BATH – Herschel Libby, a longtime mail carrier in Bath who had a zest for life, died Thursday after an extended illness. He was 91. Mr. Libby grew up in the Dixfield area and moved to Bath in 1936. He attended Morse High School and graduated in 1939. In 1942, he married Leona Libby, his […]
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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Mr. Mancini worked in the industry for more than 65 years, beginning at age 15.
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Feature obituary: Alfred Bell, 97, hardworking man, devoted to family
Mr. Bell worked as many as six jobs at one time to support his family, his son said.
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