Academy groundbreaking set

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - A groundbreaking will be held today for the $20 million Jackson County Maritime Trades Academy at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Gulf Coast in Pascagoula. The shipbuilder and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are partners in the apprentice school. The new academy will enable the program to expand from 610 students to 1,000 apprentices. The facility is funded by a HUD Community Development Block Grant awarded by the state last year. (Source: Sun Herald, Mississippi Press, 06/08/10)