Bar Harbor School Board Continues to Hope YMCA Will Reestablish After-School Route

Bar Harbor School Board Continues to Hope YMCA Will Reestablish After-School Route

Carrie Jones Apr 11, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor School Board on Monday afternoon expressed again its wish that the YMCA could use its small bus to bring students back to the YMCA after school days, part of the service that it had provided the town for years, but has stopped. The YMCA sits on town-owned land on Park Street and has had a … Continue reading Bar Harbor School Board Continues to Hope YMCA Will Reestablish After-School Route

MDI Finds One Issue With An Electric School Bus Battery After State Urges Busses Taken Off Road

Defective busses caused power-failure crash in Winthrop CARRIE JONES FEB 21, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—After the Maine Department of Education’s request to park all electric school buses from Lion Electric Co. until the state can inspect them, two of the electric school buses used on Mount Desert Island have passed state police inspections. Another did not. “The third is getting a new battery in the shop, … Continue reading MDI Finds One Issue With An Electric School Bus Battery After State Urges Busses Taken Off Road