By CLARKE CANFIELD (AP) – 1 hour ago

PORTLAND, Maine — FairPoint Communications Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday barely 18 months after becoming northern New England’s dominant telecommunications company, fulfilling critics’ predictions that the company wasn’t up to the task.

The company said it voluntarily filed for bankruptcy after agreeing on a deal with key lenders that will help lower its debt by about 62 percent.

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Hauser said the bankruptcy filing will not affect the company’s day-to-day operations or its efforts to expand its high-speed Internet network in northern New England.

“From a customer point of view, this is a nonevent,” he said.

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Emphasis added by me, portions of article snipped.  Please follow the link for the full article.  I’m just trying to notify folks quickly.  I don’t know what it means in the long run but thought people should know. – Stew

The Cornish Colony Museum Windsor, Vermont

Proudly presents Meet the Artist: George Tooker

A unique opportunity to meet legendary American artist George Tooker, view rarely-seen works, and hear directly from the artist about his life and work.

Sunday, November 8, 2009 1 P.M.

The afternoon program includes:

• A private viewing of 21 original Tooker paintings permanently installed at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Windsor, with remarks by Mr. Robert Cozzolino, the curator of the recent critically-acclaimed Tooker retrospective at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and co-author of George Tooker (Merrell Publishers, 2008) and by the Reverend Rene Butler.

• A wine and cheese reception at the Cornish Colony Museum with the opportunity to meet Mr. Tooker and hear his thoughts on his lifetime of work.

• Have Mr. Tooker sign a copy of a retrospective book of his work. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Tickets are $50 per person. For reservations or more information please contact the Museum at 802-674-6008 or curator@cornishcolonymuseum.org.

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All proceeds benefit the Cornish Colony Museum, dedicated to preserving and enhancing the enduring legacy of the nineteenth and twentieth century artists who made Cornish, NH and neighboring Windsor, VT their home.

www.cornishcolonymseum.org

Rutland Herald

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20091020/SPORTS/910200315/1007/SPORTS

Article published Oct 20, 2009

Shrine puts game back in Windsor

STAFF REPORT

WINDSOR — “The Board of Governors of the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, at its October meeting, voted to hold the 2010 football game at Windsor High School. It will be the second year in a row that Windsor will be the site for the event and the third time that the game has been played in Vermont. The 57th annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will be played Aug. 7.”

“There were several other towns and schools that extended bids for the 2010 game and the Board of Governors indicated that the cost of putting on the game, while a factor, was not the deciding one. “The bids submitted by the other locations were all very close to Windsor’s” Board President David Lovell. said “What it came down to was location, community support and proven game attendance. Windsor had all three going for it.” Attendance at the 2009 game at Windsor High School was the best seen by the Shrine in five years. The crowd for the pregame parade was estimated to be the largest in over a decade. Donations from the Windsor business community and from the sale of souvenirs was well up over past years. “Altogether, Windsor has earned the right to host the 2010 game and we look forward to going back, Lovell said.” Windsor High School has a limited number of seats for football, but that will again be supplemented by portable bleachers rented from Dartmouth College. “