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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PublishedDecember 13, 2011
Feature Obituary: Lester Lombard, 98, greenhouse owner and lifelong hunter
He helped local farmers by shooting the crows that would eat their corn.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2011
David Astor dies at 92, leaving musical legacy
His 1960s local television show featuring live performances influenced many young Mainers to pursue lives full of music.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2011
Bruce Roberts Toy Fund: Giving ‘from the heart’ a tradition for donors
Helping needy children to receive holiday gifts is a longtime practice for many fund contributors.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2011
Feature Obituary: Ted Volger, 50, family man, coach and real estate appraiser
Volger was a respected real-estate appraiser and youth baseball coach who led Portland teams to four state championships and earned a spot in the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2011
Feature Obituary: Bernard Groves, 68, dedicated Buxton firefighter
BUXTON — More than 100 people are expected to gather Thursday to mourn and honor Bernard Groves, a dedicated firefighter in Buxton and a longtime driver for United Parcel Service. Mr. Groves died Sunday after a brief fight with cancer. He was 68. Mr. Groves joined the Buxton Fire Department in 1985 as a volunteer […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2011
Bruce Roberts Toy Fund: Volunteers rekindle magic of holidays
Some 200 holiday helpers are hard at work preparing gifts.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2011
Edward Baumann, 79, CPA, devoted husband and father
SCARBOROUGH – Edward Baumann, a prominent certified public accountant in Portland, whose family bought two blocks of real estate in the Old Port in 2003 and helped to transform the area into a destination for shopping and entertainment, died Wednesday. He was 79. Mr. Baumann worked as a CPA for more than 50 years and […]
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PublishedNovember 30, 2011
Feature Obituary: Stephen MacDonald, 51, paramedic who ‘touched a lot of lives’
Stephen MacDonald, a dedicated paramedic and firefighter for the city of Portland who had a passion for serving the community, died on Nov. 22. He was 51.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2011
Feature Obituary: Roland Drew, 83, admired in business, active in community
ARUNDEL — Roland Drew’s hunting camp sits on 42 acres overlooking Great Moose Lake in St. Albans. “He always called it ‘our little piece of heaven,’” recalled his friend, Dwayne Seeley, who helped build the camp in 1999. Around this time every year, he enjoyed being at the camp and hunting with his friends. For […]
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PublishedNovember 19, 2011
Feature Obituary: Teresa Parker, 46, strong woman with a passion for life
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – If love could have saved Teresa Parker’s life, she would be alive today. This week, dozens of people visited her room at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough to celebrate and honor a woman they say impacted so many people. Her seven siblings, other family members, and her best friend […]
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