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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 …

Whitcomb High School senior Tim Patch, left of center in black, says the Pledge of Allegiance flanked by fellow students and staff members in Bethel yesterday morning. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

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 …

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