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Vol. 3 No. 33 • August 24, 2011
Skyline to close Fair Haven plant 78 employees lose jobs
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com FAIR HAVEN — Skyline Manufactured Housing Corporation will close its Fair Haven plant in
October, according to Mike Steed, the company’s vice president human resources at its headquarters in Elkhart, Ind. Steed said 78 Vermont and New York workers will lose their jobs. The plant, built 40 years ago, is located on Main Street south of the Amtrak railroad crossing. The depression in the nation’s housing market
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PROBLEM INTERSECTION — A multi-car accident at the intersection of Routes 30 and 73 in Brandon in the early evening of Aug. 19 involved injuries. The intersection, on a rise for drivers northbound, has been the scene of numerous accidents including one fatality. The drivers were not identified. Vermont State Police and an emergency crew from Brandon responded to the accident. Photo by Lou Varricchio
RUTLAND — Rutland residents are getting a sneak preview of the new the 32,500-square-foot Community College of Vermont building which is abuilding in downtown Rutland at the corner of Wales and West streets. When completed, the new center will be twice the size of the current building on Evelyn Street. According to construction site superintendent James Maloney, the project is on budget. The three-story building will contain state-of-the-art environmental and allied-health science labs, classrooms and offices. See CCV, page 2
Lt. Gov. Scott becomes newspaper salesman for a day By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott brushed up on his salesmanship Aug. 16 when he spent a day visiting the office of Denton Publications-New Market Press, publisher of the Addison Eagle and Green Mountain Outlook community newspapers. Scott visited the staff of the newspapers as part of his statewide Everyday Job Initiative. He has been touring Vermont and working as a “temp” in a variety of small business. He was in Addison County last in 2010 when he worked as a lunch server at Helen Porter Nursing Home in Middlebury. The initiative is a way for him
to better understand the challenges facing Vermont businesses. Scott’s visit to the newspaper office resulted after the managing editor invited him to become a salesperson for a day as part of his Everyday Jobs project. “We all hear about how difficult it is for print publications right now, but it was evident to me— from visiting the Denton Publications-New Market Press newspaper office in Middlebury and from talking to the advertisers we visited—that the newspaper is still very relevant and still has a strong place in the community,” Scott said. “It was also nice to see a variety of businesses, many of which I didn’t know were there. Costello’s
Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott (second from left) joined the Denton Publications-New Market Press staff at its weekly sales meeting Aug. 16.
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was blamed on the closing. Founded in 1951, Skyline manufactures and modular housing. In 1960, it opened its first recreational vehicle (RV) factory. According to Steed, Skyline has built more than 870,000 homes and 460,000 RVs. Since the 1980s, the firm’s sales have
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By Lou Varricchio
WALLINGFORD — An ex-Wallingford firefighter will serve a six month sentence at home for setting grass fires on federal land in Vermont. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss said the crime of Matthew D. Burnham, 22, of Wallingford, was not of the nature for prison time. Burnham set more than 20 grass fires around Wallingford in 2008. He pleaded guilty in court last week. “I’m sorry for what I did... I’ve grown up a lot over the last three years...,” he told Judge Reiss. The U.S. government had hoped for a jail sentence for Burnham and five other Wallingford firefighter. Only Burnham and exfirefighter Charles Woods had faced criminal charge. Under a judge’s ruling, Woods is required to pay a $2,000 fine and perform over 100 hours of community service. The Wallingford arson scandal has deeply affected the community and created mistrust in its firefighting organization. “This is a serious crime and a foolish crime committed by those who were expected to protect the public,” Reiss said during her ruling. Reiss said there was no indication that Burnham was a pyromaniac. He apparently started the fires under peer pressure from the other firefighters. U.S. Assistant Attorney Anika Frostick said it is unclear how the government will proceed with the Wallingford case now that Reiss ruled on Burnham’s charges.
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