Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, left, looks on Tuesday as Ashley Esty, top, greets her son, Carter Edwards, a second-grader at Guy E. Rowe School in Norway, after school ended. Every morning and afternoon, officers with the Norway Police and Fire departments accompany students who live within a half-mile of Guy E. Rowe School to […]
Walking School Bus
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Norway students head to school
Blake Kimball, a first-grade student at Guy E. Rowe School in Norway, leads the way Wednesday morning as students walk to their first day of classes. Rebecca Powell, coordinator of the Walking School Bus program, Fire Chief Dennis Yates and Police Chief Rob Federico accompany the students. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Walking the bus route
On Highland Avenue in Lewiston, Cassie Gerard, right, goes over the rest of the walking school bus route with Darcy Whittemore, left, from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. The coalition, in partnership with the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, runs the Maine Walking School Bus Program. Ridley Bourgoin, Hunter Walker and Myles Walker […]
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Norway pupils walk to school on first day
NORWAY — Energy levels were high Tuesday morning as more than a dozen Guy E. Rowe Elementary School pupils participated in the school’s Walking School Bus program on the first day of classs. The nationwide Walking School Bus program was implemented at the school to improve students’ health and to save the Oxford Hills School […]
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Students have mixed feelings returning to school
OXFORD — Oxford Elementary School third-grade student Ivree Choate was nonplussed Tuesday as she waited for the school bus at the end of her driveway with her mother, Brittany Knight, and her “meme,” Jody Hall. Wearing her new Shopkins backpack and a big smile, Choate said she was looking forward to gym — her favorite […]
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Walk-to-school program receives award
NORWAY — The walk-to-school program at Guy E. Rowe School has received the Next Generation Award from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine for its “spirit of collaboration and community.” Coalition officials said it’s one of the most successful Walking School Bus programs in the state. The award was presented to program coordinators Rebecca Powell and Saara […]
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Walking school bus gets some legs
NORWAY — The Walking School Bus got off to a successful start Tuesday morning as more than a dozen youngsters from the Rowe Elementary School jumped on board. “It went great,” said Transportation Director Dave Fontaine. A total of 18 students were “picked up” by the walking school bus by handful of adults. The program continues […]