Not everyone spends their entire life in one place, but those who do get a special bird’s-eye view of their hometown’s history.
Over the last few decades, longtime Bedford resident Dane Martin has seen his country town transform into a robust small city. He spent his childhood exploring the area on foot and bike with friends, and he attended the Old Bedford School in the 1950s.
Martin later spent almost four decades as a local mail carrier.
He said, “I was dating a girl after I got out of high school, and something came up about how well I knew the city. She said, ‘Oh, you don’t know it that well, it’s a pretty big town.’”…