Portland Monthly was founded in 1985 by Colin and Nancy Sargent. The monthly magazine has won numerous awards for its design. Their web site’s “about us” page provides the following description:

“Portland Magazine celebrates the region’s native appeal with award-winning columns on the waterfront; profiles of the region’s business and people; and features on the area’s arts, getaways, maritime history, geography, and cuisine.”

Portland Public Library’s collection of Portland Monthly is complete, and begins with the first issue, October 1985. The hard copies are available in the Portland Room.

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Submissions from 1988

Martin Jones, playwright-in-residence for Portland's Mad Horse Theatre Company,, J P. Standish

Bill and Jayne Overton have come to Maine to start a cottage industry--movie-mak, Jonathan White

It was the building of the Grand Trunk Railroad which caused the filling-in of P, Jonathan White

Patsy Wiggins, Channel 6 anchorwoman, and her husband, Ted O'Meara, a candidate, Jonathan White

The dining area is small but as many as 500 patrons a day come into Raffles, the, Hank Whittemore

Submissions from 1987

Description of Portland's changing skyline from several vantage points., M Reed Bergstein

The remnants of Portland's participation in World War II, including military ins, Joel W Eastman

The seamanship of women is evidenced in the careers of LtJG June E. Ryan of the, Colin Sargent

A Kfoury-Weinschenk housing development including 44 houses, a meadow, nature wa, Margarete C. Scnauck

Submissions from 1986

Portland Monthly names "The 10 Most Intriguing People in Maine" and presents sho

The colorful history of Portland's "Gorham Corner" is traced by city councilor a, J Donald MacWilliams