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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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
RSU 10 to choose building contractor for new school in Mexico
The district’s building advisory committee will determine the contractor for the new school building in Mexico at their Nov. 6 meeting in the cafeteria at Mountain Valley High School at 5:30 p.m.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
Rumford area high school to hold substance abuse prevention and awareness day
Students at Mountain Valley High School, along with administrators, are planning Nov. 17 to provide education for students about resources for help in the area and to end the stigma of people who are addicted to substances.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2023
Andover buying locking file cabinets for record storage
Voters approved the purchase at a June town meeting.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2023
Canton board approves money for new computer server
Selectmen renewed a catering and liquor license for Boondocks Farm Backwoods Affair’s event and wedding venue business at 1 Shelakis Drive.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Rumford, Buckfield high school principals say students learning in and out of classrooms
Students from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford and students from Buckfield Junior-Senior High School attended a career day at Sunday River resort in Newry last month.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2023
Canton residents to vote on using surplus to offset taxes
Residents will be asked if they approve using monies from the town’s undesignated funds to offset tax rates for 2023-24
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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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