T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School will allow fifth graders on the middle school teams depending on the need or availability to fill a team’s roster.
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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First day of school in Peru highlights technology, digital information
About 330 students are enrolled at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru, Principal Charlie Swan said Wednesday.
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Rumford high school students camp, canoe and bike in northern New England
The Falcon Camp trips were paid with $20,000 from the nonprofit Maine West.
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Face Time: Gail True of Turner — teaching kids about ability awareness and respect for all
The Scout leader, community volunteer and direct support professional also teaches kids how to see people for their abilities, not their disabilities.
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Canton board talks reducing liquid waste, townwide cleanup dates
The Select Board chose Oct. 9, 12, 16 and 19 as townwide cleanup dates.
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Andover residents approve $3 million loan to cover 2023 road, bridge damage
FEMA has not yet reimbursed the town for washouts from major rainstorms.
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New bus garage ready for Dixfield-based school district
The 40- by 80-foot building has two bays, a bus lift, an office, a bathroom and a storage and parts room.
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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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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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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.