Of the 132 students in the special education program, 11 students are placed in programs outside of the district.
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.
RSU 10 student test scores show “significant increase” in reading, math
Assistant Superintendent Matt Gilbert said the most notable growth was in kindergarten through second grade.
Canton officials seek to reroute ATV trail away from homes
Public lands being considered to keep riders off part of Alden Hill Road.
A new 2023 tanker truck for Andover’s fire department
‘You know, (the town) giving us the ability to purchase this tanker was very important; we’re very thankful,’ Fire Chief Jim Adler said.
Peru grandmother named Angels in Adoption honoree
Cyndi Dolloff adopted her daughter and then her daughter’s two children.
Face Time: Marie Therese ‘Terry’ Martin writes her memoir about ‘Life, Death, and Survival in Maine’s Cancer Valley’
By the 1970s Martin and her husband Dr. Edward Martin became whistle-blowers attempting to alert state agencies, legislators, governors and environmental groups about emissions from the mill in Rumford.
RSU 56 raises some substitutes’ pay $5 a day beginning Jan. 1
Teachers, educational technicians included in raises.
Rumford-based school district approves grant for second school resource officer
Regional School Unit 10 will pay part of the cost.
Two Andover town leaders resign from posts at selectmen’s meeting
Jeff Elkie, a town selectman since March, and Paula Lee, a longtime school board member, resigned as of Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting.
RSU 10 board member Jerry Wiley of Buckfield honored for 51 years on 2 school boards
Wiley has served on the RSU 10 board and the Region 11 Oxford Hills Technical School in Norway board of directors for 51 years.