A Wilkes County businessman plans to re-open an old granite quarry that was used during construction of U.S. 421, a move that would create competition for the county's sole operating quarry and the ...

In a recent drive up Rattlesnake Hill, Kurt Swenson found the quarry he once owned eerily quiet. Gone were the employees who sliced blocks of stone from walls a hundred-plus feet down from the edge, a ...

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 down and its ...

Rock of Ages, a Barre-based granite company, has ended its quarry tours and shuttered its visitors center, effectively ending public access to its operations after more than 100 years. The company ...

An evocative dance film set in Vermont, in one of the oldest granite quarries in the world. Six years in the making, The Quarry Project was a dance/theater performance that took place on the waters of ...

Rock of Ages, which last summer celebrated 100 years of welcoming visitors to tour its world-class granite quarry and stone-sculpting operation, will no longer be open to the public. “After more than ...