This is an election year, when politicians will do almost anything to secure votes, even at the expense of small businesses. As Maine loggers face more
The forestry and wood harvesting program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center in Farmington was one of three state-wide to receive grants from a new program.
The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine and Northern Maine Community College applauded the announcement that $1 million in dedicated federal funding has been secured to expand the Mechanized Logging Operations Program in 2023 and 2024 and add Commercial Driver’s License training to the program to train the next generation of timber haulers.
Recruiting is now underway for students in the sixth cohort of the Mechanized Logging Operations Program, which is beginning its next 12-week class June 27 in the woods northeast of Old Town.