Cloudy
57°
Cloudy
Hi 79° | Lo 52°

Bethel

Jon Gover jokes with Danny Dover while fishing for trout at Texas Falls in Hancock, Vt., earlier this month. The pair have been getting together for more than a year. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen)

Making Quality Time: Program Links Youngsters, Mentors

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Bethel — Jon Gover spots his mentor, Danny Dover, and breaks into a run. “Danny!” he shouts, running across his backyard. “My dog had puppies!” Jon, 11, is wearing jeans, a black T-shirt, and a pair of goofy glasses with plastic eyeballs dangling on metal springs. Dover, 63, compliments him on the glasses and they head to Jon’s “man cave,” …

Vermont Castings Parent Company  To Be Sold

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Bethel — The private-equity group that owns Vermont Castings announced last week that a letter of intent had been signed to sell the parent company to another investment group. Vermont Castings has manufacturing and distribution facilities in Randolph and Bethel with approximately 200 employees working at both plants. It is part of the Vermont Castings Group based in Paris, Ky. No details of …

Leadership Through Example: Whitcomb High Senior Inspires Others With Daily Pledge of Allegiance

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Bethel — For nearly four years, Tim Patch said the Pledge of Allegiance by himself, from time to time standing in front of the flag outside his high school, saying his piece and heading back into the building. Then in February, the Whitcomb High School senior was joined by a teacher. The pledge …

Windsor Democrats Keep Senate Seats

Friday, May 17, 2013

Windsor — Democrats appear to have retained their hold on the three Windsor County Senate seats. Incumbents John Campbell of Quechee, Dick McCormack of Bethel and Alice Nitka of Ludlow, held a solid lead over their Republican challengers, …

Irene-Hammered Schools Maintaining Wary Watch on Sandy

Thursday, May 16, 2013

South Royalton — Jeff Moreno, the assistant principal and athletic director at South Royalton High, said yesterday he didn’t anticipate the effects of approaching Hurricane Sandy to be as bad as what was caused last year by Tropical Storm Irene. That didn’t mean he was resting easy, however. …