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Life in prison for Ridgefield florist in partner's murder - Rutherford Daily Voice

Murphy’s body on Jan. 6, 2010 and “literally ran across Midland Avenue to Garfield Police headquarters across the street,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. Neary told the jurors that the driver had immigration issues and was in hot water with Murphy for a series of flat tires. Murphy had questioned him about the flats that morning before he left to take a delivery to Glen Rock, he noted. Battinelli not only had “motive, means and opportunity” — he was the only person left in the building with Murphy when the driver and another left that morning, Grootenboer countered. After the shooting, she said, Battinelli drove across town to the City Hall on a “non-emergency errand” to buy parking passes, she said. “By his own admission, Thomas Battinelli was the last person to see Michael Murphy,” the prosecutor said. “It didn’t take long for Battinelli, an experienced hunter, to kill his unsuspecting friend.” A Garfield police dispatcher later testified that Battinelli was still at the City Hall when they called him to report that Murphy had been found dead. The murder weapon was found in the walk-in refrigerator at G&M under a pile of decorative branches, Grootenboer said. Battinelli bought the Browning .22 lever-action rifle at Ramsey Outdoor, she told jurors. When a Garfield police sergeant found it, she said, “the trigger was in the locked back position indicating it had been fired. It had one spent .22 caliber shell casing inside, and one .22 caliber bullet. “The bullet had a “B” stamp on the bottom of it. On January 6, 2010 when investigators searched Thomas Battinelli’s house, they found the same ammunition there.” Subsequent testing turned up Battinelli’s right, middle fingerprint on the gun. During his closing arguments, Neary ( left ) told jurors: “The fact it is Tom Battinelli’s gun and fingerprints isn’t proof.” STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia RELATED: Garfield florist convicted of murdering partner YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack today convicted Ridgefield flower salesman Thomas Battinelli of shooting his business partner in the back of the head as he sat at his desk in their Garfield shop. READ MORE…. Prosecutors got ‘wrong man’ in Garfield florist partner’s murder, defense attorney says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Money was the motive for Ridgefield flower salesman Thomas Battinelli to shoot his business partner in the back of the head as he sat at his desk, reading the Bergen Record, in their Garfield shop, a prosecutor told jurors in Hackensack during opening arguments in the murder trial this morning. But Battinelli’s attorney insisted they got the wrong man — and pointed instead to one of their drivers. READ MORE…. Son of slain Garfield florist speaks well of accused killer CVP EXCLUSIVE: The son of a man shot dead at his wholesale flower business in Garfield had nothing but nice things to tell jurors today about his father’s business partner, who is standing trial for his murder. READ MORE…. p c... https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/life-in-prison-for-ridgefield-florist-in-partners-murder/628687/

Richmond Hill Players staging 'Flowers for Algernon' - Galva News

Tom Morrow and Chris Sanders-Ring, of Rock Island; Lindsay Achenbach, Don Faust and Jim?Strauss, of Davenport, Iowa; Spiro Bruskas, of Aledo; Vicki Deusinger, of Galesburg; Lona Friedman, of East Moline; Terri Nelson, of Lynn Center; and Nicholas Waldbusser, of Hampton.The staff includes stage manager and set builder Mike Skiles, of Geneseo; lighting designer Terry Wilkerson, of Davenport, Iowa; and crew members Taylor McKean, of?Geneseo; and Dee Raver, of Kewanee.Thursdays, Fridays and?Saturdays doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.Sundays are 3 p.m. matinees with doors opening at 2 p.m. An audio description performance will be Friday, Oct. 7.Reservations are recommended and may be made by contacting the Richmond Hill box office at 944-2244 or by visiting www.rhplayers.com. http://www.galvanews.com/news/20160929/richmond-hill-players-staging-flowers-for-algernon

Tom Ford's Go-To Florist Has Your Summer Floral Tips - Yahoo Lifestyle

She has also carried over his business savvy to Flowerbx: as a way to maximize the flowers’ freshness, they are cut to order, not the other way around, as most florists do. Extra time means higher quality, as her corporate clients, who include Louis Vuitton, Dior and the Ruinart, can attest. This past spring, Bromberg Hawkings expanded Flowerbx, which also sells vases, candles and other accessories, from its European base to the US. Here, Bromberg Hawkings shares her favorite summer floral arranging tips and the best piece of advice Tom Ford ever gave her.Photo credit: sarah_brimleyWas there a specific aha moment that made you want to start Flowerbx? After working for Tom Ford for 19 years and feeling frustrated with the cost and inconsistency of the flowers I was buying and sending, I wanted to create a branded floral offering. Also, as a working mom, I buy everything online: my weekly groceries, my clothes from Net-a-Porter or Matches.com, my beauty and everything else from Amazon. Flowers were the one thing I couldn't buy in a simple, chic way, online. As I was approaching my 40th birthday and pregnant with my third child, I realized this was the “now or never” moment, so I took the plunge and started Flowerbx.You offer single bloom arrangements and I know this is a result of your background in fashion. Why do you find single blooms so appealing? Working in fashion, I found that all of the fashionable people in the world were sending single-stem bunches of flowers. From Karl Lagerfeld to Miuccia Prada to Calvin Klein, all of the gifts that were sent and received in the office were a large quantity of a single type of flower—a mass of hydrangea, a sea of peonies, a bunch of roses. I also found that when... https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tom-ford-apos-florist-summer-223300505.html

A Day in the Life of a Planoite: Tom Cao, Florist - planomagazine.com

No one understands the business and desperation of the week of Valentine’s Day better than your local florist. Tom Cao, owner of Flowerama on Parker Road, is no different. In fact, if you show up at his door, right as the shop closes on the eve of one of the biggest flower-selling events of the year, he might let you squeeze in to buy that super-last-minute flower arrangement.“We get people banging on the door, and it depends on how energetic [our staff] looks. Especially on a Sunday or when guys are getting off work late,” he said. “I want to help them out. I hate turning people away.”During the week of Valentine’s Day this year, Flowerama expects to go through a total of 12,000-14,000 roses. The staff will make somewhere between 150 and 225 deliveries a day for the three days leading up to the holiday. It isn’t any wonder then that they will start prepping 10 days out, getting vases and greenery ready, and then they will begin building the actual arrangements seven days in advance of the holiday.“We always want to make sure everyone has the freshest flowers. We keep checking the wate... http://planomagazine.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-planoite-tom-cao-florist/

Royer's Flowers and Gifts CEO talks about returning to the family business - Reading Eagle

Royer now oversees a company that has 19 locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio and 400 employees. Royer believes Royer's is the largest family-owned florist in the country and sells more flowers than anyone outside of supermarkets.Business Weekly: Did you always plan to get involved in the family business? Thomas Royer: "No, because I had a career in it before I went to college. I worked there so much, and I wanted to try different things. I did that, and you always hear the old adage 'the grass is always greener.' After two years, I was like, 'I'm going back to the flower business,' because the restaurant business was crazy. I could've gone into other businesses, but I always liked the retail industry. So I came back in like 1980, and I've been here ever since."BW: Why did you decide to come back to Royer's? TR: "When I got out of school I lived in Houston and I was in the restaurant business. I always thought that working here was long hours. There was no comparison when I lived in Texas; we were working 100-hour weeks. That's when the oil boom was going on, and Houston was growing by leaps and bounds so there wasn't enough people for all the jobs and we couldn't keep people at our restaurant. It fell back on the manager and assistant manager to open and close."BW: Valentine's Day is just around the corner. How much business does Royer's do this time of year? TR: "Dollar wise, we do more sales at Valentine's Day than any other time. Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the two big ones. The thing about Valentine's Day is it's such a short timeframe because most people don't want to buy it too far ahead of time. We do so much business in three days. The 12th, 13th and 14th are the three busiest days of the year for us, and we do about 8 percent of our business on those three days. Mother's Day, we do the same number of units of arrangements and plants, it's just that our dollars in sales aren't as high, because on Valentine's Day, the rose is king, and roses are expensive. It's gotten to the point where it's so large that it can h... https://www.readingeagle.com/business-weekly/article/royers-flowers-and-gifts-ceo-talks-about-returning-to-the-family-business

Florist Helps El Paso Grieve Following Mass Shooting - Spectrum News

Flowers free since ThursdayVolunteers helped create bouquetsDays following the tragedy, the Texas State Florists Association reached out to Debbie's Bloomers in east El Paso."They asked what they could do for us and they were able to arrange to have flowers donated," said owner Sandy Blanco.With the partnership of Teleflora, Miami Flowers Wholesale, and Greenleaf Albuquerque, the shop was able to start handing out flower bouquets to customers at no charge by Thursday. They only requested that customers deliver them to the memorial outside the Walmart, which honors all the lives lost in the August 3 shooting."[People are] coming in as fast as we could make them," Blanco said.One of those customers was Gina Riley. "I really haven't had a chance to stop by and I wanted to take the time to show that we are supporting our city still," said Riley.?Riley left the shop with a red rose bouquet in hand. She had plans on delivering them later that day.RELATED: Group Makes White Crosses to Honor El Paso Shooting Victims"I think it's wonderful what they're doing because a lot of people want to take flowers but don't have the means so I think this is so great," said Rocio Breceda, a student volunteer.Breceda has been helping... https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2019/08/12/florist-helps-el-paso-grieve-following-mass-shooting

Blue Jasmine Floral Celebrates Opening with Ribbon Cutting - TAPinto.net

Follow this column to receive a fresh perspective on small business owners and their unique needs while shining a spotlight on their stories.This edition features Blue Jasmine Floral, a newly opened florist located at 206 Sherman Avenue in Berkeley Heights. Owner Paulina Nieliwocki and her designers specialize in florals that capture the free-form beauty seen in nature.Blue Jasmine touches on many aspects of the floral business including: weddings, everyday flowers, small- and large-scaled events, in-home floral subscriptions and corporate weekly installations. In addition, "We hold full-day floral design workshops and have one-on-one design classes available. We also participate in collaborated photo shoots and donate to countless charities and fundraisers," said Nieliwocki.Nieliwocki's love for flowers began as a child, picking wild flowers for her mother and grandmother. Her idea, when opening the store, was to provide the Garden State with an aesthetic that spoke to her idea of beauty. "Appreciating nuances in color, texture, and curve allows for unique designs that are artful, often whimsical, always timeless and elegant," said Nieliwocki.She first opened in Westfield in 2014 with additional warehouse/work space in Roselle. -- "We started so tiny -- it was my mom, Liz [Casalino, Director o... https://www.tapinto.net/towns/berkeley-heights/articles/blue-jasmine-floral-celebrates-opening-with-ribbon-cutting

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