NEW HIRES Jennifer McCormack has joined Rangeley Health and Wellness as executive director. McCormack previously held leadership roles in cancer prevention and mental health. For the past 25 years, she was part of Franklin Community Health Network. Scarborough behavioral health and addiction treatment provider Crossroads has announced the following new hires: Katherine Morris has joined […]
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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Gabriel Walker, 86, beloved Portland High teacher for three decades
He was the kind of teacher who went above and beyond for his students. And after he retired in 1994, he signed up as a Sea Dogs usher.
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Career Management Associates promotes Ashley Adams to vice president
NEW HIRES Prospect-based hemp grower Prospect Farms has announced that Michael Bumgarner has joined as partner and chief strategy officer. Bumgarner joined the team after originally founding CBD skin care products maker Cannuka, which he launched in 2017. Ellen Jordan recently joined Simons & Associates Law of Scarborough as office manager. Jordan, of Yarmouth, brings […]
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Norma Marin, who lived for art, especially her father-in-law’s, dies at 91
She was the daughter-in-law of American artist John Marin and dedicated her life to promoting his legacy.
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Mary Alice Scott joins Maine Association of Nonprofits as public affairs manager
NEW HIRES Mary Alice Scott has joined the Maine Association of Nonprofits as public affairs manager. Scott, of Portland, previously served as executive director of Portland Buy Local for four years. Attorneys Robert E. Mittel and Scott Dolan have joined Portland law firm Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow LLP. Mittel, formerly of Portland law firm MittelAsen […]
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David Faulkner, who ran a program to help Maine’s at-risk youth, dies at 74
He was executive director of Day One, a South Portland nonprofit, for 32 years, and an avid sailor.
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Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram hires 4 reporters
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram announced that it has hired four new reporters: Emily Allen will cover courts and justice. Allen was previously a Report for America fellow based at Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit investigative news organization in West Virginia, where she worked as a community watchdog reporter. Jordan Andrews will cover fisheries, […]
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Jess Townsend named executive director of Midcoast Humane
NEW HIRES Engineering and surveying firm Haley Ward Inc. has hired three employees in its Saco office: Ron Willey has joined the firm as a senior project manager and project engineer. Willey brings over 25 years of mechanical engineering experience in the healthcare, cleanroom, natatorium, criminal justice and government sectors. Justyna Cybowicz has been hired […]
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New Gloucester man succumbs to COVID-19 four months after birth of son
Matthew Libby, 43, was strong and healthy and figured he was at low risk of getting a serious case of the coronavirus.
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Roger Poitras joins InterMed as chief executive
NEW HIRES Roger Poitras has joined InterMed as CEO. Poitras brings 35 years of combined clinical, operational and business development experience. He most recently served as chief strategy officer for Ascension Health in Florida and Alabama. Houston McGuirk has joined the personal insurance team at Allen Insurance and Financial. McGuirk, of Belmont, became an experienced […]