Whether it was playing dress up, scaring a porcupine with a shotgun or whipping together a gourmet meal, Andrea Anton could do it.
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: Hamilton Grant, 78, mentored prisoners, loved outdoors
Mr. Grant was the assistant superintendent at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham for 18 years.
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Feature Obituary: James Robinson Jr., 92, executive and World War II vet
He once said, “If you try you’re automatically in the top ten percent,” which his family has found much wisdom in.
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Feature obituary: Thomas Cornell, talented artist, taught 50 years at Bowdoin
Mr. Cornell, a nationally known artist, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 75.
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Feature obituary: Lillian Peterson, 94, single mom, dedicated life to helping others
President George W. Bush once compared his mother to Ms. Peterson and her love of volunteerism.
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Longtime S. Portland officer dies after battle with cancer
Peter MacVane, known to students as “Officer Friendly,” was also renowned for his commitment to the Maine Special Olympics.
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Feature obituary: Michael A. Murphy, 62, consummate South Portland firefighter
Murphy retired in 2008 after being a full-time firefighter for 35 years, but began volunteering as a teenager.
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Kennebunkport mourns loss of businessman
As a selectman and active resident, Mathew Lanigan, 48, was active in the town’s Christmas Prelude festival.
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Feature obituary: Julie Pompeo, 42, charismatic, hard-working mom
Pompeo, a single mother who worked at FairPoint for many years and helped operate two family businesses, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
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Feature obituary: Daniel Turner, 69, longtime Fryeburg teacher and coach
Mr. Turner was a popular physics and math teacher at Fryeburg Academy for the past 43 years.