Maria's Place

Italian director and actor Gabriele Lavia is again a talking point as media revisit his marriage to actress Monica Guerritore. Coverage recounts their relationship, the affairs that ended it, and Guerritore's current life with her husband and their daughters Lucia and Maria Fragolina. Readers are commenting on the actor's complicated romantic history and its lasting place in Italian entertainment gossip.

The Taunton Daily Gazette rounded up its top stories, featuring two items: the menu at Maria's Place, a restaurant in Taunton, Massachusetts, and an attempted murder case in neighboring Raynham. The roundup pairs a lighter food feature with coverage of a serious criminal case drawing attention in the local community.

City of Solvang employees remain on strike after negotiations between workers and the city ended without a resolution. The labor action, taking place in the Santa Ynez Valley community in California, is affecting municipal services as talks stall. Local media, including the Santa Maria Times, are covering the standoff, and it is not yet known when bargaining will resume or what the main points of disagreement are.