For about an hour Sept 24, frustrated residents aired a myriad of grievances over summertime blasting on the Swampscott quarry. Before the Swampscott Board of Selectmen, neighbors to the Danvers Road ...

SWAMPSCOTT - The cause of a blasting mishap Monday afternoon that launched a more than 1-pound rock through the windshield of a passing car was still being investigated yesterday. This article can be ...

MILWAUKEE — A provision attached to the statewide shared revenue deal will limit local governments’ regulation of quarry operations, including when a city or town wants to limit when quarries extract ...

Nearby Unity residents let Hanson Aggregates know they’re concerned about the heavy truck traffic and blasting that would be associated with a limestone quarry the company hopes to develop. The ...

Consider just the blasting. Carrara began blasting above ground in 1990, and almost immediately the neighbors filed a petition to revoke the Carrara's Act 250 permit because of noise, fly-rock, and ...

SWAMPSCOTT - The town has given Aggregate Industries permission to resume blasting in the Swampscott section of its quarry. But the subcontractor in charge must enhance safety measures to avoid ...