Marianne Hutchinson – Page 17 – Lewiston Sun Journal

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, 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.

Rumford-based district receives second USDA distance learning grant

by Marianne Hutchinson December 1, 2023

The $982,191 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant funds received by Regional School Unit 10 in November will be used to purchase more electronic equipment that allow educators to teach courses remotely and will be used for mental health counselor services.

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Canton selectmen set town tax rate, announce Sand for Seniors program

by Marianne Hutchinson November 30, 2023

Residents approved using up to $250,000 from the town’s undesignated funds to offset their property tax rates at a special town meeting on Tuesday.

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Dixfield-based school district discusses policy to ban all books with sexually explicit material

by Marianne Hutchinson November 29, 2023November 30, 2023

Librarian, teachers, students all oppose proposal.

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Rumford high school students hear personal stories of former addicts in recovery

by Marianne Hutchinson November 20, 2023

Madison Friend and Jay Orser of Students Empowered to End Dependency have been sharing their experiences of drug and alcohol addiction at high schools throughout the state this past year.

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Vaping and skipping classes a problem at Dixfield-based high school

by Marianne Hutchinson November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Administrators at Dirigo High School in Dixfield have tried using some electronic cigarette detectors in school bathrooms but they “haven’t been particularly happy with how they work at this point,” said RSU 56 Superintendent and school Principal Pam Doyen.

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Chronic absenteeism has ‘dropped quite a bit’ at Sumner school

by Marianne Hutchinson November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

Chronic absenteeism at Hartford-Sumner Elementary School “has fallen 6.5% from last year,” and the school’s chronic absenteeism rates are currently at 18.5% of the student population, said Board Director Allison Long.