New Madison welding center caters to students looking to learn a trade in need of workers

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Published
October 19, 2021

New Madison welding center caters to students looking to learn a trade in need of workers

A welding lab was unveiled Tuesday at the Somerset Career & Technical Center at Madison Area Memorial High School.
Published
April 25, 2021

Maine contractors fear labor agreement will shut them out of offshore wind work

A pending commitment by wind energy developers to use only union labor has caught some of the state's top construction firms off guard.
Published
October 12, 2020

Puritan, Cianbro to build second COVID-19 swab factory in Pittsfield

About 200 jobs will be created as a result of $51.2 million in CARES Act funding that will enable Puritan Medical Products of Guilford to develop a second facility in Pittsfield, expanding production of medical-testing swabs.
Published
April 30, 2020

$75.5 million effort in Pittsfield will double coronavirus test swab production

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Cianbro Corp. Chairman Peter Vigue and officials of Puritan Medical Products Co. announced that they are building a new factory to produce about 20 million more swabs and create 150 jobs.
Published
February 3, 2020

Agreement settles case against Cianbro Corp. chairman charged in cannon blast

Charges were filed last fall against Peter G. Vigue, 72, of Pittsfield after he fired a small cannon at a Maine Maritime Academy football game and injured a referee.
Published
January 6, 2020

Court date for Cianbro chairman charged in cannon blast continued

Peter Vigue was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday to be arraigned on charges after allegedly firing a cannon at a Maine Maritime football game that injured a referee.
Published
December 5, 2019

Cianbro chairman indicted in connection with cannon blast that hurt referee

Peter Vigue, 72, faces multiple criminal charges stemming from the traditional firing of a cannon at a Maine Maritime Academy football game in September.
Published
November 21, 2019

Cianbro wins $157 million Navy contract for Kittery shipyard project

The Pittsfield company will be paid $157 million for dry dock improvements at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Published
August 24, 2019

Employers flock to 80-year-old apprenticeship program amid workforce crunch

Rapidly growing participation in the state-administered program is raising concerns that it will become overwhelmed.