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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PublishedAugust 25, 2010
Little attention paid to Windham’s wastewater plan
One resident speaks up at the town’s hearing on the $67.8 million proposal.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2010
Giving is bountiful for Portland food pantry
A drive to benefit the Preble Street food pantry pulls in more than twice what organizers hoped for.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2010
Run for the Fallen honors Mainers who died in wars
OGUNQUIT – The crowd fell silent early Sunday at Veterans Park as the names of 65 men and women from Maine who died in Iraq and Afghanistan were read over the loud speaker. In the crowd of more than 300 people, some broke down in tears. Others held their loved ones a bit tighter. The […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2010
About 150 participate in the Run for the Fallen
The 40-mile run/walk from Ogunquit to Portland commemorates soldiers who have died since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2010
Red Sox reps. to hear from Portland fans
The Red Sox ownership group initiated a listening tour as a way to hear directly from their fans and bring their ideas and suggestions back to Fenway Park.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2010
Westbrook cafe closes right after expansion
A co-owner of the French Press Eatery says sales fell sharply in June and July, and he couldn’t find a business partner to help.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2010
French Press Eatery in Westbrook closes
The French Press Eatery closed on Saturday, three days after a grand reopening to celebrate its expansion.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2010
Windham plan would quiet rifle-test noise
The Town Council will discuss the plan to quell noise complaints tonight.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2010
Crash claims pair of aviators
Two experienced local pilots died Saturday after their 1946 plane crashed in the woods in Harrison.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2010
Tri for a Cure: Swim, bike, run … inspire
Almost 900 women raise hope and more than $900,000 in the Tri for a Cure.
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