As a coach and chemistry teacher, she forged relationships with students, making them feel included and helping build their confidence and self-esteem.
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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Murray Plumb & Murray hires Nicholas Bernate as a senior associate in its litigation group
NEW HIRES Murray Plumb & Murray has hired Nicholas Bernate as a senior associate in its litigation group. Bernate, of Freeport, was previously a shareholder of Clement, Fitzpatrick & Kenworthy, in Santa Rosa, Calif. He also worked as a senior associate at the law firm of Bledsoe, Diestel, Treppa & Crane LLP in San Francisco. […]
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Ray Steen joins Bath Iron Works as VP of human resources
NEW HIRES Jonathan Crasnick has joined Atlantic Federal Credit Union. Crasnick, of Scarborough, has more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate lending and development. CWS Architecture + Interior Design has hired Christopher McDonald as project manager. McDonald brings more than 35 years of experience with architectural and structural drafting and design to […]
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David Boucher, beloved father, wrestling coach and devoted friend, dies at 38
He passed away suddenly of a heart attack after coming to the hospital to have a stent placed in his heart.
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Therese Cahill joins the Maine Dental Association as executive director
NEW HIRES Therese Cahill has joined the Maine Dental Association as executive director. Cahill previously served as director of the Office of Child and Family Services at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Maine Community Bank has hired Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte as senior vice president, director of compliance. Turcotte brings 19 years of […]
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On the move
NEW HIRES Chelsea Moeller has joined Thomas College as vice president for advancement. Moeller most recently served as the director of donor engagement and capital projects for the Children’s Center in Augusta, where she completed a $5.3 million capital campaign. Moeller also served as director of donor engagement at Kennebec Valley Humane Society. She also […]
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Hannah King hired as partner in Dentons Bingham Greenebaum’s cannabis law, litigation and corporate practice groups
NEW HIRES Dentons Bingham Greenebaum has hired Hannah King as a partner in its cannabis law, litigation and corporate practice groups. King, who is based in Portland, brings extensive experience advising hundreds of cannabis businesses to her practice at Dentons. John Zinn recently joined Back Cove Financial as a financial adviser. Zinn is a graduate […]
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Andrea Roth Kimmick joins Kennebunk Beach Realty
NEW HIRES Andrea Roth Kimmick joined Kennebunk Beach Realty as an associate broker. Northeast Bank has hired Courtney Luce as banking center manager in Augusta. Luce brings retail banking experience to her role. The Maine Association of Broadcasters has hired veteran broadcaster Tim Moore as its new president/chief executive officer. Moore was previously a vice […]
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Truc Huynh’s life work was to return the help his family once received
The Portland High and Bowdoin grad drowned while fishing near Moosehead Lake. He was 40.
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State Rep. Laurie Osher joins Eastern Maine Development Corp.
NEW HIRES Scientist and Maine state Rep. Laurie Osher has joined Bangor-based Eastern Maine Development Corp. as a community resilience specialist. Osher, a Democrat representing Orono, is a community leader and environmental scientist with decades of experience managing projects. Jennifer Rice has joined the Portland-based John T. Gorman Foundation as executive assistant. Rice was previously […]
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