The famous yellow Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, which we have all used many times at school and at home, was invented by a Marbleheader. Joseph Dixon was born in Marblehead in 1799. He was the son of a ...

Dixon Ticonderoga remains the required pencil company for some U.S. schools, including some in the District of Columbia, according to school supply lists. Major U.S. retailers stock boxes of sharpened ...

Dixon Ticonderoga, the more than 100-year-old pencil and arts products company based at Heathrow in Lake Mary, will close its Versailles, Mo., manufacturing plant by the end of the year. Dixon was ...

In spite of the consumer love affair with high-tech tablets and other digital devices, people are still enthusiastic about making their mark using low-tech, graphite-lead pencils. That gave pencil ...

Now that school has begun, take a look at your child's (or your own) yellow pencil. Likely it boasts the name Dixon Ticonderoga on its shaft. Take it as a reminder that graphite mining once made a ...

National Pencil Day (March 30) is a big deal in pencil circles. Pencil sales are better than ever, in spite of consumer infatuation with high-tech tablets and other digital tools and gewgaws. Sales of ...