As the instructor at the nation's only full-time carousel-animal carving school, Larry Ridge, 75, is keeping a centuries-old ...

Sweet Tart the skunk and Ramses the shark are making their platform debuts this weekend at Salem's Riverfront Carousel. The skunk and shark are the latest new animals to join the carousel through ...

They crave freedom from oppression,” Newkirk wrote in her letter. “Animal-themed carousel sets reinforce the notion that these sentient beings are simply here for our entertainment ...