SKOWHEGAN — Six-year-old Lyric Whitaker normally is a shy little girl.

CORNVILLE — Gib Poland was a school bus driver for so many years that by the time he took his final run in November, he was driving the children and grandchildren of pupils he drove to school in the 1960s and ’70s.

The Madison fire chief says that despite subzero temperatures, the metal roof kept the fire “like an oven” inside the building.

SKOWHEGAN — Signs celebrating the high school’s state championship field hockey team, the county’s maple syrup and the world’s best ice cream are displayed coming into town from U.S. Route 2 and U.S. Route 201.

Not a lot of snow fell across the region Wednesday, but traffic accidents on the slick roads injured several people, including three involved in a school bus accident in Skowhegan.

SKOWHEGAN — Offering an example of the woes communities would face if the Legislature backs Gov. Paul LePage’s two-year, $6.2 billion state budget proposal, Skowhegan’s town manager said his town could lose almost $1.7 million in state funding.

SKOWHEGAN — Building contractor Stephen Dionne looks to the future and sees part of the past: the circa-1894 Skowhegan Grange hall.

SKOWHEGAN — How do you keep 1,500 students warm in school all winter and still save money?