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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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Rumford Hospital welcomes first baby of 2020 on New Year’s Day
Kaylynn Magee of Rumford gave birth to a baby boy, Hudsyn Magee, on New Year’s Day at Rumford Hospital at 7:38 p.m. The baby weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and was 19.25 inches long.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Exercisers say long-term plan, not New Year’s resolution, leads to success
Regulars at the Greater Rumford Community Center are reaching their goal of better mental and physical health.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2019
Fire fills Rumford Community Home basement with smoke
Twenty-nine residents were moved to another wing temporarily.
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PublishedJune 29, 2019
King gets firsthand view of opioid crisis in Rumford area
U.S. Sen. Angus King visited Med-Care Ambulance Service in Mexico on Friday afternoon to talk about health care services in rural Maine.
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PublishedJune 17, 2019
‘Don’t forget what I did,’ said Doug Culver’s friends of WW II; so he shares his WWII artifacts and knowledge with us
Canton resident Doug Culver, a native of Oregon, held his WW II D-Day presentation “What they Carried on D-Day” at the Canton Historical Society on Thursday evening. He started his collection of WW II artifacts when he was in high school, about 50 years ago.
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PublishedJune 15, 2019
Andover voters approve $600K road bond and town clock repair at town meeting
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.
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PublishedJune 5, 2019
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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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Fire burns down Peru home and spreads to woods
A structure fire in Peru Thursday afternoon leveled a home and set off a woods fire spanning about 4 acres.
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
Dirigo High School student talks about struggles with autism
TW Kelly Dirigo Middle School students had an assembly titled Respect Matters on Friday where they listened to Dirigo High School sophomore Will Hines give his National Speech and Debate Association qualifying speech about his struggles with autism.