The church building was made of granite solid enough to survive a 1925 fire, ignited by lightning, that by elders’ accounts destroyed all but the lectern and communion table inside.

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 ...

BARRE - Rob Boulanger points to a slab of gray stone — destined to be the wall of a mausoleum — sitting on the floor of a vast granite shed at Rock of Ages. The shed covers about 165,000 ...

Curiosity seekers arrived at Rock of Ages’ Barre granite quarries by the carload, peering into their immensity, mesmerized by the legions of seemingly ant-like creatures that toiled within their ...

BARRE The long-rumored sale of Rock of Ages and its parent-company, Swenson Granite, was announced Friday during the company s annual picnic at the Vermont Granite Museum. Terms of the deal, which was ...

In connection with the transaction, the companies simultaneously entered into an agreement whereby Rock of Ages will continue to sell and install upright granite memorials in the cemeteries that ...

About Rock of Ages Rock of Ages (www.RockofAges.com) is the largest integrated granite quarrier and manufacturer of finished granite memorials and granite blocks for memorial use in North America.

May 7 (Reuters) - Granite quarrier Rock of Ages Corp said it received an unsolicited buyout proposal from privately held Swenson Granite Co for about $32 million. Swenson's offer of $4.38 a share ...

BARRE, Vt. (AP) - The Rock of Ages granite manufacturing company in Vermont has approved two new contracts for unionized workers hours before the old agreements ended. The Times Argus (https://bit ...