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• 5/13/2013: Maine Schools Celebrate Walk and Bike to School Month Throughout May!
  May is Walk and Bike to School Month in Maine and students in over 40 schools from Fort Kent to York and from Rangely to Lincolnville have announced that they will be celebrating as they commute on foot or by bicycle.
• 4/22/2013: Maine Schools' Spring 2013 Walk and Bike Activities!
  Check out what Maine schools are doing for walk and bike to school activities this spring!
• 4/6/2013: Fifteen Maine Communities Awarded 2013 Mini-Grants for Building Safer & Stronger Walk & Bike to School Programs!
  Learn more about inspiring and creative Safe Routes to School initiatives from around the state - supported by the Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-grant Program.
• 1/15/2013: 2012 Maine SRTS Mini-Grant Successes - Thanks to Local Champions!
  Photos and stories from the 21 Maine communities that were awarded 2012 Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-Grants for a variety of safety education and walk and bike activities.
• 1/14/2013: Kennebunk: A Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-Grant Success Story - Thanks to a Great Local Champion!
  Learn more about this building youth bicycle culture success story from Kennebunk Elementary School - leveraging funding to create a school bike fleet and in-school and after-school bike activities.
• 12/20/2012: York Police School Resource Officer Makes National Publication for SRTS Work!
  Learn more about how local (York - yay!) and national School Resource Officers help with Safe Routes to School programs - in the Winter 2012 issue of the Journal of School Safety, published by the National Association of School Resource Officers.
• 9/25/2012: Maine Schools' Fall 2012 Walk and Bike Activities!
  Check out what more than 35 Maine schools are doing for walk and bike to school activities this fall!
• 8/27/2012: Walk & Bike to School Events of the 2011-2012 School Year
  Check out what over 75 schools from around the state accomplished for walk & bike to school events last year and be inspired!
• 4/27/2012: York Students Produce Bike Safety Tips Video!
  
• 4/16/2012: 2012 Spring & Summer Walk and Bike Events Across Maine!
  Check out what over 50 schools are up to around the state and be inspired!
• 4/2/2012: Twenty-One Maine Communities Awarded 2012 Mini-Grants for Building Safer & Stronger Walk & Bike to School Programs!
  Learn more about inspiring and creative Safe Routes to School initiatives from around the state - supported by the Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-grant Program and with additional assistance from several local Healthy Maine Partnerships and the Maine Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education Program.
• 3/16/2012: Safe Routes Infrastructure Successes
  Federal Safe Routes to School physical infrastructure funds have improved safety and the quality of place Maine Communities.
• 3/1/2012: 2011 SRTS Yearly Report
  Safe Routes to School's annual report on walk and bike to school safety programming across the state of Maine.
• 12/15/2011: Two Maine Schools are Winners of National Safe Routes to School Mini-grants!
  
• 12/15/2011: Fall 2011 Walk and Bike Activities!
  Check out the success of this past fall's Walk and Bike to School Events!
• 10/15/2011: TV Story on Daily Walking School Bus in Portland!
  
• 8/15/2011: From the Classroom to the Road: Safety Education & Bike Treks Go Hand in Hand
  Bike treks - or bicycling field trips - offer an opportunity for Monmouth and Dresden students to learn safe and practical bicycling handling skills.
• 8/15/2011: 2010 - 2011 School Walk & Bike Highlights
  2010-2011 School Year - Walk and Bike Activity Highlights - including annual photo essay!
• 7/15/2011: Readfield Students Encourage Drivers to Slow Down: “Drive 25 – Keep Kids Alive”
  
• 1/20/2011: Amazing Bike-Intensive Course at Casco Bay High School
  Students build school bike culture while learning bicycle mechanic, safety, and planning skills at a week-long intensive.
• 11/15/2010: School Travel Plans in Portland and Ellsworth - A Possibility for Your Community?
  School Travel Plans can identify and reduce barriers to safe walking and bicycling to school and after-school activities.
• 11/15/2010: Taking Action by Taking Stock – Building Better Safe Routes to School Programs with Parent Surveys
  
• 9/15/2010: Student Walk & Bike Commuter Profile: Tyler Bean of Yarmouth
  
• 8/1/2010: Maine Schools & Their 2009-2010 Walk & Bike Events!
  
• 5/1/2010: Winslow Elementary Receives National Center for Safe Routes Mini-grant!
  
• 1/15/2010: Walking in a Winter Wonderland: Safe Routes to School in South Berwick
  
• 9/15/2009: Houlton Southside School Creates Safety Patrol
  
• 8/20/2009: Brunswick Walk and Bike to School - How One Initiative Takes Off!
  Learn how one community experimented with a one-time walk and bike to school event and it grew from there!
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