Every now and then, we need someone to bring things down to size. Leave the shrinking to Hal Chaffee, president of Model Builders Inc., opened in 1950 by his father, William. The Southwest Side ...

TICONDEROGA — Most families pass down pictures, books and food recipes from generation to generation. For the Chaffee family of Illinois, a powder horn, a musket and a wooden walking stick in their ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — For 250 years, a family with Saratoga ties has carefully preserved items used by an ancestor during the American Revolution. As good stewards, now they want to share them with the ...