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

Maine merchants near the Canadian border say an increase in the amount of duty-f

"Maine Milestones" piece about Heather Chenard Richards, 24, who was a batboy fo

"Maine Milestones" piece on Anne Marie Largay, a 1987 graduate of Morse High Sch

"Maine Milestones" piece on basketball player Joe Harrington, 48, a two-time hig

"Maine Milestones" piece on Bob Eon of Goodwin Mills, who was a two-time state w

"Maine Milestones" piece on Bob Warner, 40, of Marblehead, Mass., a standout bas

"Maine Milestones" piece on Carroll M. Rines, 78, a baseball umpire for 44 years

"Maine Milestones" piece on Dan Dearing, 33, of Lisbon Falls, the Maine Track Cl

"Maine Milestones" piece on Dave Lane, 43, of Levant, an all-state quarterback f

"Maine Milestones" piece on Dick Scott, 32, a 1981 graduate of Ellsworth High Sc

"Maine Milestones" piece on Eugene A. Hunter, the only high school basketball co

"Maine Milestones" piece on George "Piano Legs" Gore, who led the National Leagu

"Maine Milestones" piece on Jack Leggett, 40, a former University of Maine at Or

"Maine Milestones" piece on Jim Boylen, 29, a former University of Maine at Oron

"Maine Milestones" piece on John McKeown, 29, of Old Orchard Beach, who played f

"Maine Milestones" piece on Jon Plowman, 46, a Westbrook High track standout in

"Maine Milestones" piece on Lindsay Whipple, 26, who sells disability insurance

"Maine Milestones" piece on Margaret and Clifford Smith, who, for five months in

"Maine Milestones" piece on Marjorie Haney, 26, who was captain of the 1986 stat

"Maine Milestones" piece on Patrick Moody, 29, who in 1989 helped the University

"Maine Milestones" piece on Phil Perrino, 68, who retired in 1989 after 31 years

"Maine Milestones" piece on Rich LaBonte, 31, of Scarborough, who, in 1982, led

"Maine Milestones" piece on Roy Smith, 32, of New Rochelle, N.Y., who pitched fo

"Maine Milestones" piece on Susannah Beck, who in 1985 won the Class B girls cro

"Maine Milestones" piece on Ted Lowry, 74, who started his professional boxing c

"Maine Milestones" piece on Thad Hornton, 71, of Portland, a substitute teacher

"Maine Milestones" piece on Traci Nelson, a guard on the University of Southern

"Maine Milestones" profiles Ken Joyce, a former baseball star at Deering High Sc

"Maine Milsestones" piece on Dave Nelson, who developed the wing-T formation whi

"Maine Milstones" profile of former University of Maine quarterback Bob Wilder.

Maine next month will institute the CarTest auto emissions program, which will r

Maine officials plan to ask the federal government for $3.5 million of an emerge

Maine political observers say the state's four-way race for governor might be na

Maine potato farmers in the last few weeks have plowed under an estimated 400 to

Maine Public Television Plus was launched two years ago with federal dollars, an

Maine Republicans, a minority in the state Senate since 1982, are making a conce

Maine revenue officials have been staking out the New Hampshire state liquor sto

Mainers Cynthia Krauss and Glenice Hutchins both watched their mothers die at a

Maine's 1992 birth rate decreased to 44 births per day, from 45.9 births per day

Maine's Atlantic puffin population was nearly wiped out by hunters in the 19th-c

Maine's Cambodian Buddist's began their New Year's observance last night and wil

Maine's Catholic diocese has filed an amicus curiae brief with the Maine Supreme

Maine school systems pay $89 million a year in insurance premiums to the Maine E

Maine's commercial fish harvest for 1993 was 252,700,000 pounds, the biggest cat

Maine's congressional delegation has asked President Clinton to help New England

Maine's congressional delegation has asked the National Marine Fisheries Service

Maine Secretary of State G William Diamond and state Senator Bonnie L Titcomb,

Maine Secretary of State G William Diamond yesterday announced that he has cert

Maine Secretary of State G. William Diamond yesterday announced that his office

Maine Secretary of State G. William Diamond yesterday approved the wording of a

Maine Secretary of State G. William Diamond yesterday picked the name of Shirlee

Maine's employment picture has changed little since the depths of the recession,

Maine Senate President and First District congressional candidate Dennis Dutremb

Maine's four gubernatorial candidates all listed job creation as the top issue f

Maine's four gubernatorial candidates yesterday addressed a sparsely attended fo

Maine's game wardens have found dozens of dead deer this month, and say that the

Maine's lobster catch has exceeded 30 million pounds twice during the last three

Maine's metal industry accounts for around 30 percent of the state's manufacturi

Maine's Methodists this week denounced the proposed casino gambling bill before

Maine's new automobile emmissions testing program begins in July, at which time

Maine's next governor will be saddled with an extra $90 million in bills, needed

Maine's Roman Catholic diocese has filed suit in Cumberland County Superior Cour

Maine's ski areas, which combined spend nearly $2 million on electricity to powe

Maine State Police are experimenting with the use of spiked rubber mats as a way

Maine State Police during the first week of a crackdown on commercial trucking v

Maine State Police Trooper Charles Black, the first state trooper to die by gunf

Maine State Police Trooper Craig Poulin yesterday found a 47-year-old Augusta Me

Maine State Police yesterday narrowly missed arresting Lance Jones, 25, of Yarmo

Maine State Police yesterday said that Bill Crocker, 40, of Hartford, Conn., had

Maine state policy in the 1980s emphasized alternative energy power plants, resu

Maine State Prison officials on Wednesday foiled a bomb plot at the Thomaston fa

Maine's telecommunications system, with more than 50,000 miles of fiber-optic ca

Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Daniel E Wathen yesterday told legis

Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Daniel Wathen yesterday said the $30

Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice Howard Dana has ruled that Andrews B. Campb

Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice Howard Dana on Tuesday will consider the ca

Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice Howard Dana replaced law clerk Harvey Prage

Maine's wholesale sector during the last five years has lost around 3,000 jobs,

Maine today begins its controversial CarTest program, a sophisticated emissions

Maine Transportation Commissioner Dana Connors yesterday said the state expects

Maine Turnpike Executive Director Paul Violette yesterday announced his office i

Maine, unlike most states, has no statewide zoning regulations to enforce the cl

Maine Vocals, the group advocating for the legalization of marijuana, grossed $8

"Maine Voices" piece by Carolyn Cosby of Portland, head of Concerned Maine Famil

"Maine Voices" piece by C. Edwin Meadows Jr., commissioner of the Maine Departme

"Maine Voices" piece by Diana Dunn and John Wirtz, residents of Portland's Munjo

"Maine Voices" piece by J.P. Simonds of Saco, Maine chairman of the Congressiona

Maine voters in 1974 gave 39 percent of the vote to James Longley, an independen

Maine voters in 1987 approved a $35 million bond issue to buy conservation land,

Maine voters on November 8 will decide whether to approve a measure that would p

Maine voters on Tuesday will consider the largest primary field in 20 years, and

Maine, which trails other states in economic growth, might be more adversly affe

Maine will receive $81 million in emergency home-heating funds intended to help

"Making the Grade," a book written by Gov. John McKernan scheduled to reach stor

Malcolm Sibulkin, 65, of Phillips, a philanthropist and head of Lauri Inc of Av

M Anne Szostak, president of Fleet Bank of Maine, last night confirmed that she

Many companies have instituted polices under which they give out very little ref

Many lakeside camps in southern Maine that used to be one-room shacks without el

Many Maine motorists have been left angry and confused by a letter mailed by the

Many of the most promising careers in Maine are in medicine, with the Maine Stat