Region 8, Mid-Coast School of Technology

(As reported by Daniel Dunkle, Herald Gazette Business / Associate Editor, appearing in Village Soup Knox County ) "We are training the next generation of firefighters," says new instructor Mike Drinkwater. Eleven students make up the new firefighting course at the Mid-Coast School of Technology. Each student is required to join their local fire department as a junior firefighter to help keep the cost of the course down. These students need a little more equipment than the standard paper and...