Coastal Maine stone company shifts focus to hiring local residents

Coastal Maine stone company shifts focus to hiring local residents

Matt Sargent would never have thought to apply to work at the stone company a few miles from his high school if a teacher hadn’t suggested it. Sargent was working at a variety store in Bucksport in 2020 after graduating from Bucksport High School, where he was a founding member of its successful robotics team. Then the team coach called to ask if he was interested in a job at Freshwater Stone and Brickwork in neighboring Orland, where Sargent co…