Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description In 1957, Bangor and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… her dad drove the bus so she would ride his bus for a little ways before an Ashland bus would pick her up from there."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"In Scarborough 350: Linking the Past and The Present Margery Miliken tells about taking the bus to Dunstan School in the 1920s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Windham Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… most controversial issues in the 1980s was school bus transportation. Following a series of meetings, the voters of Guilford approved the purchase…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… local entrepreneur, noted for bringing the first bus system to Bar Harbor, recognized that there was a growing market for a decidedly upscale…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… the money we had we walk to school had no such bus I lived down St. George road then and was went to school it’s no longer there used to be on…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"J: You had said something about a bus coming around. S: Yes, when my mother worked she used to ride on the back of a truck that would come and pick…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"The first school bus was purchased that year. In 1952 at a special town meeting on December 26, Islesboro residents voted unanimously to accept “the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Transportation was now by privately-owned school bus; L. J. York owned a bus that brought students from Mosher and Perham Hills and Wesley Gardner…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… at Lincoln and transported the rest of the way by bus and taxi. The washout also detoured the freight and passengers being transported from…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"High school students had to pay to ride the local bus for some time before it became free, but even so it was a much needed improvement."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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