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

Obituary of Thomas Peter Dowling, 38, of Portland, who in 1984 helped start Reso

Obituary of Vivien A Pitman, 81, formerly of Saco, who once owned Manden Nursin

Obituary of William F Lawrence, 84, of Gorham, a former president of Nasson Col

Obituary of William M. Burnell, 101, of Standish, who served with the U.S. Army

Obituary of William M. Carew, Jr., 67, of Casco, a retired vice president of Peo

Office space in Greater Portland is quickly becoming a sellers' market. A Boulo

Officials are urging Maine homeowners to have their well water tested because of

Officials at the new Cumberland County Jail on Monday were informed by an inmate

Officials from Buxton and the state are working with the Saco-Biddeford Savings

Officials from LaPlata, Argentina, a city of 545,000 near Buenos Aires, yesterda

Officials in Cape Elizabeth are proposing a Community Wide Substance Abuse Polic

Officials in Gorham are advising all residents with wells to test for the presen

Officials of Jay, Norway, Old Orchard Beach and Westbrook yesterday announced th

Officials of the Can Am Crown sled dog race declared Andre Nadeau of Quebec the

Officials of the Maine Department of Transportation yesterday held a meeting at

Officials of the Maine Marine Trade Association, an organization of about 220 ma

Officials of the McKernan administration yesterday raised -- estimates of next yea

Officials with the Maine Attorney General's Office and the Maine Secretary of St

Officials with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Portland and South Port

Officials with the Maine Lobstermen's Association are looking for lobstermen fro

Of the five New England states with auto-emissions testing programs, Maine's is

Ohio jurors yesterday completed four days of deliberations in a lawsuit filed ag

Old Orchard Beach in 1986 decided to invest $3.4 million in beautifying the down

Old Orchard Beach Town Manager James Bennett denies that he is orchestrating an

Old Orchard Beach Town Manager James Bennett yesterday told an audience at Town

Old Orchard Beach town officials on Tuesday will ask the town council to authori

Old Orchard merchants are planning an advertising campaign for next year that wi

Old Town's French Island, an enclave of Franco-Americans separated from the domi

Once a month, Franco-Americans and other Francophone Catholics gather at the Mar

One City Center, the 202,700-square-foot downtown office building that has suffe

One in an occasional series of articles on "The Science of Maine Life." Black

One of an occasional series features on "The Science of Maine Life." This is th

One of an occasional series of articles on "The Science of Maine Life." Sand d

One of an occasional series on a sophomore English class at South Portland High

One of a series of articles on southern Maine's high school class of 1994. This

One of a series of articles on southern Maine's high school class of 1994. This

One of a series of articles on southern Maine's high school class of 1994. This

One of a series of articles on southern Maine's high school class of 1994. This

One of a series of articles profiling the candidates running for the Republican

One of eight articles profiling the Republican gubernatorial candidates. Charles

One year after the murder of 73-year-old Maxine Bitomski in her Kittery home, po

One year ago, the Maine Department of Transportation adopted a policy known as p

On July 11, 1944, a U.S. Army A26-B Invader bomber piloted by South Portland nat

Only a few dozen motorists have taken their vehicles to the CarTest stations eac

On March 12, Dianna Martin and her daughter Hilary Whitmore, 10, of Raymond plan

On October 12, 1993, Doug Rose, 20, a student at the College of the Atlantic in

On September 2, 624 students and 66 staff members moved into the former National

On the evening of August 2, the Portland Sea Dogs played a game with the New Hav

On Thursday, the National Science Foundation announced that President Clinton wi

On Tuesday, Falmouth voters will elect three School Board members from a field

On Tuesday Yarmouth voters will have a field of eight candidates from which to f

On Wednesday, Pope John Paul officially sanctioned the right of girls to be alta

On Wednesday, Raymond Glidden, 31, of Lagrange, shot and killed his 7-year-old s

Orlando E. Delogu, 57, a law professor who finished third in a five-way race for

Other than feeling a need to be present at the arson-murder trial of Virgil Smit

Outside experts have critiqued the University of Maine at Orono's system for fol

Over the next two weeks, Pentagon officials will consider cuts in 11 large weapo

Over the past two years, U.S. Senator George Mitchell met with Pentagon official

Oxford Homes Inc. has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that includes an in

Oxford Homes, which filed for bankruptcy last week, has shut down production bec

Oxford Homes yesterday filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, just six months afte

Oxford Homes yesterday received court approval of a settlement it reached with R

Packard's Camps on Sebec Lake in Willimantic are believed to be the oldest sport

Paid advertisement containing a statement to the Greater Portland community from

Pamela Ames, an assistant attorney general, who plans to challenge David Crook,

Pamela J. Elliott, 31, pleaded guilty yesterday shortly after the State rested i

Paper companies have bid up the cost of hardwood timber, leading to the first pr

Paramount Pictures and Turner Pictures Worldwide are financing the making of the

Park Manufacturing Inc., the owner of Burlington Homes of Maine, said the compan

Partners for Progress, the coalition of businesses that wants to see an aquarium

Part of a series on Susanne MacArthur's honors English class at South Portland H

Part of a series profiling legislative and county candidates involved in contest

Patricia Bayley, 64, of South Portland, on Tuesday returned to Maine after servi

Patricia Goguen, 34, of Belfast, died yesterday morning at a local hospital from

Patricia Johnson of Richmond on Tuesday was bitten by a rabid fox, and state hea

Patrick Coombs, 22, of Portland, yesterday pleaded guilty to murder for the Augu

Patrick Cyr, 20, of Saco, yesterday rescued neighbors Mark Hoglund Jr., 3, and h

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, a victim of a rare form of leukemia, has taken a

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, has had an enormous impact on the National Marro

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, in Boston Children's Hospital after undergoing a

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, in Boston Children's Hospital being treated for

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, on Wednesday died in the transplant ward of Bost

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, who 35 days ago underwent a bone marrow transpla

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, who has been at Boston Children's Hospital for n

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, who suffers from acute myelofibrosis, a rare for

Patrick McDonough, 2, of Wells, who suffers from a rare form of leukemia, is sch

Patrick McDonough, the 2-year-old Wells boy being treated for leukemia in a Bost

Patrick McDonough, the 2-year-old Wells boy who had a bone-marrow transplant to

Patrick Robbins, 24, was beaten up in Portland Thursday after he yelled at two t

Patrick Sullivan, 33, the cross country coach at Bangor High School, on Sunday l

Paula Craighead, a member of the Portland School Committee, has won the Democrat

Paul and Caroline Cyr of Falmouth, owners of Hair Designers III at 400 Western A

Paula Paulette Contemporary art gallery in Portland is closing only four months

Paul Bonin, 18, of Litchfield, yesterday entered no plea in Augusta District Cou

Paul Butler, 27, of Portland, yesterday reported that his vehicle was the target

Paul F Peterson, executive vice president and acting chief of Pepperell Trust C

Paul French, lead guitarist for the Portland-based rock group The Whigs, wears s

Paul K. Petzoldt, 86, of Raymond, has abandoned his attempt to scale the 14,000-

Paul R. McConnell, 49, has been named president and chief executive officer of F

Paul Roberts, 47, shot and killed his wife, Linda, 42, and then set his house on