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 14, 2012
Feature obituary: Milton Farnsworth, 93, spent his career around ocean
Milton Farnsworth, a former tugboat captain, was instrumental in building what is now South Port Marine, died on Thursday.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2012
Feature obituary: Patricia Shaw, 83, died in gardens she loved
“She passed away in her gardens doing what she loved,” her daughter, Jean Marandola, said on Wednesday.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2012
Susan Clark, Portland Harbor’s first female pilot, dies at 48
Clark, who died Thursday after a brief battle with cancer, piloted more than 1,000 ships into Portland Harbor and was also a highly respected lawyer.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2012
Feature Obituary: Marlowe LeBarge, 84, family man who gave back tirelessly
He was a respected businessman who owned and operated Marlowe J. LeBarge Plumbing and Heating in Kennebunk for more than 60 years.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2012
Feature Obituary: Samuel Hackenberger, 98, decorated veteran of World War II
Motorists who travel Route 1 near the Falmouth Shopping Center would likely have known Samuel Hackenberger . . .
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PublishedAugust 28, 2012
Feature Obituary: Frank Ingerowski, 95, veteran, longtime technician at jetport
Frank and Mary’s 72-year love story began with a knock on the door.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2012
Feature Obituary: Bertrand Francoeur, 72, mill worker, hunter, ‘lived to help others’
Sometimes it’s the small things that make a big difference in a young person’s life . . .
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PublishedAugust 14, 2012
Feature obituary: Kazuko Sanford, 80, created new life in America for her family
In April of 1959, Kazuko Sanford boarded a ship in Japan with her 5- and 3-year-old daughters. She eventually ended up in Maine.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2012
York electrocution victim knew of danger of wires
Christopher Dixon, 42, the owner of Atlantic Paving, died Wednesday after he touched a truck that was touching a live wire.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2012
Feature obituary: Richard Bond, 95, decorated veteran, retired college dean
Every so often, Richard Bond wondered if he ever made a difference in the world. Without question, he did.
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