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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PublishedApril 2, 2011
Feature Obituary: Frank Hebert, 85, dedicated to helping family and community
BUXTON – Frank Hebert’s family and friends will gather on Sunday to celebrate and honor a man who devoted his life to his family and to helping others. Mr. Hebert, a skilled machinist and longtime volunteer for the West Buxton Fire Department, died Thursday from injuries he sustained in a fire behind his home. He […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
Feature Obituary: Madeline Stasium, 13, sixth-grader at Lincoln Middle School
PORTLAND – The family of Madeline Stasium struggled Thursday to accept the death of a young girl who had so much to offer. “Everyone seemed to be drawn to Maddie and wanted to be her friend,” said her father, Mark Stasium of Portland. Maddie, a popular sixth-grader at Lincoln Middle School who liked swimming, skiing […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2011
Feature obituary: Charles Henderson, 93, engineer, planning official, Legion member
GORHAM – Charles Henderson, a drafting engineer for S.D. Warren Paper Co. and a longtime chairman of the Westbrook Planning Board, died Tuesday. He was 93. Mr. Henderson was described by his friends and family Wednesday as an easygoing and hard-working man who was dedicated to serving the city of Westbrook. He was on the […]
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PublishedMarch 30, 2011
Feature Obituary: Cpl. Joshua Barron, 22, ‘had a strong will and a warrior heart’
All Cpl. Joshua Barron ever wanted was to be a Marine. Just before his 18th birthday, he pressed his mother to let him enlist in the service. Belinda Barron of Baldwin told her son to go to bed and pray and listen to what God tells him to do. “Josh got up the next morning, […]
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PublishedMarch 25, 2011
Feature Obituary: Matthew Tushin, 41, popular Kennebunkport educator, coach
SACO – Matthew Tushin’s family, friends and colleagues struggled Thursday to understand how a man who touched so many lives could have his own life cut so short. Mr. Tushin, a popular education technician at Kennebunkport Consolidated School, died unexpectedly Wednesday night. He was 41. Mr. Tushin worked in the school’s developmental learning center for […]
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PublishedMarch 24, 2011
Feature Obituary: George Keef, 88, environmentally conscious businessman
WINDHAM – George Keef, a respected business owner who was active in the community and had a zest for life, died Monday. He was 88. Mr. Keef had an entrepreneurial spirit. He started several businesses, including a partnership in Sebago Basin campground in North Windham and Maine Rental Hardware in Westbrook. In 1976, he founded […]
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PublishedMarch 22, 2011
Feature Obituary: Herbert Adams, 87, longtime Evergreen Cemetery supervisor
PORTLAND — A crow met Herbert Adams as he drove through the gates of Evergreen Cemetery in Portland nearly every morning during the 35 years he worked there as a supervisor. He called the crow “Joe,” and fed him leftovers. “That crow was there every morning he went to work,” said his wife, Louise Adams, […]
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PublishedMarch 19, 2011
Feature obituary: John Noble III, respected in business, devoted to a loving family
PORTLAND – There’s no place John Noble would rather have been than on the water. Mr. Noble, known by many as “Tuck,” spent nearly every weekend last summer cruising around Casco Bay in his 23-foot Padebco center console boat, the “Prom Queen.” His son, Robert Noble of Boston, joined him most weekends. The Nobles cruised […]
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PublishedMarch 18, 2011
Feature Obituary: James Miniuti, 67, veteran of South Berwick Police Department
NORTH BERWICK – James Miniuti’s family and friends knew him as a gruff man with a “sandpaper exterior and a marshmallow center.” Mr. Miniuti, a retired Marine who served in Vietnam and 16 years with the South Berwick Police Department, died Monday. He was 67. Mr. Miniuti, known by most officers as “Sarge,” joined the […]
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PublishedMarch 17, 2011
Feature Obituary: James Dodd, 80, adventurous sailor, teacher, affable landlord
BRUNSWICK – James Dodd was the type of person who could do 50 things at once and not break a sweat. Mr. Dodd was the well-known and respected owner of several rental properties in Maine’s midcoast. For many years, he gave swimming lessons to students at Harpswell Elementary School. He taught ballroom dancing and sailing […]
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