The plumber from Limington proposed to his girlfriend three days after he learned he had just months to live. ‘Every day was a gift,’ says his wife.
Melanie Creamer
Melanie Creamer is a news assistant, who's worked at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for nearly 16 years. She oversees various responsibilities from monitoring the news and business email addresses – to fetching old newspaper articles and photos from the archive.
She’s the face behind the popular business “On the Move” column, which appears in Tuesdays and Thursdays newspapers.
A compassionate and soft-spoken woman, Melanie is also the writer of the newspaper’s feature obituary. Many of her colleagues say she has one of the toughest jobs in the newsroom. She tells heart-breaking stories of love and loss. She listens as parents sob uncontrollably over the tragic death of their child. She writes touching stories about couples who have been married for 60 plus years, and then die within days or weeks from each other.
Melanie was the recipient of the Maine Press Association’s Unsung Hero Award in 2015.
A native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, she graduated from Fitchburg State College in 2000 with a degree in professional writing. She lives in Scarborough with her fiancée and is a co-parent to two daughters.
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Stephen Lentz, 83, longtime owner of Roy’s Shoe Shop
Stephen Lentz worked at Roy’s Shoe Shop on Stevens Avenue for so long that many people called him “Roy.” Lentz, one of the last cobblers in Greater Portland, who was known for his kindness and outgoing personality, died on July 24 from complications of vascular dementia. He was 83. Lentz began working at Roy’s Shoe […]
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Donna Barnard taught at Portland High for 28 years and never stopped encouraging her students
As a coach and chemistry teacher, she forged relationships with students, making them feel included and helping build their confidence and self-esteem.
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David Boucher, beloved father, wrestling coach and devoted friend, dies at 38
He passed away suddenly of a heart attack after coming to the hospital to have a stent placed in his heart.
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Truc Huynh’s life work was to return the help his family once received
The Portland High and Bowdoin grad drowned while fishing near Moosehead Lake. He was 40.
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WMTW hires investigative journalist Jon Chrisos as new evening anchor
NEW HIRES Channel 8 WMTW has hired national award-winning anchor and investigative journalist Jon Chrisos as its new evening anchor. Viewers will see him with anchors Meghan Torjussen, Allison Ross, Roger Griswold and Travis Lee on weeknights. Chrisos brings nearly two decades of experience as a broadcast journalist. Meteorologist Colleen Hurley also has joined Channel […]
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The top high school grads in Cumberland and York counties
Top high school seniors throughout Cumberland and York counties: CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS: Baxter Academy for Technology and Science Kiron Das, Maeve McQueeney, Grace McLellan, Emily Mickool, Quentyn May, Aaron White, Noah Fowler, Tega Bourgeois Lang, Violet Wise and Declan Connor Schaeffer. Brunswick High School Margaret Chingos, valedictorian; Sarah Coughlin, salutatorian. Summa Cum Laude: Connor Ashby, […]
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On Munjoy Hill, master tailor Evangelista Donatelli is remembered as a perfect fit
He arrived in Portland from Italy by boat in 1965 and started working as a tailor in Monument Square the next day. Donatelli, who died May 16 at 84, opened Donatelli’s Custom Tailor Shop in 1972.
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Stephanie Colotti Ferrie, 43, showed her children a life of adventure and joy
After going through long, hard treatment for cancer, she convinced her husband that the family should take off and sail the Caribbean.
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Martin Mackey, 47, was a creative teacher who always believed in his students
An avid outdoorsman, he died while surfing with his son off Cape Cod.