Melanie Creamer

Staff Writer

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.

Newman returns to CMP as director, government affairs

by Melanie Creamer April 2, 2019May 16, 2019

Newman previously served as deputy chief of staff and legislative policy director for the Office of former Governor Paul R. LePage

Feature Obituary, Local & State, News

Michelle Robichaud, devoted mother and wife, dies at 44

by Melanie Creamer March 31, 2019April 1, 2019

The Sanford resident, who waitressed at restaurants in several Maine communities, was ‘the epitome of a best friend,’ her husband recalls.

Business, People on the Move

Mikhail joins Drummond Woodsum’s government relations practice

by Melanie Creamer March 28, 2019May 16, 2019

She formerly worked in the Maine Attorney General’s office.

Business, People on the Move

Hatch joins Northeast Bank as vice president, retail operations manager

by Melanie Creamer March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

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 […]