Last year, the school department allocated $600,000 in stimulus funds to improve the energy use in its buildings across the district.
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 Police looking for missing person
The Westbrook Police Department is looking for help with locating a 24-year-old male with some mental health challenges.
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Scarborough voters approve school budget
Voters in Scarborough narrowly approved a $35 million school budget that cuts the equivalent of about 28 full-time positions.
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McClellan wins House District 103
The former executive director of the Greater Bridgton Chamber of Commerce wants to create more jobs in the tourism industry.
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South Portland weighs site for new hall
A ‘very energy-efficient’ office building in Knightville is high on the list of options to replace the current City Hall.
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SMCC receives $10,000 grant
Southern Maine Community College will use the money to support its trade programs and student scholarships.
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Cape voters reject Fort Williams park fee
Cape Elizabeth residents turn out in large numbers for an advisory vote on the fees.
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Westbrook council rezones park, restricts quarry
Officials are working on a deal setting limits on the operation. If they fail, Pike intends to sue.
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Finally, skies quiet over Maine
The weekend saw storm damage and rare back-to-back tornado alerts Saturday and Sunday.
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Helping wounded comrades heal
PORTLAND – Three veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan set off on a cross-country bicycle trek from the Old Port on Sunday to raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project, a nonprofit organization that supports wounded soldiers. The trio ended their fifth year of military service last week and set out on the […]