One of the four state finalists will be named the 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year in October after the final stages of the selection process are complete.
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.
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Rumford residents offer suggestions for proposed community forest
Rumford Economic Development Director George O’Keefe said the desire for very well-preserved old growth stands of trees was unique.
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Face Time: Shannon Glover of Rumford — food pantry manager, Red Cross volunteer and much more
The mother of two also works with area children to foster volunteering in the community.
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Canton selectmen choose new website designer, approve test wells
CANTON — The Select Board on Thursday approved hiring a software company to design a new town website that will be easier for staff to manage and allow more options for posting information. The current website is “pretty much useless,” Selectwoman Kristi Carrier said. Selectmen chose CivicPlus, a Manhattan, Kansas, software applications company that designs […]
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Rumford-based school district to receive $1.6 million to improve learning, attendance
The federal money for Regional School Unit 10 is for the 2023-24 school year.
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Andover businesses asked to keep customers’ vehicles away from state road
ANDOVER — Selectmen decided Tuesday to send letters to owners of two South Main Street businesses requesting that customers’ vehicles not be parked next to the state road for safety reasons. The letters will be sent to Kate’s Cones and Martin’s Services and Sales at 52 South Main St. and 48 South Main St., respectively. […]
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Andover storm damages total close to $3.6 million
ANDOVER — Damage from torrential rainfalls April and June is close to $3.6 million, but the town could receive 90% of the cost of repairs to roads and bridges from state and federal governments. State Rep. Michael Soboleski of Phillips, who represents House District 73 that includes Andover, told selectmen at their meeting Tuesday the […]
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Rumford job fair attracts 11 employers
Maine CareerCenters is hosting events across the state.
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Andover short $1.4 million to repair damage from April and June rainstorms
Selectman Brian Mills said the April 30 storm totals “$760,000 and we’re still counting.”
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Laura Johnston and Mark Thibodeau hired as assistant principals for Rumford, Mexico schools
Johnston will serve Rumford Elementary School; Thibodeau at Meroby Elementary School in Mexico.