THE WORLD IS A LITTLE LESS vibrant now — just as the Mount Washington Valley has been less vibrant since Paul ‘Bosco’ Lodi left to move to Montana.
The colorful former longtime valley promoter, former executive director of the Gibson Center for Senior Services, former Black general manager and ski and equine event coordinator passed from lung cancer in Montana Wednesday night.
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