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 Songo Locks School cost the state $5 million, has a computer in every classr

The Songo Locks School cost the state $5 million, has a computer in every classr

The Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission sponsored a workshop to help tow

The Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission sponsored a workshop to help tow

The South Portland Board of Education has adopted tough guidelines for handling

The South Portland Board of Education has adopted tough guidelines for handling

The South Portland Board of Education has voted to give the city's top school ad

The South Portland Board of Education yesterday decided that home-schooled child

The South Portland Board of Education yesterday decided that home-schooled child

The South Portland City Council gave preliminary approval to laws that would pro

The South Portland City Council gave preliminary approval to laws that would pro

The South Portland City Council has voted to discontinue the annual spring picku

The South Portland City Council has voted to discontinue the annual spring picku

The South Portland City Council is considering an indecency law that would ban t

The South Portland City Council is considering an indecency law that would ban t

The South Portland City Council is considering whether to spend $60,000 to hire

The South Portland City Council is considering whether to spend $60,000 to hire

The South Portland City Council is expected to make a decision tomorrow on wheth

The South Portland City Council is expected to make a decision tomorrow on wheth

The South Portland City Council last night gave preliminary approval to an ordin

The South Portland City Council last night gave preliminary approval to an ordin

The South Portland City Council on Monday voted 4-3 against passing an ordinance

The South Portland City Council on Monday voted 4-3 against passing an ordinance

The South Portland City Council on Monday voted to approve a police department p

The South Portland City Council on Monday voted unanimously to accept as city pr

The South Portland City Council on Monday voted unanimously to accept as city pr

The South Portland City Council on Wednesday voted 4-3 to enact an obscenity ord

The South Portland City Council on Wednesday voted 4-3 to enact an obscenity ord

The South Portland City Council plans to listen to resident concerns about the r

The South Portland City Council plans to listen to resident concerns about the r

The South Portland City Council refused a request from some members of the South

The South Portland City Council refused a request from some members of the South

The South Portland City Council voted 4-3 in favor of a new public indecency law

The South Portland City Council voted 4-3 in favor of a new public indecency law

The South Portland City Council voted 6-0 to postpone a proposed anti-nudity ord

The South Portland City Council voted 6-0 to postpone a proposed anti-nudity ord

The South Portland City Council voted 6-1 to institute a 911 service in the city

The South Portland City Council voted 6-1 to institute a 911 service in the city

The South Portland City Council voted to accept a donation of $10,000 and approx

The South Portland City Council voted to accept a donation of $10,000 and approx

The South Portland City Council voted to repave the Country Gardens neighborhood

The South Portland City Council voted to repave the Country Gardens neighborhood

The South Portland City Council will hold its first public meeting on the 1993-9

The South Portland City Council will hold its first public meeting on the 1993-9

The South Portland City Council will on Monday decide the fate of the dam in Cla

The South Portland City Council will on Monday decide the fate of the dam in Cla

The South Portland City Council yesterday tentatively approved adding $450,000 t

The South Portland City Council yesterday tentatively approved adding $450,000 t

The South Portland High School marching band has grown from 18 playing members f

The South Portland High School marching band has grown from 18 playing members f

The South Portland High School marching band outperformed second-place Westbrook

The South Portland High School marching band outperformed second-place Westbrook

The South Portland Planning Board gave final approval for a sixth anchor store a

The South Portland Planning Board gave final approval for a sixth anchor store a

The South Portland Police Department has issued the first edition of its Collect

The South Portland Police Department has issued the first edition of its Collect

The South Portland police department in September will start giving schoolchildr

The South Portland police department in September will start giving schoolchildr

The South Portland Police Department instituted a new policy Tuesday which limit

The South Portland Police Department instituted a new policy Tuesday which limit

The South Portland Police Department, which last week said it had no written pol

The South Portland Police Department, which last week said it had no written pol

The South Portland Republican city committee elected officers this week but the

The South Portland Republican city committee elected officers this week but the

The Special Commission to Review the Electoral Process, which is studying Maine'

The Special Commission to Review the Electoral Process, which is studying Maine'

The Sporting News has ranked the University of Maine at Orono's hockey team the

The Sporting News has ranked the University of Maine at Orono's hockey team the

The Sprague Corporation of Cape Elizabeth will operate the state's popular park

The Sprague Corporation of Cape Elizabeth will operate the state's popular park

The Springdale Farm Tack Shop is marketing a line of blaze-orange nylon vests fo

The Springdale Farm Tack Shop is marketing a line of blaze-orange nylon vests fo

The Standish Building Committee has recommended an expansion of the current Town

The Standish Building Committee has recommended an expansion of the current Town

The Standish home of Alfred McIntosh Sr., 40, was well known for being the site

The Standish home of Alfred McIntosh Sr., 40, was well known for being the site

The Standish Town Council voted 5-2 in favor of a non-binding agreement in princ

The Standish Town Council voted 5-2 in favor of a non-binding agreement in princ

The Standish Town Council voted 7-0 against razing the 170-year-old Federal-styl

The Standish Town Council voted 7-0 against razing the 170-year-old Federal-styl

The state Advisory Commission on Radioactive Waste will respond to a recent fede

The state Advisory Commission on Radioactive Waste will respond to a recent fede

The state-appointed Year Round Education task force will spend the next year stu

The state-appointed Year Round Education task force will spend the next year stu

The state Attorney General's Office has announced that it will not pursue crimin

The state Attorney General's Office has announced that it will not pursue crimin

The state Attorney General's Office has filed a civil rights complaint against f

The state Attorney General's Office has filed a civil rights complaint against f

The state Attorney General's Office has filed a civil rights suit against Thomas

The state Attorney General's Office has filed a civil rights suit against Thomas

The state attorney general's office received a restraining order barring several

The state attorney general's office received a restraining order barring several

The state Attorney General's Office will not seek a murder conviction against 10

The state Attorney General's Office will not seek a murder conviction against 10

The state Board of Arbitration and Conciliation this week ordered that former Yo

The state Board of Arbitration and Conciliation this week ordered that former Yo

The state Board of Environmental Protection adopted California's tough standards

The state Board of Environmental Protection adopted California's tough standards

The state Board of Property Tax Review last week decided that the city of Bath h

The state Board of Property Tax Review last week decided that the city of Bath h