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After almost 32 years with the company, President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Dodge will retire next June, Graymont Board Chairman Graham Weir announced.

Plattsburgh, October 15, 2011 – Graymont Materials, in Plattsburg, NY participated again this year in their community’s Heart Walk fund raiser.

Nate Dutil (Graymont Mining Engineer) was the team captain for this year’s Heart Walk.  Their team raised over $3,000.  The donations support the American Heart Association’s clinical, educational and research programs in the North Country area.

2010 Sustainability Report

Boucherville – Graymont's Bedford Plant in Quebec, donated $4,000 to their local Fire Department that serves the townships of Bedford, Stanbridge Station, and Notre-Dame de Stanbridge,  to help replace old “Jaws of Life” equipment.

Plattsburgh – Scott Bombard, Sales Manager at Graymont Materials, in Plattsburgh, NY along with fellow employees and a few family members prepared a dinner for those in need at a local church. Trinity Church (see full article in local newspaper) along with volunteers regularly serve a dinner each Wednesday, to approximately 70 people who require some help in the community.

According to Scott, the whole experience was very rewarding and uplifting. They served a total of 80 people during the night.

Plattsburgh – This November Graymont Materials (NY) received a prestigious Hot Mix Asphalt Showcase Award given by the New York Construction Materials Association (NYCMA).  These awards are given annually by NYCMA and are highly competitive.  Graymont received their award for providing asphalt, subbase and ready mix concrete to the reconstruction of Rt 9N in the hamlet of AuSable Forks (a small village commonly called the Gateway to the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid).  Luck Brothers,Inc., a Graymont custom

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Havelock - The Director of Production for Graymont Eastern Canada, Pierre Chassat, today informed the employees, the Union representative and the New-Brunswick Minister of Labour’s office of the decision to indefinitely suspend quicklime production at the Havelock Plant at the end of November 2010. 

Plattsburgh - As rain dripped off the eves of the Graymont tent set up at Airborne Speedway and volunteers grabbed rain jackets, many of the organizers had very nervous looks on their faces.

Graymont (Portneuf) – Graymont Portneuf, located in St-Marc-des-Carrières’s City, Quebec, has committed to contribute $20,000 over four years to the city, towards the purchase of a new fire truck.