Her community involvement inspired many others.
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: Allen Wildes, 65, beloved school bus driver in Kennebunks
He was a loving husband to his wife for 29 years and a dedicated father to her three children.
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Feature obituary: Janet Hill, 90, longtime Cape Elizabeth teacher
She taught for 25 years and was active in her church and community.
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Feature Obituary: Martin Joyce Jr., 84, former Cumberland County sheriff
Mr. Joyce was also a longtime Portland police sergeant and was known for his compassion for the homeless.
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Feature obituary: Virginia ‘Ginger’ Putnam, 44, devoted labor and delivery nurse
She is remembered as a loving mother, partner and dog owner.
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Feature Obituary: Mary Axelsen, 66, worked three decades at First Technology
She had a passion for country line dancing and family.
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Feature Obituary: Arthur Clark, 85, city planner, longtime MDOT engineer
Mr. Clark, who grew up in Sanford, had engineering in his blood thanks to his father and grandfather.
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Feature obituary: Ed Schlick, 85, active in Maine politics, public policy, art
Mr. Schlick, a longtime political activist, was an entrepreneur at heart, who operated his own public relations and research firm for 40 years.
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Feature obituary: Real Paquette, 83, dry cleaning expert devoted to family
Mr. Paquette, better known as ‘Ralph,’ was born in St. Honore, Quebec, one of 12 children.
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Feature obituary: Walter Ray Jr., 79, pastor and teacher devoted to kids
PORTLAND — The Rev. Walter Ray Jr., beloved pastor of Webbs Mills Free Baptist Church in Casco, who taught in Portland elementary schools for 26 years, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure. He was 79. The Rev. Ray grew up in Auburn and moved to Portland in his early teens. He attended Portland High School. […]