Reading has been a highpoint of my summers for as long as I can remember. When I was little, we’d travel across town in our Red Flyer wagon. On the way home, we gave up our seats in the wagon for as ...

Thanks to their adventuresome parents, some screen-addled children are getting a reprieve — and an education — at sea. By Mariya Manzhos Two years ago, Alison and Luke Williams bought a 44-foot ...

Not many 12-year-olds can say they know how to build a real boat, but Kingsley McCrocklin can. He recently constructed an 8-foot row boat as part of a two-week class offered at the Lake Pontchartrain ...

Urban Boatbuilders Executive Director Marc Hosmer: “Being able to take a pile of sticks and turn it into a beautiful boat that they can launch into the water is such an amazing confidence booster.” ...

Elmer Lopez wore a pirate costume complete with a red bandanna, hooked hand and Jolly Roger hat while his three children raced across the pool in cardboard boats Friday night at Desert Breeze Aquatic ...

Two years ago, Alison and Luke Williams bought a 44-foot monohull Moody Blue with the dream of sailing around the world with their three children. But many commitments tethered them to shore: two full ...