Outside the office, Mr. Pendexter played softball more than 30 years, leading Foreside Tavern to two championship titles.
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: Dorothy Paulus, 86, made friendships that lasted a lifetime
Dorothy Paulus had a small circle of close friends that withstood the test of distance and time.
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Feature obituary: Allan ‘Mac’ McHale, 80, well-known Maine musician
McHale was known for playing a blend of Americana, bluegrass and old-time country music, and played all across the country.
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Feature obituary: John Woodbury, 71, former truck driver, was a ‘true friend’
In April, Woodbury was diagnosed with cancer. A few weeks ago, the doctors told him his cancer was terminal.
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Feature obituary: Pauline Salvucci, 69, a nun, teacher, therapist, life coach
Ms. Salvucci, who had a chronic illness and had to use a wheelchair, died Wednesday at Maine Medical Center.
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Feature obituary: Alexander Anton, 93, early Portland orthodontist
Dr. Anton, a 1936 graduate of Biddeford High School, was also a Harvard graduate and World War II veteran.
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Feature obituary: Robert Tarbox, respected engineer, volunteer
Robert Tarbox, a man with “a big heart,” earned a lot of respect during his 85 years on Earth.
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Feature obituary: Herbert Bailey, 67, ran Bailey’s Seafood for 30 years
He began lobstering in the waters off Orr’s Island when he was 9 years old. He pulled his final lobster trap around July 18.
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Feature obituary: Doris Nuesse, 78, nurse, active volunteer, conservationist
Nuesse was former director of the nursing unit at Mid Coast Senior Health Center and a longtime volunteer at Morris Farm.
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Feature obituary: Cleo Minard, 94, worked hard to create fulfilling life for family
She grew up in Aroostook County as one of 12 children, working in Maine’s potato fields and shipyards . . .