ABC Recycling’s operation at the Port of Bellingham Shipping Terminal will see heavy activity again starting next week with the arrival of a new bulk carrier ship, to the chagrin of nearby residents.

Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention. Proof positive of this adage is how B & D Scrap Metal, Charleston, S.C., got its start. In the early 1980s, Ben Stroble started B & D Auto Salvage.

Today, we traveled to Nashville to pick up a used county-owned dozer, which has a dead battery, a worn blade, and leaking cylinders, but a solid undercarriage and transmission, making it a worthwhile ...