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Norwalk Barber Gets Shoutout From 'TODAY' Show Host, Westport Resident Craig Melvin Norwalk Barber Gets Shoutout From 'TODAY' Show Host, Westport Resident Craig Melvin
Norwalk Barber Gets Shoutout From 'Today' Show Host, Westport Resident Craig Melvin Connecticut's Craig Melvin said he wanted to look his best for his new position on the "TODAY" show, so he turned to the one man he knew he could trust for the job — DJ Fresh. Melvin, who lives in Westport with his wife, sports broadcaster Lindsay Czarniak, and their two children, gave the Norwalk barber a shoutout on Friday, Jan. 10, during an exchange with weatherman Al Roker. Related: Westport's Craig Melvin Chosen To Replace Hoda Kotb on "TODAY" Show "Welcome back, and I love the haircut — very clean," Roker told Melvin during the broadcast. "Oh, well thank you. I appreciate that, and…

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by Josh Lanier
Business
Fairfield County Barber Retiring When Building He's Worked At For 49 Years Is Torn Down Fairfield County Barber Retiring When Building He's Worked At For 49 Years Is Torn Down
Fairfield County Barber Retiring When Building He's Worked At For 49 Years Is Torn Down A barber who has been cutting the hair of Fairfield County men for more than 49 years will be hanging up his shears when the building where the shop is located is torn down at the end of the month. Aldo "Al" Melchionno, the former owner and current barber at Colonial Unisex Haircutters in Fairfield, who turns 80 on Saturday, June 26, has decided to retire when the building at 788 Post Road is torn down to make room for new development. The barbershop.Clara Cavalli-Chiappardi Melchionno, who learned to cut hair in Italy, "one-step-at-a-time," has been working since he was 14-years-old wh…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
NY Barber, Known As 'World's Oldest,' Dies At Age 108 NY Barber, Known As 'World's Oldest,' Dies At Age 108
NY Barber, Known As 'World's Oldest,' Dies At Age 108 A Hudson Valley man known as the "world's oldest barber" has died. Anthony Mancinelli died on Thursday, Sept. 19 at his Orange County home in New Windsor. He was 108. Mancinelli started cutting hair at age 11 years old. Remarkably, he kept at it for almost a century.  In 2007, he was cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the “world’s oldest barber” -- a designation repeated each year since then. Mancinelli was born March 2, 1911 in Montemilone, Italy. The son of John and Savino Madrisi Mancinelli. Anthony came to America in September of 1919, on the ship Caserta. …

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by Joe Lombardi