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Sixth-grader Alessandra Williams knocks on the decorated door of her classroom at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico on Friday during Red Ribbon Week, a national drug prevention awareness campaign. Behind her are, from left, Melissa Harding and Allie Burke, both of River Valley Rising, Mexico Police Chief Roy Hodsdon and Rumford police Sgt. Doug Maifeld, who judged classroom doors displaying messages about staying drug free. River Valley Rising and the two police departments teamed up to support students participating in the campaign. Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times

Marianne Hutchinson is a general assignment reporter for the Rumford Falls Times. She has worked for the Times for three years covering the RSU 10 and RSU 56 school boards encompassing the towns of Rumford,...

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