Andover voters approved a $600,000 roads’ bond, repair work for the town clock and removal of several trees near the town library among other votes at their town meeting on Saturday.
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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Canton voters OK money for snowmobile club, bicentennial and cemetery work
Canton residents approved all 47 articles of their $2.34 million budget for 2019-20 at their town meeting on Thursday.
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Andover town meeting Saturday, election Tuesday
Town clock repairs and a $600,000 road construction bond are on the warrant
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Kilbreth and Keene win Canton selectmen seats
Kilbreth was formerly the town administrator.
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RSU 10 towns pass school budget
Residents of RSU 10’s towns of Hanover, Sumner, Roxbury, Mexico, Rumford, Buckfield and Hartford approved the school budget by a vote of 946-478.
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RSU 56 budget fails to pass
The $13.27 million budget would have raised town assessments an average of nearly 23 percent.
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Class of 2019 told to be ‘Buckfield Tough’
Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Class of 2019 graduated 30 students Saturday night
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Rumford librarians deny that political agendas guide their banned books displays
Rumford interim Town Manager Scott Cole met with Rumford Public Library’s trustees and Library Director Tamara Butler to discuss questions he has regarding the library’s banned book displays.
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RSU 10 voters to decide on referendum
The proposed budget for 2019-20 is $27.9 million.
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RSU 10 special education population above statewide percentage
Superintendent Deb Alden told directors the withdrawal of five towns in 2016 had an impact on the district.