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 22, 2022
Andover residents consider charging for transfer station disposals
Selectmen want to lower costs to stay within budget.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Dixfield, Peru schools tested for lead in drinking water
Peru Elementary School replaces a leaky hot water boiler.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2022
RSU 10 hires new principal for Rumford Elementary School
Riley Colby offered her “deepest thank you” to the school board for its responses at the Aug. 22 meeting.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2022
Canton selectmen vote to give 15% of town’s federal funds to Med-Care Ambulance
Selectmen voted against providing money to Med-Care Ambulance of Mexico at their last meeting on Aug. 25.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2022
Berta Broomhall promoted to deputy chief at Med-Care Ambulance
She received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for her work as a paramedic.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
Face Time: Trish Hotham and Barb Arsenault — Lithuanian Club members honoring their heritage
The Lithuanian Heritage Club of Rumford will hold its annual Lithuanian picnic on Sept. 17 at Black Mountain of Maine after a two-year break due to the pandemic.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
Photo: Music to their ears in Peru
The school includes students in prekindergarten to grade five.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2022
Canton selectmen approve spending money for boat launch utilities and bullet proof vest for animal control officer
The selectmen voted against a request by Med-Care Ambulance for 15% of the town’s government funding allotment.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
Dixfield-based school board declares one seat vacant, citing absent director
Peru residents interested in serving asked to contact the Town Office.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2022
RSU 10 directors take exception to critics’ comments of gender, sexuality lessons
Board pushes back on assertions by two women speaking at recent meetings.
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