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 state Board of Property Tax Review this week heard arguments from Bath City

The state Board of Property Tax Review will now consider the evidence in the tax

The state Board of Property Tax Review yesterday ruled that Bath Iron Work's lan

The state budget approved by the Legislature yesterday will, if signed by Gov. M

The state budget approved by the Legislature yesterday will, if signed by Gov. M

The state Bureau of Employment Security has ruled that Leon Planche, fired from

The state Bureau of Employment Security has ruled that Leon Planche, fired from

The state Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices recommended t

The state Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices recommended t

The state Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices refused to la

The state Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices refused to la

The state crime lab in Augusta has won notice in the law enforcement profession

The state crime lab in Augusta has won notice in the law enforcement profession

The state Department of Education must cut $3.8 million to achieve a mandated 5

The state Department of Education must cut $3.8 million to achieve a mandated 5

The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a notice of violatio

The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a notice of violatio

The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a 21-day shutdown o

The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a 21-day shutdown o

The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Glowood Farms of Ya

The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Glowood Farms of Ya

The state Department of Environmental Protection has signaled its support for th

The state Department of Environmental Protection has signaled its support for th

The state Department of Environmental Protection has turned up traces of dichlor

The state Department of Environmental Protection has turned up traces of dichlor

The state Department of Environmental Protection is requiring all Maine municipa

The state Department of Environmental Protection is requiring all Maine municipa

The state Department of Human Services has filed suit against E. McCarthy and Gr

The state Department of Marine Resources has banned the gathering of mussels, wh

The state Department of Marine Resources has banned the gathering of mussels, wh

The state elections commission yesterday reaffirmed the November elections of Re

The state elections commission yesterday reaffirmed the November elections of Re

The state ethics commission has been asked to conduct an indepe dent investigati

The state General Services Bureau has agreed to hold up a contract awarded to Sy

The state General Services Bureau has agreed to hold up a contract awarded to Sy

The state has asked hospitals to provide treatment once offered at the Augusta M

The state has asked hospitals to provide treatment once offered at the Augusta M

The state has filed a civil rights lawsuit against four youths who are members o

The state has filed a civil rights lawsuit against four youths who are members o

The state has reached an agreement with Greene Acres Manor in Greene under which

The state has withdrawn its offer to sell a 40-acre parcel of land to Portland f

The state has withdrawn its offer to sell a 40-acre parcel of land to Portland f

The state Highway Safety Bureau said 214 lives were lost on Maine highways in 19

The state Highway Safety Bureau said 214 lives were lost on Maine highways in 19

The state is asking Kennebec County to pay the $18,650 in overtime racked up by

The state is asking Kennebec County to pay the $18,650 in overtime racked up by

The state Land Use Regulation Commission has granted water-quality certification

The state Land Use Regulation Commission has granted water-quality certification

The state Legislature will consider a bill during the next legislative session t

The state of Maine owes New England Telephone an estimated $4 million unpaid pho

The state of Maine owes New England Telephone an estimated $4 million unpaid pho

The State of Maine Victory Platoon was created on June 30, 1943, when 107 17-yea

The State of Maine Victory Platoon was created on June 30, 1943, when 107 17-yea

The state plans to spend $50,000 to promote Total Quality Mangement, a managemen

The state plans to spend $50,000 to promote Total Quality Mangement, a managemen

The state property tax circuitbreaker program, which provides partial refunds to

The state Public Utilities Commission on Monday indicated that it will give Cent

The state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is being urged by its own staff to

The state recently discovered violations at many of the community-care homes ope

The state recently discovered violations at many of the community-care homes ope

The state's Advisory Commission on Radioactive Waste yesterday voted to protest

The state's Advisory Commission on Radioactive Waste yesterday voted to protest

The state's official portrait of Joshua Chamberlain, four-time governor of Maine

The state's official portrait of Joshua Chamberlain, four-time governor of Maine

The state's plan to continue privatizing liquor stores is in jeopardy because of

The state's plan to continue privatizing liquor stores is in jeopardy because of

The state superintendent of insurance has approved several programs which will o

The state superintendent of insurance has approved several programs which will o

The state Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of Alfred Thibeault of Dixf

The state Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of Alfred Thibeault of Dixf

The state won't file criminal negligence charges against the owner of a building

The state won't file criminal negligence charges against the owner of a building

The state Workers' Compensation Board, created last year by the Legislature as p

The Stella Ann, a lobster boat owned by Bennie Beal, was the clear winner of the

The Stella Ann, a lobster boat owned by Bennie Beal, was the clear winner of the

The suicide of 14-year-old James Pickard and the ensuing comments of Penobscot C

The Sunday River Silver Bullet Ski Express on Monday made its inaugural run from

The Sunday River Ski Express will offer free train tickets on Monday, Thursday a

The Sunset Park Community Club, an organization of homeowners in South Portland'

The Sunset Park Community Club, an organization of homeowners in South Portland'

The team of Brian W. Walls, 18, of South Portland, and Andrew McGarey, 18, of Go

The team of Brian W. Walls, 18, of South Portland, and Andrew McGarey, 18, of Go

The team of hearing examiners which advises the Maine Public Utilities Commissio

The temperature in Portland hit a record 93 degrees on Wednesday as the state wa

The temperature in Portland hit a record 93 degrees on Wednesday as the state wa

The Texas Senate approved an agreement to accept radioactive waste from Maine an

The Texas Senate approved an agreement to accept radioactive waste from Maine an

The Texas state Legislature is considering a bill that would allow states such a

The Texas state Legislature is considering a bill that would allow states such a

The Tompson Tavern in Standish, home to the Standish Telephone Co. headquarters,

The Tompson Tavern in Standish, home to the Standish Telephone Co. headquarters,

The town of Brunswick is installing a mixed-fuel boiler as one of two systems at

The town of Brunswick is installing a mixed-fuel boiler as one of two systems at

The town of Cape Elizabeth has agreed to pay $5,000 to William Blige, who accuse

The town of Cape Elizabeth has agreed to pay $5,000 to William Blige, who accuse

The town of Cumberland's Conservation Commission has issued its inventory of coa

The town of Cumberland's Conservation Commission has issued its inventory of coa

The town of Cumberland will soon have its first-ever traffic light, to be situat

The town of Cumberland will soon have its first-ever traffic light, to be situat

The town of Freeport has received the approval of the federal Economic Developme