NEW HIRES Helen Watts returned to Criterium Engineers as a senior structural engineer. She had worked at Criterium Engineers from 2000 to 2007. She previously ran her own structural engineering business. She has over 30 years of industrial, bridge, commercial, marine and residential hands-on professional engineering experience. Cynthia White joined CES as a senior administrative […]
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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Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute adds two board members
NEW HIRES Catherine Johnston joined OTELCO as director of sales. Johnston brings 20 years of business technology leadership experience to OTELCO. She will oversee the daily operation of the sales organization in all OTELCO service areas in New England, Alabama and Missouri. Johnston was previously the direct sales manager for Spectrum. BOARD APPOINTMENTS The […]
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Spinnaker Trust hires business valuation specialist
NEW HIRES Good Shepherd Food Bank has announced two new hires. Amy Regan Gallant joined as the new vice president of public policy and research. Gallant previously worked for AARP Maine as its advocacy director. Robin McCarthy was hired as an annual giving officer. McCarthy brings nearly a decade of nonprofit experience. […]
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The Institute for Family-Owned Business named board officers, adds two new members
NEW HIRES Darla Frost joined New Dimensions Federal Credit Union as vice president of lending. Frost, of Augusta, brings more than 20 years of mortgage lending experience. She is also an active charter member and treasurer of the Waterville Lions Club. Hadje Esmiller joined Berry Talbot Royer in Falmouth as director of […]
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Green elected to the board of directors for Friends of Casco Bay
NEW HIRES Harper Lee Collins returns to RE/MAX Shoreline as an associate broker in its Falmouth office. PROMOTIONS Melissa Cilley was named executive director of Apex Youth Connection. Cilley spent the past year as interim executive and strategic consultant. She brings 15 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including eight years as executive […]
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Kauffman joins Maine Coast Heritage Trust as COO
NEW HIRES Brad Kauffman joined Maine Coast Heritage Trust as chief operating officer. He previously held senior leadership roles at L.L. Bean and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. PROMOTIONS Alexander Green was promoted to associate vice president of planning for MaineHealth. He joined MaineHealth in 2015 and previously served as director of […]
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Kauffman joins Maine Coast Heritage Trust as COO
NEW HIRES Brad Kauffman joined Maine Coast Heritage Trust as chief operating officer. He previously held senior leadership roles at L.L. Bean and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. PROMOTIONS Alexander Green was promoted to associate vice president of planning for MaineHealth. He joined MaineHealth in 2015 and previously served as director of […]
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WordLab wins Golden Arrow award
NEW HIRES Roger Dunning joined USI Insurance Services as commercial lines practice leader. Dunning previously served as commercial lines vice president for USI in Bedford, New Hampshire. Aurora Financial Group of Portland added two people to its staff. Shelly White brings experience in the finance industry from medical institutions in Portland, where […]
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Feature obituary: Duane Paluska, artist and Brunswick gallery owner, 83
A former English professor at Bowdoin College, he established himself as one of Maine’s finest custom furniture makers.
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MittelAsen, LLC, adds three new attorneys to the firm
NEW HIRES Three new attorneys joined the law firm MittelAsen, LLC on Exchange Street in Portland. William Leete, Jr., was hired as a partner member. Leete, of Falmouth, brings more than 30 years of experience practicing law. He represents a wide range of businesses and individuals, including companies owning over 2,000 residential and commercial real […]