In a 2018 photo, an overview of the deep 250-foot quarry area at Swenson Granite. It is time-consuming and expensive to move things and people into and out of a 250-foot hole. The difficulty isn’t ...

Editor’s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont’s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. Many of these articles are based on audio/videotaped ...

As water dripped down the cold face of the granite wall, I ran my fingers over the veins of pegmatite. Farther along the trail, I traced the grooves made by chisels decades – if not several hundred ...

In a 2018 photo, an overview of the deep 250-foot quarry area at Swenson Granite. It is time-consuming and expensive to move things and people into and out of a 250-foot hole. The difficulty isn’t ...

Jul. 5—CONCORD — It seems unthinkable that a time would come when the Granite State no longer produces granite. But last month, the last commercial granite quarry in New Hampshire was quietly shut ...

GRANITE QUARRY — The mayor and board of aldermen held a special meeting Thursday morning with consulting firm Stewart Inc. to discuss recommended projects to improve the town’s infrastructure and ...

WAITE PARK — We have a mountain range beneath us, said Julianne O'Connell, education curator at the Stearns History Museum, pointing to a stone outcrop at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve. The museum has ...