Michael Obuchowski of Bellows Falls, who has represented the Windham 4 House district since 1973, was asked last month by incoming Gov. Peter Shumlin to take the position of commissioner of the state Department of Buildings and General Services. Obuchowski resigned his House seat last week to take the post, touching off a scramble to succeed the longtime lawmaker. In a phone interview on Friday, Shumlin said of Obuchowski that “no one is smarter, works harder or has the tenacity...
I recently had a birthday. One of my “traditions” is to eat ice cream at the Chelsea Royal Diner's outdoor stand. It was a beautiful day - Vermont at its best with a clear blue sky and just warm enough for comfort. Birthdays do call up thinking on the past. As I reveled in the family surrounding me, the diner itself seemed to speak. It is such a humble edifice. It speaks of earlier times and good, affordable meals. This...
Friends of Music at Guilford's annual Midwinter Musicale begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, in the sanctuary of Guilford Community Church, 38 Church Dr. Appropriately for Valentine's week, the program is a multimedia consideration of love, as it is woven inevitably through the weft of life and loss, and it includes elements of music, movement, and the spoken word. Last summer, Jessica Gelter, a former trustee and occasional soloist for Friends of Music, proposed performing David Lang's Death...
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