Newman previously served as deputy chief of staff and legislative policy director for the Office of former Governor Paul R. LePage
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.
Michelle Robichaud, devoted mother and wife, dies at 44
The Sanford resident, who waitressed at restaurants in several Maine communities, was ‘the epitome of a best friend,’ her husband recalls.
Mikhail joins Drummond Woodsum’s government relations practice
She formerly worked in the Maine Attorney General’s office.
Hatch joins Northeast Bank as vice president, retail operations manager
NEW HIRES • Todd Delaney joined Office Depot as an account manager for its managed print services team. Delaney, of Standish, brings several years of technology and copier experience. He works out of Office Depot’s Portland facility. •Ryan Lefebvre joined HUB International New England as an account executive based out of its Cumberland […]
Feature obituary: Joseph Penna, 90, machinist, labor leader and Italian tenor
He and his wife, Irene, raised three children and lived in Portland’s Payson Park neighborhood beginning in 1956.
Featured obituary: Daniel J. Desmond, 73, prominent Westbrook attorney
He served on hospital and legal boards and was the ‘best father,’ his family says.
Andrew J. McMullan Jr., accomplished PSO musician, dies at 95
McMullan, who also conducted the Maine Opera, died on Jan. 26.
Westbrook family is shadowed by tragedy, losing 3 members in a week
A local business chain’s patriarch dies, then his wife, then his son. A survivor calls it ‘unreal.’
Featured obituary: Constantine ‘Charlie’ Kapothanasis, 89, born in Greece, founder of Prompto
Mr. Kapothanasis, who was a pillar in Portland’s Greek community, arrived in Portland on a ship in 1957.
Feature obituary: Leon Gerrish, 77, former physician assistant, substance abuse counselor
He was also was a fixture at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, helping to build and fix cars and sponsoring young drivers.