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Somerset tech center creates welding program at Madison Area Memorial High School
Money continues to be raised to fund the program that offers opportunities to students, adults pursuing education and local business people.
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Isaac Ouellette, 15, a sophomore at Madison Memorial High School, welds in the current Somerset Career and Tech Center wing at Madison Memorial High School on Thursday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
MADISON A tech center program is expanding its welding program to provide learning opportunities for students in central Maine.
Somerset Career and Technical Center, which is housed near Skowhegan Area High School with satellite locations in Madison and Pittsfield, offers several different programs to 306 students from Skowhegan Area High School, Carrabec High School in North Anson, Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Madison Area Memorial High School and Upper Kennebec Valley Jr./Sr. High School in Bingham.