U.S. Sen. Angus King visited Med-Care Ambulance Service in Mexico on Friday afternoon to talk about health care services in rural Maine.
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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RSU 10 board members want librarian placements changed
Directors disagree with Superintendent Deb Alden and administrators on which schools get positions.
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PHOTO: Snapping turtle pit stop
Many snapping turtles, like this one in Rumford on Wednesday, have been seen on roadsides in Maine this month as they seek higher ground to lay their eggs.
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RSU 56 board lowers budget to $12.88M
The proposal is 5% less than the one voters rejected June 11.
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RSU 10 board of directors cuts number of librarians in district
The RSU 10 board of directors voted to change their number of librarians and library technicians from five librarians and one technician to three and three, partly due to state funding.
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Andover voters elect selectman, school board members
Joseph Luce was elected selectman by write-in votes Tuesday, while Betty Davis and Lindsay Sharkey retained their school board positions.
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RSU 56 board favors 5.5% budget increase
RSU 56’s referendum budget vote failed last Tuesday. The board of directors voted to move forward a budget of $12.95 M at their meeting Monday.
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Livermore man, 64, killed in motorcycle crash
A pickup truck and motorcycle collided on Route 108 in Peru on Tuesday morning.
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‘Don’t forget what I did,’ said Doug Culver’s friends of WW II; so he shares his WWII artifacts and knowledge with us
Canton resident Doug Culver, a native of Oregon, held his WW II D-Day presentation “What they Carried on D-Day” at the Canton Historical Society on Thursday evening. He started his collection of WW II artifacts when he was in high school, about 50 years ago.
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Face Time: Toshio Hashimoto, mechanic and master mushroom grower
Toshio Hashimoto is a Rumford area mechanic, but his first love is growing mushrooms. Find out more about him below. Find out more about his mushrooms, deep-fried, at the Common Ground Fair.