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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PublishedJuly 3, 2023
Dixfield-based school district librarians, directors speak against book rating suggestion
Director Liz Kelly of Dixfield had asked the board at its June 13 meeting about ‘looking into a rating system for materials in our library.’
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Canton residents reelect Selectmen Carole Robbins and Brian Keene
Selectwoman Carole Robbins retained her seat on the select board for another three-year term with 59 votes while Brian Keene filled the other three-year term for selectman with 61 votes. Both ran unopposed.
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Andover Selectman Justin Thacker reelected
ANDOVER — Selectman Justin Thacker was reelected Tuesday with 79 votes for another three years, Town Clerk Melinda Averill said in a text message. There were six write-in votes, she said. Eighty-five voters cast ballots. Thacker was elected in February to fill the seat held by Jeff Elkie, who resigned in November. School board representatives […]
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PublishedMarch 28, 2023
Canton board chairman resigns, cites divisions among members
Don Hutchins said he couldn’t be effective working with the board.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Dixfield-based school district gets loan for privacy bathroom stalls at high school
During a board of directors meeting in October Superintendent and Principal of Dirigo High School Pam Doyen said some students were upset by others using bathrooms of their choice.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Maine writers’ group funding copies of banned book for Dirigo high school students
The controversial memoir on sexuality and gender identity was removed from the library.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
Dixfield-based school board bans gender book from Dirigo library
RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2022
Invasive aquatic plant identification class teaches how to recognize invader plants
Instructors told attendees that the important thing is having a “good sense of what makes a plant suspicious” rather than knowing all their names.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2021
Police to check Rumford home in probe of threat made online at school board meeting
Schools set to reopen Wednesday after threats of violence.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2021
RSU 10 closes schools after online threats during board meeting
Superintendent Deb Alden said hackers seized the Zoom video and audio feed, threatened schools and spewed racial slurs and vulgar language.
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