As a former owner of a management agency for rock bands, Apple Valley resident Randall Barbera said he is well-versed in what it takes to run a successful business. These days, his skills have come in ...

Q: We have a very old trunk, passed down from my grandmother, who got it from a friend. The friend brought it from France when she moved to this country in 1895. Strange thing is, the trunk came from ...

When Phares Wenger retired in the mid-1980s, he was "full of energy" and looking for something to do. The Mount Joy resident would go to auctions and craft shows searching for antiques, particularly ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, trunks were the equivalent of suitcases when traveling by stagecoach, buggy, train or ship. But they also served as a convenient household storage container for ...

Shelves that can hold books and monitors made with large antique trunks were made by antique shops. It seems difficult to carry by hand directly because it is large in size, but it can be moved by the ...

Tim Deal restores antique trunks. The portable closets have traveled a long way to feel his touch. They’ve ridden the iron rails and hit the dusty trails by stagecoach. Some have been through wars.

An antique trunk is about to be reunited with the family that built it more than 70 years ago.Kim Weeks of Laconia bought the trunk at a yard sale 35 years ago.The trunk reads “Return to Leroy Osgood ...