By Lauren Abbate, BDN Staff • September 13, 2019 6:00 am
Updated: September 13, 2019 8:18 am

ROCKLAND, Maine ― For 40 years, the Midcoast School of Technology was housed in a former boat building factory that was not designed for the multitude of trade skills being taught there.

But this year, students are back to school in a strikingly modern industrial space that was built entirely with their education in mind after the completion of a new $26 million building which offers nearly twice the space.