We have five new 9-month and 2-year apprentices in the building this fall, as well as two new 12-weekers…

I’m slow to connect the dots. When my wife and I announced to our grown daughter we were moving to join her in Maine, our daughter suggested I take the wooden boat building class at The Apprenticeshop…

Like any organization that’s been in existence for a long time, The Apprenticeshop is ripe with its own lore. You hear stories from the “old days”…

A recent graduate of our 9-month apprenticeship program, Ellery Kempe-Chalmers, reached out in response to our last newsletter with some photos of her time at the ‘Shop…

We recently reached out to Dagmar Bay (alumna ‘96-’98) to ask her a few questions about her experience at the ‘Shop and what she’s doing now…

We have eight new 9-month and 2-year apprentices in the building this fall, as well as two new 12-weekers…

This week, our very own Youth Program Director and Break the Anchor project leader, João Strout-Bentes, was featured in the Penobscot Bay Pilot…

We are excited to announce the recent award of a grant from the The RPM Foundation to provide financial support for one of our 2021 Fellows…

In honor of Women’s History month 2020, we announced the establishment of the Mary Lacy Scholarship for women…

Let me start by answering the oft-asked question "why does your skiff need a bow fender"? Bear with me…

We reached out to Tom Weis recently to ask him a few questions about his experience at the ‘Shop and what he’s doing now…

For the past two seasons of heavy engagement through youth programs, adult lessons, apprentice training and Free Fridays, we’ve struggled to put a name to what the Twins are…

We have 6 new apprentices in the building this fall. They started at the ‘Shop on September 2nd…

In the past few months, we’ve been featured in two magazines, MaineBiz’s Work for ME 2020 issue and Cape Air’s in-flight magazine…

In early March, Jonathan Goodman came to the ‘Shop to do his volunteer week. The following piece was written by Jonathan about his volunteer experience…

This month, amidst all of the coronavirus uncertainty and upheaval, I had an opportunity to sit down with recent graduate of the 12-week program, Emma Hathaway…

Former 12-week apprentice Chris Battaglia has been interviewing apprentices and staff over the last few months to create a series of videos that tell the story of The Apprenticeshop…

After a Wednesday field trip up to Searsport to visit the Penobscot Marine Museum, we got an email from Education Director Jeana Gaskop…