The first thing I noticed when I walked into the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center is the smell. It’s wasn’t the smell of paint. It was the smell of fresh wood being cut. Some people call it the smell ...

with how it turned out. When local industrial designer Michael Downes heard that the Oregon Manifest Design Challenge was back again this year, he knew he wanted to enter. Downes, a former bike ...

CHARLESTON — Colonial Lake’s calm waters are usually empty, save for the fish and ducks. But the shallow lake filled with miniature fleets of colorful wooden boats May 9 as local students celebrated ...

Dan Jacobs, left, and Marie Stauber apply resin to the bow of the wooden boats that they and others are building at the Scow Schooner hanger in Anahauc Saturday. The event is part of Family Boat ...