If you’re looking for a new job and are pretty handy with tools, a carpentry apprenticeship might be for you. The two-year program from the Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire, Southeast ...

Simeon Chappell spent a lot of time in his childhood being handy around the house. “If my dad was fixing something, I’d try and help, or I’d take measurements for him to cut wood,” said Chappell, 19, ...

In recent years, school districts have made a stronger push to gauge student interest in trade careers, extolling the virtues of the region’s technical schools and the wide-open job market for skilled ...

Latrice Scroggins, 26, said she has always had jobs — but never a career. A mother of two, Scroggins, of Middle River, said she got a couple of college credits, “but my heart wasn’t in it.” Then she ...

The Central Midwest Carpenters Union Warsaw training center has graduated 45 apprentices this year and a $15 million facility ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District has expanded its partnership with the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters and will now offer carpentry training ...