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From Mushrooms to N.E. Quarries: Benevento Companies Builds Legacy If you pull onto the scale at Benevento Companies in Wilmington, Mass., on any given weekday, there’s a decent chance the person you meet won’t be tucked away in some distant corner office. It might be Tim Allard, the general manager of the Sand and Stone Division, or it might be Johnny Benevento, the fourth generation of the family now helping run the business as chief operating officer. For more than a century, the family has worked this same piece of ground, gradually turning a patch of land in Wilmington into one of New England’s best-known names in stone, hot mix and concrete. Today, that same family also is quietly building a strong relationship with Equipment East and a growing fleet of DEVELON machines.
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The Benevento Company and Equipment East teams work closely together to ensure that the DEVELON equipment in their fleet is meeting all expectations. (L-R) are Tim Elliot, Equipment East; Johnny Benevento, Benevento Companies; Tim Allard, Benevento Companies; and Peter “PJ” Varone Jr., Equipment East.
From Mushrooms to Quarries According to family history, Michael Benevento came to the United States from Montemarano, Italy, in 1916. Like countless immigrants of that era, he came looking for opportunity. The land that is now the Wilmington home base has been in the picture almost from the start. Early on, the family oper-
ated what was essentially a mushroom farm there. They lived on the property in a camp back in the woods, growing mushrooms, working the soil and selling their products through local farm stands and markets. see BENEVENTO page 12
After Concerns, Complaints, Maine Makes Repairs to Pennesseewassee Lake Dam Following a surge of complaints about low water levels over the summer, engineers inspected the dam linking Pennesseewassee Lake and Pennesseewassee Stream in Norway, Maine, to determine whether water was leaking and contributing to the decline. The Maine Monitor of Hallowell, Maine, reported Nov. 23, 2025, that engineers could find no significant water loss. Still, the unusually low water level revealed a faulty spillway and other serious structural vulnerabilities that could lead to a catastrophic dam failure during high-water events. In an ironic twist, the damage might have gone undetected had water levels stayed high. Norway officials have moved see LAKE page 8
Pennesseewassee Lake
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