WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. March 21, 2005: The missing portrait of Mayor Alfred Del Vecchio has returned to its benevolent perch in the rotunda of city hall. The portrait had not been on display for eleven days. When first reported missing, a city hall spokesman said its support mechanism had been compromised by a custodian cleaning the picture and it was being repaired through the City Clerk's office.

WPCNR has since learned the portrait was located by a maintenance man underneath the auxiliary staircase in the rear of city hall, raising the question of who or what removed and apparently hid the Del Vecchio portrait, raising questions about whether the picture was out for repairs in the first place.

The portrait was returned to its place of honor as mysteriously as it had disappeared with no pomp, ceremony or official rehanging ceremony.