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 27, 2023
Dixfield-based school district directors approve student dean position
Principal Charlie Swan made the request for Dirigo Elementary School to support truant and high-absenteeism students, among other duties.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Department of Education to decide Maine teacher of the year Friday
Mountain Valley Middle School science teacher Lacey Todd is one of four finalists for the award.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
Face Time: Kim Gautreau-Peare of Andover – cemetery work and ancestry are her passion
When she was given her aunt’s six hand-typed pages of ancestry research after her death in 1987, Gautreau-Peare found that her own research on her family ancestry quickly turned from a hobby to ‘an addiction.’
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Andover board sets public meeting on federal funds and town meeting date
Residents will be asked about switching the annual Town Meeting back to March from June.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2023
River Valley residents air complaints at a town hall meeting on drugs, homelessness
Residents of the River Valley community gathered to voice their fears and to find answers to the problems of homelessness, mental illness and drug abuse within their community.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2023
Dixfield-based school board to address complaints about dress code policy
Regional School Unit 56 board director Tina Courtway of Peru told the board of directors at their meeting at Dirigo High School on Tuesday that enforcement of the dress code policy adopted last April “needs to be brought to priority.”
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
Rumford-based school district receives grant to make meals from scratch
RSU10 is one of 10 districts in the state to receive a federal grant.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2023
Mexico tech school doubles enrollment to 209
Of the 12 CTE course offerings, the highest student enrollment is in the school’s culinary arts program with 33 students enrolled and two students who are on a waiting list for the course.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2023
Andover selectmen greenlight rebuilding East Andover Road
Up to $950,000 has been approved for the work.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2023
First day of school in Peru
The RSU 56 school has approximately 355 students enrolled this fall, Principal Charlie Swan said.
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