Portland's long time newspaper of record, the Portland Press-Herald, began printing in November 1921 as Guy Patterson Gannett's merging of the Portland Daily Press (which began in 1862), and the Portland Herald (which was a short-lived successor of the Eastern Argus, which began in 1803). Gannett later purchased the Portland Evening Express, and the Portland Sunday Telegram, and by the 1940s, the Press-Herald as we know it today took shape as a daily newspaper.

The Library's Portland Room provides access to the complete run of the Press-Herald (as well as the Evening Express and Sunday Telegram, along with their predecessor newspapers) on microfilm.
An additional electronic resource, offering the Press-Herald fulltext, beginning in 1995 is the Maine Newsstand database, freely accessible in Maine via Digital Maine Library.

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Submissions from 1994

Details on a meeting between the editorial board of The Portland Newspapers and

Details on a meeting between the editorial board of The Portland Newspapers and

Details on amounts collected and spent by the state's four gubernatorial candida

Details on extensive interviews held with gubernatorial candidates Joseph Brenna

Details on recent polls and interviews with political scientists and voters rega

Details on the 21st annual Governor's Economic Development Conference, held yest

Details on the $2.8 million road reconstruction of the half-mile stretch of Broa

Details on the public forum held yesterday at the Portland Regional Vocational T

Details on the simplified zoning law to be considered by residents of Naples at

Details on yesterday's 1st District congressional debate, held in Portland and s

Details on yesterday's 1st District congressional debate. Republican James Long

Details on yesterday's 1st District congressional debate, which pitted Democrat

Details on yesterday's commissioning of the USS John S. McCain, the Navy's new h

Details on yesterday's debate between 2nd Congressional District candidates John

Details on yesterday's debate between Democrat Paula M. Craighead, 41, of Portla

Details on yesterday's debate between the candidates for the U.S. Senate. U.S. r

Details on yesterday's debate in Portland among the six Democratic candidates fo

Details on yesterday's eight-hour hearing on the state's new automobile emission

Details on yesterday's graduation ceremonies at the University of Southern Maine

Details on yesterday's gubernatorial candidates' debate, co-sponsored by the Gre

Details on yesterday's gubernatorial candidates' debate in Bangor, sponsored by

Details on yesterday's gubernatorial candidates debate, sponsored by the Maine C

Details on yesterday's gubernatorial debate, a two-hour affair sponsored by the

Details on yesterday's gubernatorial debate, the fifth to date. Much of the dis

Details on yesterday's gubernatorial forum, held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay i

Details on yesterday's health care forum at the University of Southern Maine, on

Details on yesterday's MS Regatta, which featured 58 boats racing around Casco B

Details on yesterday's open forum with the gubernatorial candidates and the edit

Details on yesterday's public hearing in Kennebunk on the state's new automobile

Details on yesterday's public hearing in Scarborough on the state's new automobi

Details on yesterday's public hearing in Topsham on the state's new automobile e

Details on yesterday's reunion of former Porteous workers. The Maine College of

Details on yesterday's U.S. Senate candidates debate, sponsored by the Chamber o

Details on yesterday U.S. Senate candidates' debate, sponsored by Ross Perot's g

Developer F Timothy Vigue has proposed covering Waterville's Main Street and Ca

Developer William J. Dowd has purchased the historic Tracy-Causer building on Po

Diaexport Inc of Windham has been fined $25,000 for violating federal customs l

Diamond Cove Associates, the developer who had originally proposed converting hi

Diane Cowan, an assistant professor of biology at Bates College in Lewiston, has

Diane Demos, a resident of Morning Street and owner of a 55-pound dog, has organ

Dianna Martin of Raymond is concerned that the nationwide shortage of organ dono

Diesel exhaust is responsible for nearly one-third of the nitrogen oxide created

Directors of the Bath Country Club have failed to meet the first of three $100,0

Disclosure reports on file in the secretary of state's office show that the Pass

Discovery House, Maine's first methadone clinic, has attracted far fewer clients

District Attorney Janet Mills announced yesterday that Benjamin Sawyer, 19, of N

District Attorney Stephanie Anderson has asked Superior Court justice Arthur G.

District Court Judge Alexander A. MacNichol has ruled that Winfield Doyle Jr., 1

District Court Judge Alexander A. MacNichol yesterday heard testimony in the cas

Diversified Communications Inc. of Portland was formed in 1970, and currently ha

Diversified Communications of Portland, which owns television stations in Bangor

Divers yesterday recovered the body of Daryl Catucci, 36, of Connecticut, from S

Doctors at Maine Medical Center in Portland on Thursday voted 80-79 not to accep

Dogs are an issue in Portland's city cemeteries. Dogs running free and the dese

Donabeth Winslow of Hollis works for Unum but seldom goes in to the office. Wins

Donald Krier, 34, has been named the Portland Police Department's 1993 Officer o

Dorothy Plummer of Portland died January 6 at age 94, and a will drafted in 1979

Doug Caldwell, a fifth-grade teacher at South Portland's Small School, has incor

Doug Friedman, 23, a native of Cape Elizabeth who helped Boston University to tw

Douglas Holmes, 49, of South Portland, a state police pilot, was flying a single

Douglas Malcolm, 40, of Portland, developed an interest in progressive causes af

Dover-Foxcroft District Court Judge Jessie Gunther yesterday granted Sister Mari

"Downeast Detectives: Six Tales of Mystery, Mayhem and Murder in Maine," by Mark

Dozens of elderly Mainers yesterday attended a public hearing at the University

Dr. Douglas R. Hill, 66, on October 12 signed a consent decree with the Maine Bo

Dr. Gregory C. Luck, a provider of abortion services, yesterday announced that h

Dr. John R. McGill, a Bangor plastic surgeon and the new president of the Maine

Dr. Lani Graham, Maine's health director, yesterday released figures showing tha

Dr. Michael Wise, a research mineralogist with the National Museum of Natural Hi

Dr. Paul R. Camp, a professor of physics at the University of Maine at Orono, is

Dr Susan St Mary has nursed thousands of children in the 15 years she has had

Dr Thomas B Courtice, a former president of Westbrook College, has been electe

Duncan M. FitzGerald, a Boston University geologist, with scientists from the Un

Duncanson & Holt Group, a New York-based reinsurance underwriting manager and su

During the recession in the early 1990s, many New England banks were suffering f

Dwayne Rogers, 30, of Cumberland Avenue, and brother Ronald Rogers, 31, of Bosto

Dyer School in South Portland has instituted the Quality Learning program, which

Each year, L.L. Bean is courted by thousands of manufacturers who would like to

E. Annie Proulx, 57, of Vershire, Vt., a 1953 graduate of Portland's Deering Hig

Ed Carr, 67, a retired postal worker from South Portland, yesterday missed his b

Ed Carr, 68, of South Portland, had his name drawn last summer from nearly 2 mil

Eddie and Arlene Jordan of Cape Elizabeth, owners of Marshview Waterfowl, curren

Edgar Leighton, owner of Leighton's five-and-ten store in downtown Freeport, pla

Ed Gerrish of Stockton Springs, leader of the anti-abortion group instrumental i

Edie Dubord, 35, of Waterville, and Todd Coffin, 32, of Bath, yesterday were nam

Editorial advocating that the site of a burned-out apartment complex at Washingt

Editorial calling on non-utility generators to renegotiate their contracts with

Editorial calling upon the Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council and the N

Editorial critical of LD 1449 that would allow the Legislature to shift confir

Editorial endorsing Dennis Dutremble and Ted Rand, candidates for the Democratic

Editorial endorsing John McDonough over rival Paula Craighead in the primary rac

Editorial indicating that the Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc.'s challenge to the

Editorial lauding the successful efforts of the Maine and New Hampshire congress

Editorial on a proposed gambling casino in Calais -- The author believes approvin

Editorial on the campaign by the nonprofit organization Stand by ME to bring a R

Editorial on the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council and the success it has

Editorial on this week's U.S. News and World Report magazine, which contains an

"Editorial Page Editor" piece on the recent Portland municipal elections, in whi

Editorial praising the accomplishments of the Portland chapter of the National A

Editorial praising U.S. senator William S. Cohen for having ended a $1.4 billion