playing out, on cue, for nearly 2000 years... Each year on April 21, the traditional birthday of Rome — the legendary date Romulus founded the city in 753 BC — the midday sun pierces the oculus at the crown of the Pantheon's dome and casts a perfect disk of light that settles squarely on the temple's entrance. For roughly two minutes and fifty seconds, the bronze doors blaze gold... At that exact moment, the Emperor would step across the threshold, his body swallowed in sunlight, as though the heavens themselves were handing him the city. Hadrian's engineers designed the entire building as a cosmos in miniature: the interior is exactly 43.3 metres wide and 43.3 metres tall, meaning a perfect sphere fits inside it. The Roman senator Cassius Dio wrote that the vaulted roof was meant to resemble the heavens themselves...

On this night 251 years ago, two men climbed Old North Church's steeple. They held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were heading to Concord via the Charles River. Their famous “one if by land, two if by sea” warning ignited the American Revolution.

Oggi a Palazzo Chigi il Primo Ministro della Repubblica d’Albania, @ediramaal

The landmark opening of the first U.S. Office in Kosovo in 1996, led by the late Eliot Engel. [Photo: Ridvan Slivova]

THIS MAKES NO SENSE: @ArlingtonVA spent tons of money to make Army Navy Drive safer. Particularly near S. Hayes St. Yet, multiple times daily, vehicle carriers are allowed to block the bus lane for a half-hour or more at a time. They then drive cars the wrong way on this major roadway. As my previous post showed (below ⏬⏬), there is room on the Fashion Centre property to handle this without putting the people walking and driving nearby in jeopardy. This has gone on for years. I hope someone in charge will finally make the rental car companies and the mall do their business on their own property and not in the middle of a busy public road. @ARLnowDOTcom @matthewyoung31 @NFTC_News @charlienbc @AdamTuss @HCBright10 @ArlingtonVaPD @ArlingtonDES @Susan4Arlington @maureencoffeyva @Matt4Arlington @TakisKarantonis @JDSpainSr @Budget @Avis #safety #traffic #arlington

Which parts of our existing infrastructure should the Capital Improvement Plan investments focus on? Share your feedback by April 23 to help shape the County Manager's Proposed #CIP to the @ArlCountyBoard. publicinput.com/cipengagement publicinput.com/cipengagement_…

Last chance to take the Resident Satisfaction Survey! ⌛🚨⏲️ Your feedback will inform decisions on operations, program delivery, and County initiatives; identify areas for improvement; and ensure the best possible customer service experience. research.net/r/2026Arlingto…

Get ready, gardeners! The Spring Native Plant Sale is now taking pre-orders. Grow Native to make your yard the place to be for local birds and butterflies 🌱🐦 🦋 arlingtonva.us/native-plant-s…

Take a peek at the Crystal City to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (CC2DCA) Multimodal concept design! Share your thoughts by March 29 to inform the work we do to complete preliminary design and engineering. #PublicProcess" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">arlingtonva.us/Government/Pro…

Time is running out! Over 1,200 Arlingtonians have taken the 2026 Resident Satisfaction Survey, have you? Thank you for sharing your feedback by March 31! arlingtonva.us/Government/Dep…

Take a peek at the Crystal City to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (CC2DCA) Multimodal concept design! Share your thoughts by March 29 to inform the work we do to complete preliminary design and engineering. #PublicProcess" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">arlingtonva.us/Government/Pro…

🔹“Aunque viví muchos años en Uruguay, nunca había venido a la Patria Gaucha. Estar aquí como embajador me permite conocer aún más de cerca las tradiciones uruguayas: la cultura, la comida, la música y el espíritu de esta gran fiesta. Es realmente hermoso ver al Uruguay celebrando con orgullo sus tradiciones y su identidad.” – Embajador Lou Rinaldi #PatriaGaucha #Tacuarembó 🇺🇾🇺🇸🐎

A few months before he passed away in 2003, a 74 year old children’s television host sat down in the same studio where he had filmed 895 episodes over 33 years and recorded one last message. It wasn’t for children. It was for the adults who had grown up watching him. Fred Rogers hosted Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on American public television from 1968 to 2001. For over three decades he walked into the same set, changed into a cardigan and sneakers, looked directly into the camera, and spoke to children as if each one of them was the only person in the room. He never raised his voice, never talked down to his audience, and never rushed a single moment. In that final recording, he looked into the camera one last time and said “I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are.” He passed away from stomach cancer on February 27, 2003. He was 74.

Kosovo’s political landscape may have shifted on March 6th. The Assembly’s failure to elect a president and the dissolution of parliament have triggered a constitutional and political crisis that could reshape the next electoral cycles. My latest analysis for @BalkanInsight ⬇️

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani dissolved parliament and called snap elections, the third in just over a year, a day after lawmakers failed to elect a new head of state within the constitutional deadline reut.rs/4letbh8

We were honored to host a reception marking the 18th anniversary of Kosova’s independence. It was a pleasure to welcome distinguished guests, partners, and members of the diplomatic corps as we celebrated this milestone and the strong, enduring friendship with the United States.

NEWS - The Netherlands has the first Prime Minister that owns a dog from #Kosovo. Rob Jetten found the formerly injured stray dog about 12 years ago on a trip, and adopted her. “Muja has really brought structure and rhythm to my life.” The new government Jetten I started today.

Arlington is conducting a survey to understand satisfaction with County services and programs. Zilo International is reaching out via direct mail, email, and social media. If you receive the survey, please take a few minutes to complete it. bit.ly/4tLYLGY