The soccer program was one cut made by the RSU 56 board of directors at their April 11 meeting to reach their proposed $13.55 million budget for the 2023-24 school year.
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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Andover holding spring cleanup first two weeks of May
Transfer station hours have been extended to include Thursdays from noon to 4 p.m. for the next few weeks.
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Mexico vocational school budget vote set for May 3
The proposed $2.4 million budget is nearly $400,000 more than this year.
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Dixfield-based district rescinds vote to build private bathroom stalls
The private stalls would have been built with a $214,750 state loan from the Maine Department of Education.
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Face Time: Patrick Hurley — Creating fine-line drawings wherever he goes
Rumford native Hurley returned to his hometown recently and is focusing his talents and love of art on the details of Maine.
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Dirigo Drama Club directors take final curtain call on Dixfield stage
Bethany Meehan-Poulin and Laura Johnston have been with club since it was launched a number of years ago.
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Andover selectmen accept bids for roadwork
Repairs to East Andover Road at their meeting next Tuesday at Town Hall at 6 p.m.
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Dixfield-based school board studying potential budget options
Money for a new bus garage will be part of the four towns’ budget hearing on May 23 and a state loan for private bathroom stalls is on the June 13 ballot.
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Rumford-based school district to reduce proposed budget by about $160,000
The district’s employee health insurance cost set its “ceiling” at a 6% increase from this year’s amount, allowing the district to cut their overall budget proposal amount, Superintendent Deb Alden said on Tuesday.
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Canton board chairman resigns, cites divisions among members
Don Hutchins said he couldn’t be effective working with the board.