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 1993

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Monday upheld the kidnap and murder convicti

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Monday vacated the conviction of Frederick O

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday denied a request by Dennis Dechaine

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday denied a request by Dennis Dechaine

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday ruled against Tri-State Rubbish of

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday denied a claim by former Central M

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday denied a claim by former Central M

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld the convictions

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld the convictions

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned the rape conviction of former Univer

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned the rape conviction of former Univer

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned the robbery and burglary with a fire

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned the robbery and burglary with a fire

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court political redistricting plan created four Senat

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court political redistricting plan created four Senat

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected an appeal by Richard L. Wright of Bang

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected an appeal by Richard L. Wright of Bang

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled 5-2 that the state did not violate worker

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled 5-2 that the state did not violate worker

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Mutual Fire Insurance Company does n

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Secretary of State G. William Diamon

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Secretary of State G. William Diamon

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court sustained the appeal of Peoples Heritage Bank i

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court sustained the appeal of Peoples Heritage Bank i

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court threw out the burglary conviction of James Hain

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court threw out the burglary conviction of James Hain

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a $188,000 summary judgment for United A

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a $188,000 summary judgment for United A

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court's ruling ordering York Cou

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court's ruling ordering York Cou

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a ruling by Chief Justice Daniel Wathen

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a ruling by Chief Justice Daniel Wathen

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a state regulation that requires Medicai

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a state regulation that requires Medicai

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the murder conviction of Roy I. Abbott,

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the murder conviction of Roy I. Abbott,

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated the manslaughter conviction of Roy O'Ha

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated the manslaughter conviction of Roy O'Ha

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday denied an appeal by Catherine Duffy P

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday ordered Springfield Railway Terminal

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday ruled that the York County commission

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a lower court's ruling that Se

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a state law that requires beve

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a state law that requires beve

The Maine Teachers Association will meet this weekend for their annual assembly.

The Maine Teachers Association will meet this weekend for their annual assembly.

The Maine Telecommunications Group on Monday announced an agreement under which

The Maine Turnpike Authority on Thursday voted to build a $1.26 million multi-mo

The Maine Turnpike Authority will sheath the undersides of six overpasses betwee

The Maine warden service is continuing its policy of performing random safety ch

The Maine warden service is continuing its policy of performing random safety ch

The Maine Warden Service is increasing its inspections of pleasure boaters on Ma

The Maine Warden Service is increasing its inspections of pleasure boaters on Ma

The Maine Waste Management Agency and the Finance Authority of Maine, in a move

The Maine Waste Management Agency and the Finance Authority of Maine, in a move

The Maine Waste Management Agency is re-examining a state contract with Normande

The Maine Waste Management Agency is re-examining a state contract with Normande

The Maine Waste Management Agency on Thursday announced the recipients of $2 mil

The Maine Waste Management Agency says recycling was responsible for adding $300

The Maine Waste Management Agency says recycling was responsible for adding $300

The Maine Waste Management Agency terminated a contract it had with Normandeau A

The Maine Waste Management Agency terminated a contract it had with Normandeau A

The Maine Waste Management Agency, the Maine Health Program, the Maine Health Ca

The Maine Waste Management Agency, the Maine Health Program, the Maine Health Ca

The Maine Workers' Compensation Board, composed of four management and four labo

The Maine Workers' Compensation Board, composed of four management and four labo

The Maine Youth Apprenticeship Program, based loosely on similar programs in Ger

The Maine Youth Apprenticeship Program, based loosely on similar programs in Ger

The Maine Youth Apprenticeship Program greeted its first class of 15 students in

The Maine Youth Apprenticeship Program greeted its first class of 15 students in

The Maine Youth Center is without a guidance counselor and has had to cut seven

The Maine Youth Center now faces a $2 million budget shortfall if it is to stay

The Maine Youth Center now faces a $2 million budget shortfall if it is to stay

The Maine Youth Center, which has no money to fund operations in the fourth quar

The Maine Youth Center, which has no money to fund operations in the fourth quar

The main lodge at a Bangor-Brewer YWCA day camp on Chemo Pond was leveled by fla

The main lodge at a Bangor-Brewer YWCA day camp on Chemo Pond was leveled by fla

The Marine Advisory Council, a nine-member board which reviews proposed regulati

The Marine Advisory Council, a nine-member board which reviews proposed regulati

The Marsville project, developed by NASA to help teach youngsters about science,

The McKernan administration has acknowledged that a property-tax refund program

The McKernan administration has acknowledged that a property-tax refund program

The McKernan administration has unveiled four new plans for cuts in pension bene

The McKernan administration has unveiled four new plans for cuts in pension bene

The McKernan administration is looking into charges that Superior Court nominee

The McKernan administration is looking into charges that Superior Court nominee

The McKernan administration is sponsoring a series of events next week to help b

The McKernan administration is sponsoring a series of events next week to help b

The McKernan administration's budget proposal calls for the closure of pre-relea

The McKernan administration's budget proposal calls for the closure of pre-relea

The McKernan administration yesterday named 20 school staffers to the Cost-Savin

The McKernan administration yesterday named 20 school staffers to the Cost-Savin

The Metro has asked the Portland Area Comprehensive Study committee to recommend

The Metro has asked the Portland Area Comprehensive Study committee to recommend

The Midcoast Cooperative Borrowing Program, which links five libraries in Sagada

The Midcoast Cooperative Borrowing Program, which links five libraries in Sagada

The morale of employees at Bath Iron Works's drydock facility in Portland has be

The morale of employees at Bath Iron Works's drydock facility in Portland has be

The most recent proposal by the town of Cumberland to build a new Chebeague Isla

The most recent proposal by the town of Cumberland to build a new Chebeague Isla