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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

Coty Hartwell, a third-year apprentice at Colonial Machine Company in Kent, checks a gauge at the machine shop. Hartwell is working in Portage County's manufacturing sector and has replaced an aging population in the sector.

Kent businesses search for apprentices

Lyndsey Schley October 20, 2014

Although Coty Hartwell wanted to be a machinist like his father since he was a little boy, the 25 year old knew his aspiration was unusual for someone of his generation.“I don’t think too many kids...