Free truck-driving course expands to Bangor to fight nationwide shortage

by Paula Brewer
4 years ago
Northern Maine Community College range and road instructor Josh Ormsby of Caribou (left) and CDL Academy Coordinator Dennis Dyer of Presque Isle stand by one of the trucks students use in the commercial truck driving course. The college is offering three sessions of the course in Bangor starting May 16. Credit: Paula Brewer / The Star-Herald
Because of the growing need for commercial truck drivers in the Bangor area, two community colleges have partnered to bring a successful Aroostook County course south, free of charge.Read more.