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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PublishedFebruary 14, 2022
New Gloucester man succumbs to COVID-19 four months after birth of son
Matthew Libby, 43, was strong and healthy and figured he was at low risk of getting a serious case of the coronavirus.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2022
Maine Lives Lost: Artist’s family grieves ‘hero’ after long battle with COVID
Perry Clark, 61, who worked out of a studio he created in the garage of his Buxton home, didn’t get vaccinated and spent 47 days in the hospital after he got COVID-19.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2022
Jim Brunelle, 86, renowned Maine journalist who was ‘consummate voice of reason’ for Press Herald
After a start in radio and TV, he spent four decades at the newspaper as a political reporter, editorial page editor, editorial writer and columnist.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2021
Maine Lives Lost: Barbara MacFarlane, 85, a strong, loving woman who cared for others
The Litchfield woman’s family remembers her giving nature and bemoan that she didn’t get vaccinated because she believed COVID-19 was a hoax.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2021
Michael Beveridge, 56, assistant men’s ice hockey coach at USM
‘Bev’ was known for being a true friend of USM hockey and for having a positive impact on hundreds of players in southern Maine.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2021
Maine Lives Lost: Lewiston native Judith Bryant dies of COVID-19 complications at 82
Bryant, who was fully vaccinated, tested positive for the disease a few weeks ago while living at Westgate Center for Rehabilitation & Alzheimer’s Care in Bangor.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2021
Noël Bonam named state director of AARP Maine
NEW HIRES Noël Bonam has been hired as state director of AARP Maine. Bonam brings extensive experience in leadership development, stakeholder engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion practice and civic leadership. He previously served as head of The Global Institute, a social change organization based in Portland. Herring Gut Learning Center in St. George has hired […]
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Why does the state get all the money from traffic tickets, and the towns get none?
If you think traffic tickets are just money grabs by the local police department, think again.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2021
Why is there a statue of a lobsterman in Portland, and who is he?
There’s an interesting story behind the iconic statue, one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
Sanford man killed while trying to rescue cat in road
Rollinsford, N.H., police say 30-year-old Michal Wing was in the road trying to help an injured cat when he was struck by a vehicle.
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