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Friday, April 17, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 16
C&J Bus Lines Expands NYC Service for 2015 Summer Season OGUNQUIT C&J Bus Lines, one of New England's premier transportation providers has announced the addition of a third daily roundtrip schedule commencing Friday, May 22, to their direct Executive Class service between Portsmouth, NH; Tewksbury, MA; Ogunquit (seasonally) and New York City. Presently, C&J operates daily roundtrip service between the Portsmouth Transportation Center, Portsmouth, NH; Tewksbury, MA; and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York. The new schedule will
offer three (3) daily roundtrips between Portsmouth and NYC, Sunday through Friday and two (2) trips on Saturdays. C&J will also be offering seasonal service
of one daily roundtrip between NYC and Ogunquit, will operate seven days a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. This new schedule will allow more
travel flexibility as well as sameday travel into the City with an evening return. “We are excited about the demand for our executive class service to New York and the need to add additional schedules� said Jim Jalbert, President of C&J. “There is clearly a need for an alternative service to that of the Boston air shuttle or Amtrak which provides direct service to New York City without the hassle of changing modes or traveling via Boston.� Schedules and fares are now available at www.ridecj.com. C&J Bus Lines continues
to operate scheduled intercity passenger services from Dover, Durham, Portsmouth, NH, and Newburyport, MA serving Boston South Station and Boston Logan International Airport. The company also provides daily executive class service to the New York Port Authority New York City. Founded in 1968, C&J has become a regional icon, providing a unique, safe, and dependable passenger transportation experience to over 700,000 passengers each year. For more information:www.ridecj.com or customercare@ridecj.com.
“Sticks and Stones� Anti-Bullying Message Rocks School By Carin Lee, Contributing Writer ELIOT – Five students sang into microphones and two students beat drums, rocking the Eliot Elementary Gym. Six students danced behind a giant silhouette screen and held up signs that read “I believe there is a better way.� The strobe lights flashed red, then blue, then green. All this was a part of an Artist-in-Res-
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idency program called “Sticks and Stones,� brought to Eliot Elementary with funding from the Marshwood Education Foundation as part of a grant written by Bryan Bergeron-Killough. The program was named with the old saying in mind, “Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.� The creators of the program believe the opposite, that words can leave wounds on the inside. Jeff Erwin, percussionist, and Skip Brunette, singer
and songwriter, are partners in “Sticks and Stones.� They go into schools for 5- to 6-day residencies, working with anti-bullying themes. On their first day there they show students a cutout of aluminum foil shaped like a person. They call the person “Ralph.� Next they bring out a puppet named “Melvin� who makes fun of Ralph. He speaks mean words, taunting words. Ralph begins to crumple up and See STONES page 6...
Matt Chase Wins Maine Geography Bee WELLS – Wells Junior High School eighth grade student Matt Chase won the state level of the 27th Annual National Geography Bee at the University of Maine at Farmington on March 27. He becomes the first ever WJHS student to achieve this milestone. Despite all the pressure one might expect associated with a contest of this nature, Chase, who was diagnosed with autism at age two, answered the challenging questions posed to him about world geography and emerged victorious over 100 other 4th through 8th grade students.
As a result, Chase, age 13, will represent the State of Maine in national competition with
53 others beginning May 11 in Washington D.C. He will be accompanied there by his parents
Sophie and Matthew L. Chase. According to a press release from the Maine Geography Bee, the "National Geographic Society, Plum Creek and Google generously support this event nationwide, and will be sending parents and contestants to Washington for the competition." Teachers Bonnie Dill and Susie Dugovic witnessed Chase’s win at UMF. Dill put her former student’s victory in proper perspective by pointing out the significance of it. According to Dill there are four million students who take part at the local school
Matt Chase with WJHS Social Studies teacher and Geography Bee Coordinator Bonnie Dill. Photo courtesy Reg Bennett.
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Students Samson Horton and Luis Ross, “rock� with Jeff Erwin together during anti-bullying session at Eliot Elementary in Eliot.
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