Four students and two staff members infected.
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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Two RSU 10 schools close due to staff being quarantined
Rumford Elementary and Buckfield Junior-Senior High schools shut.
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Canton facility administrator among 29 employees with COVID-19
Mark Jacobs said he is recovering at home and expects to return to work Monday.
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Eight residents at Canton facility die of COVID-19 complications
Pinnacle Health and Rehab reports 110 active cases.
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RSU 56 shutters schools 14 days due to COVID-19
It’s the third time in four months buildings have been closed to prevent spread.
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Face Time: Author and former Rumford teacher Cynthia Fraser Graves
The Rumford native says her recent books are based on her life growing up in Rumford. Her newest, ‘Maude and the Merry Christmas Tree,’ will soon be followed by ‘Maude and the Holy Oak.’
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Photo gallery: Andover Christmas lights brighten spirits
For the first time, the Town Common area is lit to share beauty and joy with everyone.
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More than 50 COVID-19 cases reported at Canton nursing facility
The Pinnacle Health and Rehab facility in Canton reported 42 residents and 14 staff members tested positive for COVID-19 on their Facebook page Monday.
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RSU 56 to extend school closings due to virus, lack of bus driver/custodians
RSU 56 schools planned to reopen their buildings on Thursday but four recent COVID-19 infections have left the schools without adequate bus driver/custodians.
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RSU 56 plans for winter sports beginning in early December
Directors OK’d starting with skills and drills and eventually scrimmages in early January.