Mr. Abbott moved to Rockland in the late 1940s and founded the Rockland Animal Hospital, which he operated for 38 years.
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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Featured obituary: Alton Fowler, 82, longtime truck driver, family man
Mr. Fowler worked over 40 years for Hannaford, but is best remembered by his family as a devoted father, skilled woodworker, and churchgoer.
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Featured obituary: Jean Sawyer, 81, Gorham variety store owner
Mrs. Sawyer and her husband, Hall C. Sawyer Jr., were longtime owners of the popular Sawyer’s Variety in Gorham’s Little Falls neighborhood.
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Feature obituary: Charles Tarkinson, 91, first WMTW news anchor
Mr. Tarkinson rose to success from humble beginnings. He grew up in Lowell, the son of Armenian immigrants, and didn’t learn English until he was five.
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Feature obituary: C. Murray Eaton, 102, worked at CMP for 45 years
Mr. Eaton lived in Buxton his whole life, and was recognized with the Boston Post Cane in 2008 as the town’s oldest resident.
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Feature obituary: Barbara Sawyer, 72, ‘Nurse Barb’ at Maine Med
Mrs. Sawyer worked on the maternity ward at Maine Medical Center for more than 30 years, taking care of newborns.
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Feature obituary: Charles Pooler, 84, outdoorsman who delivered ice cream
Mr. Pooler, known by most people as “Frank,” delivered Hood ice cream to stores across the state for 35 years.
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Feature obituary: Nancy Roberge, 68, longtime SMMC nurse
BIDDEFORD – Nancy Roberge, a former longtime charge nurse at Southern Maine Medical Center, who dedicated her life to helping the area’s most vulnerable residents, died Friday after a brief illness. She was 68. Mrs. Roberge began her nursing career at the former Notre Dame Hospital in Biddeford. She went on to work for Webber […]
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Feature Obituary: Henry ‘Bud’ Griffin Jr., 91, well-known retired electrician
SOUTH PORTLAND – Henry Griffin Jr., a well-known electrician who operated his own business, died on Feb. 23 after a brief illness. He was 91. Mr. Griffin, known by most people as “Bud,” was an electrician for more than 50 years. He learned the trade from his father and worked briefly as an electrician and […]
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Feature obituary: Maria Hurley, 92, demanding English teacher at Deering
To say Hurley was a perfectionist when it came to teaching and education would be an understatement.