Mountain Valley Community School will be built on Highland Avenue in Mexico.
Marianne Hutchinson
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, Mexico, Dixfield and other nearby towns in the River Valley area. She also covers the selectmen’s and town meetings and other activities of the towns of Canton and Andover. Marianne has lived in Lewiston for 33 years with her husband, Dennis. She graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in Journalism and advertising. Before becoming a reporter for the Times she held various positions as an educational technician for English as a Second Language students of Lewiston schools and as a proofreader and production editor for Pine Tree Composition, a former typesetting company in Lewiston. In her spare time, she loves to read books, especially memoirs, and articles from newspapers and magazines. She also likes to attend exercise classes at the YMCA in Auburn or go for bike rides with her husband and friends. During the winter months she enjoys snowshoeing and cross-country skiing with family and friends.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Rumford couple is celebrating ‘growing’ together for 54 years
When she was upset about issues she would write him a letter and leave it on his pillow. After he read it, they could sit down and have a good talk.
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Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
7 properties in Canton qualify for FEMA flood assistance
Canton is one of 81 communities in the state eligible for some of the $10 million awarded to the state by the Swift Current grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The deadline to apply for the assistance program is March 15.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Bids for Mexico tech school construction project to be opened March 5
Bids for the project will be opened March 5 at 2 p.m. at the school.
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Section of Route 5 in Andover set to reopen soon
The town’s summer concert series and Olde Home Days celebration are on track for this summer.
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Face Time: Rumford’s Brent Bachelder is passionate about creating and teaching art
The Newry native and accomplished artist returned to Maine in 2017, bringing with him a love of the arts (and of making aliens out of junk).
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Canton town leaders say state won’t help pay for cleanup on property deemed a biohazard
Town Clerk Angela Varnum said that 34 cats were collected from the River Road property. According to new laws of the state’s Animal Welfare Program, the state won’t pay for any of the cleanup needed on the property.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Ground-breaking ceremony for new school in Mexico likely Feb. 21
“We’re looking at the week of February vacation (Feb. 19-23) only because we’re really worried about the parking up there, so we really need to not have school in session,” Superintendent Deb Alden said.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Dixfield middle school locks bathroom doors for single use during after-school hours
In April 2023, the board voted to rescind its March 21 vote to build private bathroom stalls at the high school, citing a lack of support and negative responses from the community.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Canton residents approve moratorium on solar farm projects
Currently, there is one solar farm on Edmunds Road in Canton, but there are “at least three other possible (solar farms)” interested in having their businesses in town, Selectman Chair Brian Keene said at a board meeting in December.