Powell Stone & Gravel

About Powell Stone & Gravel

Lake Monomonac lies half in Massachusetts and half in New Hampshire, and the February wind that crosses it does not check the line. Powell Stone & Gravel works the ground under that wind — plowing Winchendon driveways and lots wide open, shoveling walks and entries, and laying salt and sand where drifting rebuilds what was cleared an hour ago. Down by Birch Hill the snow settles deep and stays honest until March, so the season here is long and the routes are learned by heart. There is a plain reward in pulling away from a property that is fully open behind you, headlights sweeping clean ground. Then on to the next one, and the one after that, until the town is unlocked.