Instructors told attendees that the important thing is having a “good sense of what makes a plant suspicious” rather than knowing all their names.
Marianne Hutchinson
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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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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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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He’s been asking Walmart to pick up its trash for 3 years. But when he did it himself, Walmart called the police.
Tony Bennett said he’s asked managers for three years to clean up garbage to keep it out of the Androscoggin River.
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Mexico vaccination clinic almost loses license after offering vaccines to RSU 10 school staff
Med-Care Ambulance offered 30 doses that were set to expire Thursday.
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Canton facility administrator among 29 employees with COVID-19
Mark Jacobs said he is recovering at home and expects to return to work Monday.
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Eight residents at Canton facility die of COVID-19 complications
Pinnacle Health and Rehab reports 110 active cases.
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RSU 10 board closes Rumford, Mexico schools after virus outbreak at mill
One positive test was reported at Rumford Elementary School.
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Two COVID-19 cases close Region 9 technology school and RSU 56 schools
Because of the confirmed cases and possible exposure, students will be taught remotely for three days while the schools are disinfected.
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Peru man describes effort to rescue wounded bald eagle from river
Jason Dolloff and his daughter, Carrigan Robinson, used a rope and his jacket to try to save the injured bird.