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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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Canton residents approve using $217,000 to reduce and offset property taxes
Canton residents approved appropriating revenues of $217,146 to reduce taxes and in a separate article to appropriate $150,000 from undesignated fund balance to offset property taxes during a special town meeting on Thursday.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
Sixty RSU 56 elementary school students quarantined due to COVID-19
Superintendent Pam Doyen says the 60 students from Dirigo Elementary School were close contacts with three positive cases of COVID-19 at the school.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Canton officials questioned about need for marijuana law
Voters will decide Sept. 28 whether to adopt an ordinance and allow medical marijuana businesses in town.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2021
Canton to vote on medical marijuana businesses in September
CANTON — Selectmen on Thursday scheduled a special town meeting for Sept. 28 to vote on whether to allow a medical marijuana business in town. It comes 11 months after the board granted Kevin Belanger of Dixfield a request for a vote in October 2020. Polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. […]
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PublishedAugust 25, 2021
Dixfield-based district chooses optional masking to start school
The majority of RSU 56 directors followed state health and education officials’ recommendations.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
Rumford-based district requiring masks at all schools this fall
The RSU 10 board voted Monday to require everyone wear face coverings for the first month when students are present.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2021
Canton selectmen ‘don’t care’ about voters, medical marijuana caregiver says
Kevin Belanger responded to the board delaying a vote on marijuana businesses since approving his request in October 2020.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Canton approves raises for 3 town employees; may move date of retail medical marijuana vote
The Canton selectmen approved raises for three of its town employees during their meeting on Thursday. Also, the date for a vote on medical marijuana retail stores in town may be pushed to November, they said.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2021
RSU 10’s priority: Students going to school full time, in person this fall
Regional School Unit 10 is working to have all its students be full time and in person this year, as state guidelines request, Superintendent Deb Alden told directors on Monday.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Canton displays town pride during weekend bicentennial celebration
Residents hold street dance, museum exhibits and parade, among other events, from Thursday evening through Sunday.
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