BRUNSWICK — Geraldine Curtis, the retired owner of a popular framing store on Pleasant Street, who had a passion for art and gardening, died Friday. She was 83. Mrs. Curtis opened Curtis Framing in 1969 and operated the business for 30 years. Her son, Thomas Curtis of Brunswick, said she knew how to treat various […]
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: Jennifer Willey, 31, documented cancer battle online
KENNEBUNKPORT – Jennifer Willey had warm blue eyes, an infectious laugh and a spirit that inspired those around her. Ms. Willey, who documented her long battle with cancer on a popular website she maintained and who reached out to others with the disease, died on Sunday. She was 31. She was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma […]
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Feature Obituary: Jack Novick, 84, owner of Hub Furniture, volunteer, loyal friend
PORTLAND — Jack I. Novick, the retired owner of Hub Furniture Co. who operated the family business for more than 40 years, died Monday. He was 84. He joined the furniture company around 1947 and worked alongside his brother, David Novick, and his father, Samuel Novick, who founded the business in 1913 in Portland. Hub […]
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Feature Obituary: William Tate, 69, Laurel Hill Cemetery superintendent
SACO — William Tate spent most of his life working at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco. On Wednesday, he will be buried there. Mr. Tate, who was superintendent of the cemetery for the past 41 years, died on Sunday. He was 69. He began working at the cemetery when he was 14 and became superintendent […]
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Raymond fights bid to close school
Residents give the RSU 14 board a list of reasons why shutting the Jordan-Small school is a bad idea.
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Controversial Windham official resigns
Councilor Bill Tracy has faced bullying allegations related to the move to county 911 dispatching.
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RSU 14 board to consider school closing plan
The board is looking at six cost-cutting proposals.
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Town council chairman in Windham resigns
Bill Tracy said he resigned for personal reasons.
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Strong winds topple trees, cut electricity
Central Maine Power Co. and public works crews spent Monday clearing roads and assessing damage from a powerful storm that snapped trees and utility poles and brought down power lines across the state, forcing closures of schools and roads.
The highest wind gusts were reported at 12:40 a.m. in Portland at 63 mph. Chris Kimble, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, said wind gusts hit about 45 mph throughout the early morning.
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About 31,500 still without power after Maine storm
Central Maine Power has restored service to about half of those who lost power during the windstorm.