Today, only 13 slate quarry companies are left in the United States. Most of these quarries are found in two places: eastern Pennsylvania and western Vermont, Reis said.

A swim in a Bangor quarry Sunday afternoon resulted in citations for nine New Jersey residents. They were cited for trespassing after being observed swimming in the quarry off North Main Street, a ...

A slate quarry in Bangor, Pa. where a 20-year-old Howell man drowned Sunday afternoon. ( LehighValleyLive.com file photo) A 20-year-old New Jersey man died while swimming at a slate quarry in ...

BANGOR, Pa. — The death of a man who plunged off a cliff into an eastern Pennsylvania quarry has been ruled accidental. The Northampton County coroner said 49-year-old Joseph Belver… ...

BANGOR, Pa. (AP) - Even as rescue crews and state troopers lined the banks of the quarry to help divers search for the body of a 19-year-old, young people worked their way down the ledges ...

BANGOR, Pa. — Authorities say a man died after jumping off a cliff into an eastern Pennsylvania quarry. Police were called to the quarry on private land in Bangor shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday ...

BANGOR, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say a man died after jumping off a cliff into an eastern Pennsylvania quarry. Police were called to the quarry on private land in Bangor shortly before 8:30 p.m ...

The people of Whitehall Township deserve some answers. Residents of the Slate Belt need an explanation, too. The question is fairly simple: Why -- more than 40 years after the health threat of ...

BANGOR, Pa. - A new weekly event is set to tantalize taste buds and create lasting memories in the Slate Belt this summer. Quarry Bites & Brews, a weekly food truck night and community event, will ...

John Parry was a recently married 21-year-old when he took a job at the Stephen Jackson Co. quarry in south Pen Argyl in 1948. He knew the job was dangerous and was aware of a crack in the quarry ...

BANGOR, Pa. (AP) — The death of a man who plunged off a cliff into an eastern Pennsylvania quarry has been ruled accidental. The Northampton County coroner said 49-year-old Joseph Belverio of ...