An umbrella keeps some rain off Brooklyn Curtis as she waits for the school bus early Wednesday morning on Old Jay Hill Road in Jay. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

Rylie Fortin, front, and her sister, Jailinn Fortin, stay dry by standing under the front of a gooseneck trailer Wednesday morning on Old Jay Hill Road in Jay. Heavy rain greeted Spruce Mountain students on their first day of the new school year. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser