Welcomed by a trumpet salute, the first Husky Line bus, with its distinctive graphics, arrived at the Gorham campus at noon on August 27. USM students and staff eagerly boarded the bus to check out the interior or to ride into Portland. “I have been waiting a year for this,” said Ilham Mohamed, a sophomore who lives on the Gorham campus. The new METRO route provides service for USM students, staff, and faculty as well as the general public between Portland, Westbrook, Gorham and the two USM campuses.