Neighbors fault state for lax quarry regulation

Suzanne Smith picks up a week’s worth of dust from a chair on her porch in the Graniteville section of Barre Town, near the Rock of Ages quarry. Environmental regulators determined a rock crushing operation at the quarry produces carcinogenic dust. Photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDiggerBARRE TOWN — Residents took little comfort when state officials recently denied a permit for a rock crushing operation.The crusher operated without a permit for years in the Graniteville area of town, and aft