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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

New York association donates over $5K to charities

The New York School Bus Contractors Association recently presented the United Way of Long Island with a check for $3,640 and the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund with a check for $1,610.

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NewsDecember 31, 2014

Editors’ Picks: Videos of the Year

School Bus Fleet’s favorite videos of 2014 were creative approaches to delivering school bus safety messages to students.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

NHTSA: Traffic fatalities dropped 3.1% in 2013

Newly released federal data also show a nearly 25% decline in overall highway deaths since 2004.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Top 5 most ‘liked’ stories on <i>SBF</i>’s Facebook in 2014

Stories on the holidays and driver heroism were among the most popular this year.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 30, 2014

Richard Wolfington Sr. led school bus dealership for 50 years

Wolfington, who washed buses as a teen and later took the reins of his family’s school bus business, Wolfington Body Co., died on Thursday at age 75.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 30, 2014

Alt-fuel tax credits extended

Fuel and infrastructure tax credits for propane, natural gas and biodiesel are among tax provisions that have been retroactively extended through 2014.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2014

Rhode Island city may privatize bus monitor service

Providence seeks cost estimates for privatizing school bus monitors to save money on a tight budget as it puts a new contract agreement out to bid. The city’s municipal employees’ union plans to oppose any attempts to privatize the service.

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NewsDecember 30, 2014

Top 5 most-viewed news stories of 2014

News stories that attracted the most traffic on Schoolbusfleet.com covered such topics as school bus stop-arm cameras, driver union dues and a bus stop dog attack.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2014

Alaska law will raise pay for some school bus drivers

Voters recently passed a ballot measure increasing the minimum wage by $2 per hour by 2016. Meanwhile, a state law passed in 1989 requires school bus drivers to be paid at least twice the minimum wage, bringing their minimum pay to $19.50 per hour in 2016.

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2014

Fleet management solution Azuga partners with Verizon

Verizon Wireless will serve as the official wireless network provider for Azuga Fleet, a cloud-based GPS fleet tracking and driver behavior program.

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