Delgado’s carpentry class is the first of five crafts News with a Twist will feature for Craftsmen Week, which starts Sunday, Oct. 2.

At a handful of small carpentry schools around the country, women are teaching other women skills that many of us missed out on, somehow.

The sixth edition of the National Center for Construction Education and Research’s (NCCER) General Carpentry curriculum is now available as the first level leading to a two-pronged course path.

First Class Painting and Carpentry celebrates 37 years of service. Founded by John DeVincenti in 1988, the family business expands to Lake Anna.