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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PublishedAugust 20, 2024
Teachers union files grievance on student violence in Rumford-based school district
Forty-six staff members have been injured so far this year at Rumford, Mexico and Sumner elementary schools, the document says.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2024
Andover’s new 1999 ladder firetruck has many emergency uses
“Ladder 47 will fill a multi-role service from being used on firefighter scenes for the aerial ladder rescue operations, venting and fire suppression as well as for vehicle accidents,” Fire Chief Jim Adler said.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2024
Andover students receive scholarships through town fund
The Andover Educational Fund’s Charles A. Cutting Endowment Fund is a $5,000, four-year scholarship for students seeking financial assistance to attend school after their high school graduation.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2024
Dixfield-based school district seeking music, math teachers
Superintendent Pam Doyen said that the district needs a music teacher, a math/science teacher and two more bus driver/custodians.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2024
Andover town leaders accept bids for roadwork due to 2023 storms
A town meeting is set for Tuesday at 6 p.m. to vote on a loan to begin repairing roads and bridges.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2024
Andover committee seeking public comments on recreation park improvements
The committee decided to keep the basketball court separate from the tennis court.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2024
Canton Select Board approves $85,000 to buy town truck
The Select Board approved spending up to $85,000 to purchase a 2024 Ford F550 for the town’s Highway Department during their meeting in the Town Office meeting room on Wednesday.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2024
Andover to hold elections Sept. 10 to fill Select Board seat
‘If there is no write-in winner, we will restart the process in hopes of filling this vacancy as soon as possible,’ Selectman Justin Thacker said.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2024
Rumford native author Julie Cohen to give book talk on ‘Bad Men’
Cohen plans to present her latest thriller at the American Legion in Rumford on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. and at Back Cove Books in Portland on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m., where she’ll also have her books for sale.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2024
Rumford-based school district leader talks goals for improving reading, math scores
Assistant Superintendent Matt Gilbert said NWEA testing scores data are to be used to study and reach students’ achievement goals in reading and math.
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