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Report highlights state’s high cost Vermonters who rent live in the fifteenth least affordable state in the nation, according to a new report jointly released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a Washington, D.C.based housing advocacy group, and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition. For Vermont’s renters, the news isn’t good. Rural Vermont ranks in the top 10 most expensive rural areas in the nation. The report, Out of Reach 2010, provides the Housing Wage and other housing affordability data for every state, metropolitan area and county in the country, comparing 52 jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. A Vermont fact sheet is attached. The typical renter in Vermont earns $11.28, which is $6.42 less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest unit. A worker making the minimum wage ($8.06/hour in Vermont) can only afford to pay $419 a month for rent and utilities, less than half the cost of a modest two-bedroom apartment. Working at the minimum wage, a family must have 2.2 wage earners working full-time – or one full-time earner working 88 hours/week – to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. An estimated 55 percent of renters in Vermont do not earn enough income to afford a two-bedroom apartment at the fair market rent, a two percentage point increase from last year.
Connor Homes to produce homes for du Ponts Officials of Connor Homes in Middlebury announced the firm has recently been granted the exclusive license to produce a line of homes to be endorsed by Winterthur, the museum, garden, and library that is the former home of Henry Francis du Pont. The design inspiration for this new line of historically authentic, architecturally detailed homes comes from the museum’s extensive archives as well as interpretations and adaptations of existing architecture presently found on the Winterthur estate. Located just north of Wilmington, Del., along the Delaware-Pennsylvania state line, Winterthur is situated on 1,000 acres and is the repository of one of the most extensive and important collections of early American decorative arts in the country.
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Susanne Peck and Cynthia Huard will perform a concert together, Friday, May 7, at 8 p.m., in Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall. An acclaimed soprano, Peck has sung and recorded with many leading ensembles. Huard has appeared as a pianist and harpsichordist throughout the United States and in Europe. Sponsored by the college’s department of music, the event is free.
Middlebury firefighter remembered Ronald Arthur Selleck, age 72, died March 29, at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, from a severe attack of Pancreatitis. He was surrounded by his loving family. Selleck was born in Middlebury on February 19, 1938. He was the son of Arthur and Clara (Hope) Selleck. He received his education in local Middlebury schools. In 1972 he purchased Selleck’s Electrical, Plumbing and Heating business from his father. He has been the chairman of the Middlebury
Cemetery Association for over 30 years. He was an active member of his community. In his earlier years he was a member of the Middlebury Fire Department and more recently dispatcher for the fire department. He served in the Army National Guard and was honorably discharged from active duty in 1962, as a sergeant. Ron was a family man who enjoyed gathering with his family and friends. All who knew him will miss his social qualities and gentle and friendly manner. He belonged to Middle-
bury American Legion Post 27. He was a communicant at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury. Surviving is his wife Sally, whom he married in Middlebury on August 12, 1961, and other family members. A graveside committal service and burial, with military honors, will take place, at a later date, in Middlebury Cemetery. Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in his memory to; The Battell Hose Company, 5 Seymour St, Middlebury 05753.
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