Westbrook sewing school helps immigrants seamlessly enter workforce

Dory Waxman is creating opportunities for immigrants to Maine and helping to revive a lost vocation in the state, one stitch at a time. Waxman, the founder of Old Port Wool & Textile Co. in Portland, operates a free nonprofit school in Westbrook that teaches industrial sewing primarily to refugees, asylum-seekers and other immigrants. The […]

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Project helps people with sewing skills but little job experience

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