School bus stops unchanged by bridge fix

The bridge over the Indian Camp Brook on Longfellow Road in Gorham is closed for repairs, but won’t impact regular route stops for school buses that will serve the road on each side of the bridge.

“We’ll have to go in from both ends,” Gorham Transportation Director Norm Justice said on Tuesday.

Justice said Gorham school bus routes are virtually the same as last year. Justice expects this year’s school bus schedule to be posted soon on the Gorham School Department website, www.gorhamschools.org.

Longfellow Road has been closed to through traffic since Aug. 12 as Gorham Public Works Department personnel work on the bridge.

“We anticipate that it will be reopened within the next four weeks, weather depending,” Gorham Public Works Director Bob Burns said on Monday. “The school department is aware of the closure and will be taking the steps necessary to maintain the bus routes.”

The brook is a tributary of Stroudwater River.

For more information about the bridge, call Jeff Grant or Terry Deering of the Public Works Department at 892-9062.

School days ahead

Gorham students in grades kindergarten, 6 and 9 will start school on Wednesday, Aug. 28, with all students going on Thursday, Aug. 29.

Schools will not be in session on Friday, Aug. 30, and will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

USM readies for fall classes

Robert Caswell, University of Southern Maine spokesman, said that move-in day for all new dormitory students on the Gorham campus will be on Sunday, Sept. 1, with classes commencing on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Caswell expects 1,150 students would reside on the Gorham campus, which equals last year’s number.

Did you know?

Dwight Webb was named Gorham’s first full-time school superintendent in 1956, according to Gorham Historical Society’s chronology.

Gorham and Westbrook had previously shared one superintendent.

U.S. taxpayer debt

The Bureau of Public debt reported on Aug. 15 that the U.S. public debt was $16,738,484,642,516.80.