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...Annette Smith sees it, Omya Industries is trying to blow up part of her town. To be sure, it's not a very big part--just a few dozen acres on a 400-acre tract in the Vermont mountains where the company wants to dig a marble mine. Still, Smith, head of the group Vermonters for a Clean Environment, wants to stop...
...town is not united against the mine; some allege that the fight is being led not by locals who grew up with the marble industry, but by "flatlanders"--newcomers from the cities--who don't want their sight lines or property values disturbed. "No one wants the Vermont marble industry to go away," says Smith, 45, a full-time activist and former artist. "But Omya is the wrong fit for Danby...
Whatever happens to tiny Danby, global Omya--with an estimated $2.5 billion in revenue last year--has reason to do business in the state. Vermont marble was once one of the construction industry's most highly prized materials, until steel-and-glass architecture pushed it aside. More recently, a host of new industrial uses has caused demand to rise. Omya maintains operations in 30 countries, including pits in six U.S. states. "The marble market has grown," says Jim Reddy, 58, president of Omya's U.S. division, "and we've grown with...
During a particularly bad slide last season, Moore was benched for one game—a 6-0 thrashing of Vermont...
Corriero’s breakout rookie year was equally amazing. Corriero scored for the very first time in only her second game, and then emerged forcefully with four goals against Vermont last November. That explosion set the tone for her ECAC Rookie of the Year campaign...