The retired publisher of the Courier-Gazette of Rockland also was a lobsterman.
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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Feature obituary: Charles Hannaford, dedicated to his family and his job at former Jordan’s Meats plant
Charles Hannaford spent more than 40 years running a machine at the former Jordan’s Meats plant in Portland that stuffed and linked sausage and hot dogs for packaging. Outside the plant, Mr. Hannaford was a husband and father of five children who embraced his love of family, the outdoors and the community. He died Tuesday […]
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Feature obituary: Paul Ouellette, 60, devoted to his natural food stores, faith, family
He was part of a husband-and-wife team operating a business that has been a fixture in downtown Biddeford for 38 years.
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Feature obituary: John Hayworth, retired deputy fire chief in South Portland, active in Local # 1476
Retired Deputy Fire Chief John Hayworth, who served with the South Portland Fire Department for more than 25 years and was active in the International Association of Fire Fighters Local No. 1476, died Saturday. He was 86. Mr. Hayworth, known by most people as “Jack,” joined the fire department as a volunteer for the city’s […]
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Feature obituary: Linda Allen, 69, generous, beloved school nurse in Westbrook
She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease less than a year ago.
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Feature obituary: Barbara Gill, 82, devoted seven-term Republican state senator
Before her public service, she operated Gill’s Pharmacy in South Portland and raised four children.
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Feature obituary: Paul Black, 62, accomplished painter
Mr. Black was best known for his winter scenes of Portland’s Old Port and paintings of Monhegan Island.
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Feature obituary: Peggy League, 65, believed to be one of the oldest people with cystic fibrosis in New England.
In the summer of 2008, Rocky and Peggy League of Durham set sail on a cruise to Alaska that offered extra activities, such as a train excursion, gold panning and zip-lining in Juneau. “She was a little hesitant about (zip-lining), but once we got there she was the first in line,” Rocky League said Tuesday, […]
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Feature obituary: Richard Morgan, 77, professor of constitutional law at Bowdoin
Mr. Morgan wrote numerous books and scholarly articles throughout his 45-year career at Bowdoin. He was also a Registered Maine Guide.
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Feature obituary: Andrea Lee, 65, bartender at Sangillo’s Tavern for 37 years
She previously worked for Bubba’s Sulky Lounge, the former Popeye’s Ice House and the Silver House Tavern, all in downtown Portland.