Owner of proposed quarry presents plan at open house

A Wisconsin-based aggregate company is proposing to open a large granite quarry in Putnam County. 

It’s an ambitious project that its president said will take almost two years to implement, will operate for at least 75 years, create up to 85 jobs locally, and eventually will leave behind a 90-acre reservoir that could serve as a future drinking water reservoir and/or recreation area.

Hans Dawso…