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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PublishedNovember 10, 2020
RSU 10 stops live Facebook meetings to avoid unfiltered public comments
The board will meet live via Zoom and post meetings on Facebook following day.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
Andover voters approve COMSAT Trust Fund Ordinance
ANDOVER — Voters on Tuesday approved an ordinance to govern use of the COMSAT Trust Fund, allowing the town to borrow from it for infrastructure improvements. The tally was 280-240. The fund was established in 1984 with money from a tax settlement from the satellite Earth Station built by AT&T in 1961. As of June […]
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PublishedNovember 1, 2020
Andover voters to decide changes in COMSAT Trust Fund usage
The ordinance is the same one that failed at the Town Meeting in August, by a vote of 27-23.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2020
RSU 56 principals note challenges for teachers, students
Classroom and online instruction requiring extra support.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
RSU 10 educators ask that Mountain Valley freshmen be in school 4 days a week
A team of support staff discovered that more than 68% of freshmen are failing one or more courses, nearly 53% are failing English and more than 72% are failing math.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2020
Face Time: Colby Volkernick, student representative to the RSU 10 board
Volkernick is a senior at Mountain Valley High School in his second year as a student representative on the RSU 10 Board of Directors. He enjoys making a ‘positive difference representing the students the best that I can,’ he says.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2020
Canton board OKs vote on marijuana store, dispensary
Mexico shop owner Kevin Belanger of Dixfield made the request.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2020
Architect reports on land search for new RSU 10 school
Renovating Rumford, Mexico schools is also being considered.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2020
No COVID-19 outbreak at Pinnacle Health in Canton
Pinnacle Health and Rehab in Sanford had reported cases of COVID-19 this week, not it’s sister facility in Canton, according to administrators.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
RSU 10 high schools to allow senior parents to attend sports games
RSU 10’s athletic directors say seniors’ parents will be allowed as spectators for games and given ‘game-day operations jobs’
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