PORTLAND/SOUTH PORTLAND — The Portland Water District is responding to three water main breaks in Portland and South Portland, which officials say will cause delays during the evening commute. The water main breaks occurred on Danforth Street in Portland and Westbrook Street and Gannett Drive in South Portland. Gannett Drive is closed to through traffic at […]
Melanie Creamer
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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Feature Obituary: Arthur Litchfield, 77, head chef at boys’ farm
HARPSWELL — Arthur Litchfield Jr., retired head chef at Opportunity Farm for Boys and an active volunteer at St. Charles Church in Brunswick who gave generously to the community, died Sunday. He was 77. Mr. Litchfield, known by most youths as “Litch,” worked in the kitchen at Opportunity Farm in New Gloucester for 25 years. […]
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Feature Obituary: Thomas Sesto, 58, collector of treasures and art
SCARBOROUGH – Thomas Sesto had an entrepreneurial spirit and an eye for the unusual. Every Saturday morning, he toured yard sales, garage sales and flea markets in the Portland area, looking for treasures among people’s junk. His prized finds included a suit of armor, a collection of furniture for dwarfs, old fishing lures, and rare […]
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Cross-country run will benefit Boys & Girls Clubs
Zoe Romano is planning to run 3,000 miles to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine.
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Feature Obituary: Myles Henry, co-owned popular Maine Diner in Wells
WELLS — Myles Henry, a co-owner of the popular Maine Diner, which was featured recently on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” died unexpectedly on Friday. He was 54. Mr. Henry and his brother, Dick, opened the diner on Route 1 in Wells in 1983. He was considered a key to the success of […]
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Feature Obituary: Jack Rosen, 76, was a fixture at the family-run Full Belly Deli
PORTLAND — Anyone who’s eaten at the Full Belly Deli in Portland would remember Jack Rosen, the white-haired man sitting behind the counter shouting orders to the staff and insulting customers for ordering corned beef or pastrami on white bread. Mr. Rosen, who died Sunday at age 76, was a fixture at the deli. He […]
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Feature Obituary: John Thompson Sr., 87, hardworking dad had ‘gift of gab’
PORTLAND – John Thompson Sr., a retired security guard at the Cumberland County Courthouse who had a passion for golf, died on Thursday. He was 87. Mr. Thompson, formerly of Deering Pavilion in Portland, was a night security guard at the courthouse for 20 years. His son, John Thompson Jr. of Westbrook, said his dad […]
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Feature Obituary: Raina Jensen, 27, humanitarian with an adventurous spirit
PORTLAND – Hundreds are expected to gather today to mourn and honor Raina Jensen, an aspiring humanitarian and world traveler who was killed in a two-car crash last week in Massachusetts. She was 27. Ms. Jensen, a 2002 graduate of Deering High School, was remembered by her family and friends Thursday as a beautiful person […]
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Feature Obituary: Carroll Kennedy, 83, ‘would do anything’ for his family
GRAY – Carroll Kennedy, a retired service technician for All-Tech Weighing Systems in Portland who was considered the go-to guy for fixing anything, died on Sunday. He was 83. Mr. Kennedy repaired mechanical scales for businesses across the state for 30 years. Edward Deveault, the owner of the company, said he was a master mechanic. […]
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Feature Obituary: David Becker, 63, respected art curator, lecturer
PORTLAND — David Becker, an active Bowdoin College alumnus and a well-respected art curator, collector and scholar who contributed generously to social justice causes, died Friday. He was 63. Mr. Becker taught and gave lectures at Bowdoin, Bates College and the Maine College of Art about art history, the history of print making and the […]