FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday to enter into a lease-purchase agreement with TD Equipment Finance Inc. for a 66-passenger bus for $91,400. The agreement for the Blue Bird bus is for three years. The district received three quotes to finance the bus. TD Equipment Finance was the lowest, Superintendent Tom Ward said. It […]
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Driver who allegedly put duct tape on students’ mouths leaves bus company
SURRY — The bus driver who allegedly put “Hello Kitty” duct tape on students’ mouths when they were noisy is no longer transporting students, according to School Union 93 Superintendent Mark Hurvitt. The bus driver, whose name has not been made public, had been employed by First Student, the bus company contracted by the school […]
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RSU 9 board approves agreement with Rangeley school district
FARMINGTON — The RSU 9 Board of Directors voted Tuesday to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the RSU 78 School Board in Rangeley to use a school bus. The Rangeley bus and the driver stay in the area after they drop off students at the Foster Career and Technical Education Center at Mt. […]
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RSU 52 looking to hire drivers
TURNER — The Turner, Leeds and Greene school district has a bus driver shortage. RSU 52 administrators are looking to hire a few bus drivers to become substitutes. The pay: $15.28 an hour. The hours: school days, split shifts of three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon. There’s no work on the […]
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Bus full of partying Colby students stopped in Oakland
OAKLAND (AP) — Nearly two dozen college students have been summoned to court to face underage drinking charges after the bus driving them home from a party was pulled over for speeding. Police say the bus packed with students from Colby College in Waterville was stopped at about 1 a.m. Sunday in Oakland. Sgt. Tracey […]
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Schools, staff, ready for first day Wednesday
The big yellow buses will roll through Lewiston and Auburn early Wednesday as school reopens for Lewiston’s estimated 5,000 students and Auburn’s 3,500 students. Lewiston will have 31 buses on the road, plus 19 vehicles for special ed students. “We transport 2,600 kid every day, twice a day.” Lewiston School Department Transportation Director Butch Pratt […]
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For the third time, Auburn to vote on school budget
AUBURN — Retiree Priscilla Miller voted against the Auburn school budget last month and in June. When she goes to the polls Tuesday — the third time this year — Miller said she’ll vote yes. “I don’t think they have it where it should be,” Miller said. “The deal is, it shouldn’t be more than […]
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Climate change bus tour comes to Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — A bus tour promoting action on climate change is coming to Maine. The “I Will Act on Climate” bus is coming to Bangor and Portland on Monday as part of its tour to more than 20 states to rally support for action that would address climate change. Environmental and business representatives, community […]
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Rome bus crash kills at least 37
ROME (AP) — A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers. Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, […]
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3 dead when bus carrying teens crashes in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bus carrying teenagers returning home from a church camp in Michigan crashed Saturday afternoon about a mile from its destination, killing three people and sending 26 others to hospitals, officials said. The bus came speeding off of Interstate 465 in northern Indianapolis, about a mile from the Colonial Hills Baptist Church […]