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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PublishedSeptember 29, 2010
Owner of strip club in Westbrook sues the city
Larry Ferrante is seeking an occupancy permit, restraining order, damages.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2010
Westbrook takes no action on strip club rules
A City Council panel that weighed the proposal will make a recommendation to the full council.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2010
Gorham officials reveal highest bid for frat house
The Phi Kappa Sigma house was seized in June for its tax delinquency and 140 code violations, ranging from a chair blocking a doorway to sewage in the basement.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2010
Good start for the Cumberland Fair
CUMBERLAND — Kids walked around the petting zoo at the Cumberland County Fair on Sunday afternoon, trying to pat and feed the animals.
Five ducks waddled together, the chickens moved quickly, and the baby goats scampered around the children.
"Can I feed the chickens?" Claudia Yurrita asked her mother.
The 4-year-old filled her palm with food and walked toward the pack of chickens. She reached out her hand and sprinkled some food on the sawdust blanketing the ground. Claudia set another small pile on a concrete sill so the chickens could see it better.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2010
Westbrook public meeting tonight on nude dancing
A proposed ordinance would ban fully nude dancing. City councilors are seeking public input.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2010
Feature Obituary: Christopher Willey, 28, ‘the greatest dad’ and husband
WESTBROOK – Christopher Willey, a 2000 graduate of Westbrook High School and a credit analyst for Seafax Inc. in Cumberland, died Friday after an apparent heart attack. He was 28. Messages posted on a Facebook page created for Willey describe him as a devoted father and loyal friend who loved Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale and the […]
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2010
Chalk it up to creativity
Aesthetic visions lure artists and sightseers to Biddeford’s sidewalks, and that draws traffic for businesses.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2010
Feature Obituary: John ‘Sonny’ Severino, 80, ran Sportsman’s Grill
PORTLAND – John “Sonny” Severino was somewhat of an iconic person. For nearly 50 years, he ran the former Sportsman’s Grill on Congress Street, a popular restaurant where people from all walks of life gathered to watch sports. It was the place to go after events at the Portland Expo Center, and before the annual […]
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2010
Westbrook council to take up ordinance on nudity
A lawyer for Dreamers Cabaret says the proposal would not affect Westbrook’s new club.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2010
Windham town councilor resigns
Councilor Carol Waig announced her resignation during a council meeting on Sept. 14 before a vote on a controversial communications policy.
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