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NORWICH — Steve Richardson wants to drive you crazy. The cofounder, inventor, and self-appointed "chief tormenter" at Stave Puzzles has been in the business almost 30 years and still delights at the ...

When Steve Richardson was an 8-year-old in Attleboro, Massachusetts, he butchered his fingers trying to make a puzzle with a miniature Dremel saw. He had grown to love the feeling of fitting pieces ...

Diabolically designed, sinfully expensive and marvelously challenging to solve, a Stave jigsaw puzzle is much more than the sum of its parts. Hey, is that a Stave?" the guy asks.A friend and I are ...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (WCAX) - Inside the confines of one White River Junction building, sits a world of puzzling possibilities. Deemed “The Rolls Royce of Puzzles” by Smithsonian Magazine, Stave ...

Stave puzzles are made right over the border in Norwich Vermont and are known as the most difficult and expensive wooden jigsaw puzzle in all the world. We meet the Chief Tormentor and see how these ...

They’re billed as “the Rolls-Royce of Puzzles.” No flimsy cardboard. No inkjet-printed images. Stave Puzzles are crafted works of art — with the price tag to match. If you’re looking to invest in a ...