The two new facilities were described as pipelines for Maine’s youth to enter the shipbuilding and aerospace fields.
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Maine Maritime Academy brings training center to former Wayfair building in Brunswick
With an eye toward creating a regional training center for the maritime trades, Maine Maritime Academy has leased the nearly 50,000-square-foot former Wayfair call center at Brunswick Landing. The Maritime Industrial Workforce Training Center already has welcomed a first cohort from the decades-old Bath Iron Works Apprentice School. In August, nearly 20 students from Region […]
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Members of the Fulbright scholarship board resign, accusing Trump of meddling
Bowdoin says none of its 15 fellowship winners has been affected by the turmoil in the program.
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Bailey Island native chosen to lead Maine Maritime Academy
Bailey Island native Craig Johnson, a successful entrepreneur who became fascinated with sailing at a young age, has been appointed the 16th president of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Johnson was named president in March of the publicly funded maritime college, part of the University of Maine System. In a recent interview, he talked about […]
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Maine Maritime Academy revives nuclear engineering program
The Castine college, which offered nuclear engineering until the mid-90s, is bringing the major back this year and received a $1.5 million gift to endow a chair of the program.
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Maine higher education leaders praise governor’s proposed budget
Gov. Janet Mills’ $11.6 billion spending plan includes a 4% increase for higher education, an extension of the free community college program, and state contributions for the new Paid Family Medical Leave program.
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Maritime officials fear ‘catastrophic’ outcome if mariner shortage worsens
Many mariners have postponed retirement so the true magnitude of the situation has yet to be felt.
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Passenger in crash that killed 4 Maine Maritime Academy students pleads guilty
Noelle Tavares, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, accepted a deal in Hancock County Superior Court on Friday afternoon.
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Retired U.S. Navy officer hired on as defense alliance’s program director
The Maine Defense Industry Alliance has a new program director to oversee collaborative efforts for the workforce needs of Maine’s defense industry.
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Driver gets 3 years in prison for crash that killed 4 Maine Maritime students
Joshua Goncalves-Radding, 21, was sentenced for four counts of manslaughter and other charges in a Hancock County courtroom on Friday.