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PASSADUMKEAG – Graduates of Maine’s only college training program for operators of mechanized logging and forest trucking equipment were recognized Nov. 9 at the site where they have spent recent weeks completing the final, trucking stage of the program after months harvesting timber using sophisticated state-of-the-art machines like those they will encounter in the logging industry.

Maine has lost more than 20,000 employees since the pandemic started. Fixing this will take a combination of strategies and years of work.

Maine has lost more than 20,000 employees since the pandemic started. Fixing this will take a combination of strategies and years of work.

Maine has lost more than 20,000 employees since the pandemic started. Fixing this will take a combination of strategies and years of work.

Community colleges around the country are expanding short-term workforce training programs hoping to make a dent in the national workforce shortage and provide low-barrier opportunities for economic mobility.