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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PublishedNovember 8, 2010
Mainers assessing storm damage
Dispatchers at the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center have received hundreds of calls since midnight with reports of power lines down, trees blocking roadways and small fires.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2010
Hundreds walk for Ashley
Two months ago, 18-year-old Ashley Dubois was lying in a hospital bed, clinging to life after suffering injuries in a car crash on Cat Mousam Road.
On Sunday, with the help of a metal walker, Dubois led a group of about 350 people on the first steps of a walk to raise money to help with her medical expenses. The student-organized event, “Walk for Ashley, walk for hope” raised an estimated $17,000.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2010
A 14-year-old girl injured in ATV accident
The girl was injured while she was riding with her mother in the woods off Ridlon Road in Berwick.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2010
Windham land deal would create new park
A motel developer’s proposal would give the town access to 123 acres on Chaffin Pond.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2010
RSU board: Close school in Raymond
Members favor shutting the Jordan Small school and keeping Windham’s Manchester School open.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2010
Gorham School Committee
School Committee incumbents Kyle Currier and Roger Marchand run unopposed in the election.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2010
Westbrook firefighter placed on unpaid leave
The action is taken after the firefighter’s wife sought two protection-from-abuse orders.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2010
Windham-Raymond to consider closing one of two schools
Officials say shuttering a facility in Raymond or one in Windham could save up to $800,000.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2010
Westbrook firefighter placed on unpaid leave
A part-time call firefighter went on unpaid leave on Sept. 14 after his wife placed a protection from abuse order on him.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2010
Small acts of giving light up faces
A pay-it-forward event in Portland brings surprise and gratitude from recipients of contagious kindness.
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