Riley Colby offered her “deepest thank you” to the school board for its responses at the Aug. 22 meeting.
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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Canton selectmen vote to give 15% of town’s federal funds to Med-Care Ambulance
Selectmen voted against providing money to Med-Care Ambulance of Mexico at their last meeting on Aug. 25.
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Berta Broomhall promoted to deputy chief at Med-Care Ambulance
She received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for her work as a paramedic.
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Face Time: Trish Hotham and Barb Arsenault — Lithuanian Club members honoring their heritage
The Lithuanian Heritage Club of Rumford will hold its annual Lithuanian picnic on Sept. 17 at Black Mountain of Maine after a two-year break due to the pandemic.
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Photo: Music to their ears in Peru
The school includes students in prekindergarten to grade five.
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Canton selectmen approve spending money for boat launch utilities and bullet proof vest for animal control officer
The selectmen voted against a request by Med-Care Ambulance for 15% of the town’s government funding allotment.
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Dixfield-based school board declares one seat vacant, citing absent director
Peru residents interested in serving asked to contact the Town Office.
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RSU 10 directors take exception to critics’ comments of gender, sexuality lessons
Board pushes back on assertions by two women speaking at recent meetings.
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Rumford library’s first container garden a success story
Circulation personnel oversee the Plotted Plants Library Garden.
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Maine writers’ group funding copies of banned book for Dirigo high school students
The controversial memoir on sexuality and gender identity was removed from the library.