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 24, 2021
Canton voting Tuesday on medical marijuana stores, ordinance
Polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Town Office meeting room.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2021
Andover selectmen raise tax property rate 50 cents
A meeting on the 1904 fire station is set for Oct. 5 at the Town Hall.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
Kris Ramos and Jolene Adley — Quilting for friendship, fun and appreciation
Face time: The two Canton residents say quilting has many rewards, including bringing family together and as a way of giving thanks.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2021
Peru elementary school in COVID-19 ‘outbreak status’
More than a third of students at two schools are absent because of infection or quarantining.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
RSU 10 director: Some are ‘very unhappy’ with mandated mask-wearing
Superintendent said half of the 200 signatures on an anti-masking petition were people outside the district.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Canton residents approve using $217,000 to reduce and offset property taxes
Canton residents approved appropriating revenues of $217,146 to reduce taxes and in a separate article to appropriate $150,000 from undesignated fund balance to offset property taxes during a special town meeting on Thursday.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
Sixty RSU 56 elementary school students quarantined due to COVID-19
Superintendent Pam Doyen says the 60 students from Dirigo Elementary School were close contacts with three positive cases of COVID-19 at the school.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Canton officials questioned about need for marijuana law
Voters will decide Sept. 28 whether to adopt an ordinance and allow medical marijuana businesses in town.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2021
Canton to vote on medical marijuana businesses in September
CANTON — Selectmen on Thursday scheduled a special town meeting for Sept. 28 to vote on whether to allow a medical marijuana business in town. It comes 11 months after the board granted Kevin Belanger of Dixfield a request for a vote in October 2020. Polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. […]
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PublishedAugust 25, 2021
Dixfield-based district chooses optional masking to start school
The majority of RSU 56 directors followed state health and education officials’ recommendations.
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