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Vol. 27 No. 5
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Monday, April 20, 2015
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Affordable housing plan near Vergennes promising
German  student  gets  taste  of  American  life  at  Mt.  Abe
By  ANDY  KIRKALDY WALTHAM  —  A  Waltham  af- fordable  housing  project  that  the  Addison  County  Community  Trust  (ACCT)  has  looked  at  for  years  now  could  become  a  reality. The  ACCT  has  applied  to  the  Waltham  Development  Review  board  for  a  conditional  use  permit  that  would  allow  the  trust  to  install  seven  modular  duplexes  on  a  2.3- acre  Maple  Street  Extension  site  that  until  2009  housed  the  Gevry  trailer  park.
By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  —  A  German  exchange  student  at  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  is  ea- ger  to  see  more  of  the  United  States,  and  is  competing  in  a  contest  that  would  send  him  to  California. Hendrik  Schubinski,  16,  is  spending  the  school  year  with  the  Knight  family  in  Bris- tol  —  parents  Porter  and  David,  and  sons  Bryson  and  Liam. To  do  it,  he’s  taken  a  year  off  from  his  secondary  school  in  Germany  to  participate  in  AFS,  a  global  student  exchange  program  (See  Student,  Page  16)
A  public  hearing  on  ACCT’s  roughly  $3  million  proposal  to  clear  off  and  then  redevelop  the  remnants  of  the  abandoned  park  will  be  held  at  6:30  p.m.  on  May  13  in  Waltham  Town  Hall.  ACCT  Executive  Director  Elise  Shanbacker  said  if  all  goes  well,  the  project  could  be  complete  by  next  spring  on  a  parcel  that  abuts  Ver- gennes  and  is  served  by  municipal  water  and  sewer. The  modular  duplexes  —  to  be  (See  Housing,  Page  7)
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By  ZACH  DESPART STARKSBORO  —  Voters  in  Starksboro  will  soon  have  the  chance  to  weigh  in  on  a  proposal  for  a  new  town  garage. Selectwoman  Susan  Jeffries  said  the  town  selectboard  plans  to  warn  a  vote  on  a  $1.65  million  bond  for  May  26. For  many  residents,  the  vote  couldn’t  come  soon  enough.  Asked  what’s  wrong  with  the  current  ga- rage  on  Route  116,  Jeffries  said  ask- ing  what  isn’t  wrong  would  provide  a  shorter  answer. She  listed  a  litany  of  problems  with  the  structure.  It’s  too  small  to  hold  all  the  equipment.  It  doesn’t  have  proper  ventilation,  insulation  or  drainage.  There’s  no  potable  wa- (See  Starksboro,  Page  16)
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Gold seeks support for ‘extreme printing’ By  EVAN  JOHNSON MIDDLEBURY  —  Bob  Gold  has  divided  his  life  into  two  parts.  He  VSHQW WKH ÂżUVW SDUW DV D GHQWLVW +H studied  at  the  New  York  University  School  of  Dentistry  and  was  a  clinical  assistant  in  prosthetic  dentistry  at  Harvard  University.  Gold  ran  a  successful  private  practice  for  over  20  years  in  Manchester,  N.H.  Then  in  1996,  while  he  was  sitting  at  an  intersection,  a  pickup  truck  crashed  into  the  rear  end  of  his  car,  leaving  him  with  traumatic  brain  and  spine  injuries.  He  lost  his  ability Â
to  read  and  write,  and  all  ability  to  practice  his  profession. After  stays  in  assisted  living  homes  and  homeless  shelters,  Gold  came  to  Vermont  to  receive  treatment.  Gold  moved  to  Middlebury  in  2007,  where  he  now  lives  with  an  affectionate  and  appropriately  named  golden  retriever  named  Sweetie. But  across  the  two  parts  of  his  life,  Gold  has  maintained  a  singular  MIDDLEBURY  ARTIST  BOB  GOLD,  who  was  unable  to  use  photo- passion  for  making  art. As  a  lifelong  artist,  Gold,  70,  today  LPDJLQJ VRIWZDUH EHFDXVH RI D EUDLQ LQMXU\ SDLQWV GLUHFWO\ RQ SKRWR continues  that  passion  by  producing  SULQWV +H LV VHHNLQJ VXSSRUW WR FUHDWH VRPH LPDJHV XVLQJ D QHZ ¿QH DUWV SULQWLQJ SURFHVV (See  Artist,  Page  14) ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO