PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A new survey shows that consumer confidence in Maine is slowly rebounding from last fall’s depths of pessimism. A survey by Market Decisions found that 47 percent of those surveyed said they were worse off financially than a year ago. Last October, 57 percent said they were worse off than a […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The first television advertisements in an anticipated referendum on Maine’s gay marriage law begin airing Thursday across the state. Carisa Cunningham from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders says the advertisements are airing in multiple markets in Maine. Details will be announced Thursday afternoon by the EqualityMaine Foundation, Gay & Lesbian […]

ATLANTA (AP) – Four years after the government severely restricted its use, the lung cancer drug Iressa may be poised to make a comeback: A study concludes it can slow the deadly disease better than standard chemotherapy in certain patients. The research released Wednesday is the first to show Iressa can be more effective than […]

ATLANTA (AP) – U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported Wednesday. The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for […]

RSU 2 MONMOUTH BUS 86 (APRIL PINKHAM) Monmouth Academy / Monmouth Middle School Stops. 11 Pleasant Street (AM only) Redtop Drive, Colby Drive (PM only) Lakeside Estates, Hoyt Drive, East Monmouth Church, Tilson Rd (Snafu Farm), 88 Tilson Rd, 375 Cobbossee Rd (AM only), Corner of Prescott Hill and Rte 135 PM only, 246 Prescott […]

SAD 15 Bus 4, Driver: ASHLEY — HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL, 6:26 AM 163 Portland Road, 6:28 AM PORTLAND RD@WHITNEY RD, 6:29 AM 247 Portland Rd/248 Portland Rd., 6:30 AM 279 Portland Rd, 6:32 AM 4 Dutton Hill, 6:32 AM 1/2 DUTTON HILL, 6:33 AM 17 Dutton Hill, 6:35 AM FOREST LAKE RD@COTTAGE RD, 6:44 AM […]

Love Your Kids. Love The Bus. Facts to learn and share: * The National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Department of Transportation and other authorities agree that school buses are the safest form of transportation for getting children to and from school. * Some 480,000 school buses carry 26 million children – more than half […]

American School Bus Council Encourages More Students to “Go Green and Ride Yellow” School Bus Transportation Eliminates the Need for 17.3 Million Cars, 2.3 Billion Gallons of Fuel and $8 Billion in Fuel Costs Washington, D.C. – Every day, more than 26 million children take the safest and most environmentally friendly way to get to […]

School Bus Safety About 24 million elementary and secondary school children ride school buses every day in the US. Approximately 80 percent of Maine children ride the big yellow school bus between home and school and for school related activities. The MaineDOT reminds you of the following Maine laws concerning school buses and school zones. […]

RSU 10 Mnt. Valley Region BUS 19: DRIVER Duayne Jodrey, PPROXIMATE START TIME 6:50 AM; FIRST STOP HOLYOKE/SPRUCE,THEN HOUSE TO HOUSE UP SWAIN RD., LEFT ON TO EATON HILLRD.,ISTHMUS RD.TAGGET RD.,ISTHMUS RD.BELIVEAU RD., FONTAINE AVENUE, MVHS, RES, ST. JOHN’S, MVMS PM RUN STARTS AT AT M.V.M.S. AND GOES IN REVERSE ORDER MS STUDENTS GET OFF […]