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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PublishedJune 1, 2011
Feature Obituary: Donald Close, 84, veteran, library aide and dedicated family man
PORTLAND — Just when Donald Close thought he had taught everyone in Greater Portland how to use the microfilm machine at the Portland Public Library, another person asked for his help. “He was very patient with people,” said Linda Putnam, head of the library’s research and information department. “He had a nice service ethic. He […]
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PublishedMay 27, 2011
Feature Obituary: Norma Twyne, 87, natural caretaker who gave unselfishly to others
PORTLAND – On a sunny afternoon in May 1976, Norma Twyne spotted a young woman lying in the grass near the Eastern Promenade and decided to lay down beside her. The woman, Carolyn Pardi of Portland, was smitten. The women talked for almost an hour before Ms. Twyne asked her to a movie. That spontaneous […]
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PublishedMay 26, 2011
Feature obituary: Robert C. Bachelder, 34 – loved life, his wife, and Libbie
NORTH WATERBORO – Robert C. Bachelder was an intake officer at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, processing inmates coming into and leaving the facility. Though being a corrections officer was a big part of his life, nothing compared to the love and devotion he had for his wife, Denise Bachelder, and their 4-year-old daughter […]
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PublishedMay 25, 2011
Feature Obituary: Dennis Farrell Jr., 41, thoughtful, generous and well-respected
“Everyone is in shock. He touched so many lives. He had this amazing presence.”
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PublishedMay 17, 2011
Feature Obituary: Mary Corbin, 55, dedicated worker, passionate about education
WESTBROOK — The small staff at ASG Risk Management Inc. in Portland gathered early Monday to hear the news they had been dreading for months. Mary Corbin, a claims manager for ASG for the past seven years, died on Sunday at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was 55. “It was a crying […]
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PublishedMay 14, 2011
Feature Obituary: D. Marie Clifford, 88, retired teacher and ‘wonderful’ mother
STANDISH – D. Marie Clifford, a retired teacher who was active in her church and community, died on Wednesday. She was 88. Mrs. Clifford taught in schools in School Administrative District 6, which covers Buxton, Hollis, Limington, Standish and Frye Island. She joined the school district in 1958, teaching at Johnson Elementary School in Standish. […]
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PublishedMay 13, 2011
Feature Obituary: Kaleb Clowes, 18, Gorham High School senior, loving son
GORHAM – The Facebook profile picture for Kaleb Clowes shows him dressed in a white shirt, a gray vest and a loosely fitted tie, with a beard and an innocent smile. “That’s him a little goofy at times,” said his mother, Jenni Clowes of Gorham. “I find it comforting. He looks happy. That’s how we […]
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PublishedMay 12, 2011
Feature obituary: Charles ‘Larry’ Phillips, 94, master electrician
A small group gathered Wednesday afternoon at Pine Grove Cemetery in Falmouth for a graveside service for Charles “Larry” Phillips, a retired master electrician and dedicated family man who died Sunday. He was 94. Among those attending were his two daughters, Cynthia Doughty of Cape Elizabeth and Susan Howard of Amherst, Mass., along with their […]
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PublishedMay 11, 2011
Feature Obituary: Joseph Garland, 82, ‘lived to work’ in oil delivery business
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Joseph Garland ran a successful oil delivery business in Old Orchard Beach for 43 years and rented cottages to tourists every summer. “He lived to work,” said his daughter Linda Bailer of Scarborough. “He was pretty much a fixture in southern Maine. In his heyday, everyone knew my dad.” Mr. Garland […]
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PublishedMay 10, 2011
Feature Obituary: Jeanne Merrow, 84, world traveler and ‘amazing human being’
KENNEBUNK — Jeanne Merrow decided in the months before she died on April 29 that she wanted her ashes scattered in some of the countries she had traveled during her life. Mrs. Merrow, 84, was a travel agent and former owner of Travel Company of Maine in Kennebunk. In her 25 years at the helm, […]
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