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He cooks. He cleans. He sings. Meet the CT chef who s striking a chord at dinner parties.
Pam McLoughlin
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Daniel Trzcinski, of Shelton, a chef, musician and culinary arts teacher, has created a business, “Cooking and Chords” with the help of his sweetheart Barbara Grasso of Newtown, where they are hired to go to a home to make and serve dinner, clean up after dinner and then entertain their clients with the music of his guitar and singing voice, shown here on April 25, 2021.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHELTON If you’ve ever fantasized about throwing a dinner party at home where there’s live music and someone else to do the shopping, cooking and cleanup your prince is for hire.
Mar 11, 2021
Arthur Harold Gilmore, 89, passed away peacefully March 6, 2021 at his home in Gainesville, Virginia, with his wife, Nell and their three children, Barbara Grasso (Gary), Michael (Kathy), and Stephen (Nancy) by his side. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Katherine Burge (Brandon), Michael Grasso (Megan), Thomas Grasso, Mitchell Gilmore, and Trent Gilmore; seven great-grandchildren; and by his brother, Dale Gilmore (Ann). Art was preceded in death by his sister, Harriett Deissler (Howard).
Arthur was born April 21, 1931 in Williamsport, to Paul and Harriett Gilmore. During his time at Williamsport High School he enlisted in the Naval Reserve and while in the Reserves decided to compete for an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He graduated from Williamsport High School and Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland, in 1949. Arthur received his appointment and that summer reported to the Naval Academy. He was commissioned in June 1953. One week after graduatin