This is the latest in a series of monthly columns on central Vermont's granite industry provided by the Vermont Granite Industry of Barre. New England farmers often split granite from surface boulders ...

BARRE, Vt. — Giuliano Cecchinelli, a beret and a beard framing his expressive face, drove a chisel into Barre Gray granite as he shaped a religious sculpture for a large cemetery monument. Dust puffed ...