Cleaning Out | The former Valley Motors location on Pleasant Street in Bethel was razed to the ground this week as part of an ongoing mediation of the site by the Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation (GMEDC). Once final clean-up operations of the site are complete, GMEDC will convey the property back to the neighboring Nolato GW for the sum of $10. According to Bob Haynes of GMEDC, the remainder of the work, which includes tearing up the slab and safely removing PCB-laden paint, should be completed by early January. (Herald / Dylan Kelley)