HOLYOKE — When Mike Dugre, 69, began considering his legacy, he went back 400 million years for inspiration. That’s how old ...
The last stone was laid in 1922 ... well beyond its 19th century reformatory origins. Within the thick granite walls, inmates not only quarried building materials but for decades ran a large ...
While there are no specific crime statistics for stone wall thefts, Heritage England has reported a rise in crimes involving historic sites. Walls, paving slabs, granite cattle troughs and even ...