The city will spend up to $2 million on the Walker Library after another building proves too expensive.
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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Westbrook decides to renovate historic library
Westbrook had considered moving the Walker collection into the city’s vacant library.
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Taking to their feet to fight breast cancer
Cathy Robie of Freeport is a breast cancer survivor. So is her friend Rachel Desmarais of Saco.
They joined more than 3,000 people in Monument Square on Sunday for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, an annual event that raises funds for breast cancer research, education and patient support programs offered by the American Cancer Society.
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More than 3,000 walk to support breast cancer research and programs.
Organizers say event is expected to raise $250,000, which supports breast cancer research, education and patient support programs offered by the American Cancer Society.
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Woman who jumped off Casco Bay Bridge Saturday upgraded to fair condition.
A nursing supervisor at Maine Medical Center in Portland says Amanda Mason was upgraded from serious condition.
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Elderly woman dies in Somerville fire
Three fire marshal investigators say the fire started in the woman’s bedroom, but the exact cause was not determined.
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Donation to help repair former junior high
The $750,000 will help fund a $4 million renovation of Wescott Junior High School.
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New church gets word out – illegally
Members of a new church in Portland who peppered the city with 450 signs announcing the church’s opening took them down Thursday, nearly three weeks after learning that the postings were illegal.
Joshua Gagnon, founding pastor of the Next Level Church, said the signs were intended to draw attention to the church’s opening Sunday at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
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Westbrook gets $750K gift for community center
The donation will help fund a $4 million renovation of the city’s community center.
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Judge to hear arguments in Westbrook quarry dispute
Meanwhile, Superior Court Justice Thomas Humphrey has denied a request for an evidentiary hearing to quarry neighbor Artel Inc.