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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The Maine Attorney General's Office has received a number of inquiries about Cla

The Maine Attorney General's Office on Wednesday said a preliminary review of Tu

The Maine Audubon Society is proposing to construct a 90-foot-long footbridge ac

The Maine Audubon Society is proposing to construct a 90-foot-long footbridge ac

The Maine Audubon Society's Puffin Project has been successful in returning the

The Maine Audubon Society's Puffin Project has been successful in returning the

The Maine Audubon Society will hold Save Our Birds Day on Saturday at the Gilsla

The Maine Audubon Society will hold Save Our Birds Day on Saturday at the Gilsla

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has dropped plans to impose state li

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has dropped plans to impose state li

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection on Wednesday voted 4-3 to approve Ba

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection on Wednesday voted 4-3 to approve Ba

The Maine Bureau of Health has released statistics which show that 428 Mainers h

The Maine Bureau of Health has released statistics which show that 428 Mainers h

The Maine Bureau of Insurance has denied a request by Blue Cross and Blue Shield

The Maine Bureau of Insurance has denied a request by Blue Cross and Blue Shield

The Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry is joining several other groups press

The Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry is joining several other groups press

The Maine chapter of the National Organization for Women has registered oppositi

The Maine chapter of the National Organization for Women has registered oppositi

The Maine chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the Saco Bay Rotary Club have em

The Maine chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the Saco Bay Rotary Club have em

The Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy has achieved its fund-raising goal m

The Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy has achieved its fund-raising goal m

The Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has purchased 1,015 acres of the Wat

The Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has purchased 1,015 acres of the Wat

The Maine chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America today will distribute 217

The Maine chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America today will distribute 217

The Maine Civil Liberties Union and the group Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defe

The Maine Civil Liberties Union and the group Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defe

The Maine Civil Liberties Union has taken issue with Skowhegan's use of its poli

The Maine Civil Liberties Union has taken issue with Skowhegan's use of its poli

The Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education has issued a 63-page report enti

The Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education has issued a 63-page report enti

The Maine Coalition for the Homeless plans to file a class-action suit against G

The Maine Coalition for the Homeless plans to file a class-action suit against G

The Maine Coalition Opposed to Special Treatment of Homosexuality yesterday laun

The Maine Coalition Opposed to Special Treatment of Homosexuality yesterday laun

The Maine College of Art has raised $1.6 million to renovate the Porteous buildi

The Maine College of Art has raised $1.6 million to renovate the Porteous buildi

The Maine College of Art is asking the city of Portland for a $1.8 million inter

The Maine College of Art is asking the city of Portland for a $1.8 million inter

The Maine College of Art revealed its $6 million plan to transform the shuttered

The Maine College of Art revealed its $6 million plan to transform the shuttered

The Maine Commission on Investment Capital issued its final report to the govern

The Maine Commission on Investment Capital issued its final report to the govern

The Maine Committee to Study the Retirement System will meet for the first time

The Maine Committee to Study the Retirement System will meet for the first time

The Maine congressional delegation has asked the secretary of defense to retain

The Maine congressional delegation has asked the secretary of defense to retain

The Maine congressional delegation reported yesterday that congressional negotia

The Maine congressional delegation reported yesterday that congressional negotia

The Maine Corrections Department is funding the non-profit group Youth Alternati

The Maine Corrections Department is funding the non-profit group Youth Alternati

The Maine Credit Union League has purchased a network of 65 automated bank telle

The Maine Credit Union League has purchased a network of 65 automated bank telle

The Maine Democratic Party has rejected Chairman James Mitchell's idea of holdin

The Maine Democratic Party has rejected Chairman James Mitchell's idea of holdin

The Maine Department of Agriculture has screened five fruits and vegetables comm

The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, the Biddeford-Saco C

The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, the Biddeford-Saco C

The Maine Department of Education has withheld education subsidy checks for 127

The Maine Department of Education has withheld education subsidy checks for 127

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection chained the gates at John Emers

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection chained the gates at John Emers

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has approved construction of Ba

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has approved construction of Ba

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has denied an application from

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has denied an application from

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has given conditional approval

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has given conditional approval

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has indicated that there are pr

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has indicated that there are pr

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is expected to fine the town of

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is working with the Natural Res

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, responding to alarming levels

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, responding to alarming levels

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says it is unable to deal with

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says that nine wells in the Wes

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says that nine wells in the Wes

The Maine Department of Human Services has given preliminary approval to Mid Coa

The Maine Department of Human Services has given preliminary approval to Mid Coa

The Maine Department of Human Services has proposed relaxing the standards of th

The Maine Department of Human Services has proposed relaxing the standards of th

The Maine Department of Human Services has rested its case against Jan and Bruce

The Maine Department of Human Services has rested its case against Jan and Bruce

The Maine Department of inland Fisheries and Wildlife reports an increase in the

The Maine Department of inland Fisheries and Wildlife reports an increase in the

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says hunters killed 28,820

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says hunters killed 28,820

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is distributing pamphlets detailing cat

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is distributing pamphlets detailing cat

The Maine Department of Marine Resources will lose its last three marine biologi

The Maine Department of Marine Resources will lose its last three marine biologi

The Maine Department of Public Safety announced that there were 183 highway fata

The Maine Department of Transportation has dropped a controversial plan which wo

The Maine Department of Transportation has dropped a controversial plan which wo

The Maine Department of Transportation has provided funding to determine whether

The Maine Department of Transportation has provided funding to determine whether

The Maine Department of Transportation is being criticized for its Transportatio