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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PublishedJanuary 24, 2012
Feature Obituary: Doris Martineau, 81, nurse, mother, loved caring for elderly
NORTH WATERBORO — Doris Martineau was a kind, unassuming woman who had a profound impact on the people she cared for in her roles as a nurse and social worker. She also had a major impact on the seven children she raised as a single mother, supporting them through hard work and keeping them laughing […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2012
Feature Obituary: Sister Mary Natalie Amoroso, 94, inspired all those around her
PORTLAND – Sister Mary Natalie Amoroso, R.S.M., a dedicated teacher at Cathedral Grammar School and longtime volunteer for PROP’S Foster Grandparent Program, who inspired students to reach their full potential, died Monday. She was 94. Sister Mary Natalie grew up in Portland and entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1941. She graduated from Saint Joseph’s […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2012
Feature Obituary: Amy MacDuffie Hill, 40, inspiring teacher, devoted mother
Amy MacDuffie Hill was a beloved teacher who inspired scores of young people to read and dedicated herself to showing teachers the best practices in literacy instruction.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2012
Feature Obituary: Howard Hopkins, 50, writer, musician, author of ‘Chloe Files’
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Howard Hopkins, the Maine author of more than 70 horror stories, westerns and the series “The Chloe Files,” died Thursday. He was 50. Mr. Hopkins wrote 31 westerns under the pen name Lance Howard and horror stories under his own. The biography on his website says he was “known for redefining […]
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2012
Feature Obituary: George ‘Bill’ Orcutt Jr., 85, coached, inspired many kids
CAPE ELIZABETH – George “Bill” Orcutt Jr., a dedicated youth basketball coach in Cape Elizabeth, who also was active in South Portland High’s football and basketball boosters, died on Wednesday. He was 85. Mr. Orcutt coached thousands of kids during his 30 years as director of Cape Elizabeth’s youth basketball program. He started the program […]
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2012
Feature Obituary: Chaz Dorais, 19, striving to recover from crash a year ago
BIDDEFORD — Chaz Dorais almost died a year ago, on New Year’s Eve, after he lost control of his truck and hit a telephone pole. He spent the past year recovering from the accident, trying to build a life for himself and his 4-month-old son, Carter. His young life ended tragically early Sunday when the […]
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2012
Feature Obituary: Thomas Smith, 47, guard at rock shows, recovering alcoholic
Thomas Smith was a respected security guard who protected musicians such as Kid Rock, Metallica and Fred Durst, lead singer of the rock band Limp Bizkit.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2012
Feature Obituary: Robert Norton, 84, Fuller Brush salesman and dowser
SOUTH PORTLAND – Robert Norton was part of a proud and vanishing tradition of door-to-door salesmen. For the past 54 years, he sold home cleaning products for Fuller Brush Co. He joined Fuller Brush in 1957 and retired in November — the day after his 84th birthday. He died on Monday at the Gosnell Memorial […]
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PublishedDecember 25, 2011
Bruce Roberts Toy Fund brightens Christmas for 7,500 kids
The fund’s director praised readers for their donations and generosity this year.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2011
Bruce Roberts Toy Fund: Then and now, donors buoy children’s belief
A volunteer wants today’s kids in need to get the same help she once got.
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