Author: James Foytlin (James Foytlin)

APRIL CASTING: CLERGY WEAR FASHION CATALOG SHOOT
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APRIL CASTING: CLERGY WEAR FASHION CATALOG SHOOT

PHILADELPHIA,  LOOKING FOR (2)MALES AND FEMALE MODELS –  AFRICAN AMERICAN.  AVERAGE BUILT.  FOR CLERGY WEAR FASHION CATALOG SHOOT.  MUST BE AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL TO PHILADELPHIA  .  INCLUDE A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT AND FULL LENGTH PHOTOS , STATS.  PHOTOS MUST RESEMBLE YOU TODAY. THIS IS A PAID GIG. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW. EMAIL: [email protected]  Subject CLERGY WEAR...

C-NOTES FROM HEAVEN
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C-NOTES FROM HEAVEN

the staff of the Ridgewood blog Saddle River NJ, Well, it was twenty years ago today…when a bunch of FBI guys got hit in the head with a million bucks, falling from the New Jersey sky. Until that moment, April 2002 had been going okay for NJ con master, Thomas Giacomaro, author of the 2018...

THE MAN WHO SAID NO TO “STREAKY” GATTO
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THE MAN WHO SAID NO TO “STREAKY” GATTO

the staff of the Ridgewood blog Saddle River NJ, Notorious NJ con artist and mob-associate, Thomas Giacomaro, refused to become a mafioso “made man” in the early Eighties. Why, you ask? He didn’t want to kiss the ring. “That’s right. Everybody was kissing Streaky Gatto’s ring,” says Giacomaro, “except me.” That’s Louis “Streaky” Gatto he’s...

THE LITTLE CASUALTIES OF WAR
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THE LITTLE CASUALTIES OF WAR

the staff of the Ridgewood blog Saddle River NJ, Childhood memories of spring are usually happy and bright: Icicles dripping, chocolate Easter bunnies, putting your sneakers on after a long, Jersey winter. For local anti-hero, Thomas Giacomaro, spring reminds him of the day he saw his father almost kill two men.  He was 5 and...