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

Portland police chief Michael Chitwood yesterday said that his department will r

Portland police chief Michael Chitwood yesterday said that officers James Sweatt

Portland police chief Michael J. Chitwoood has written to Joseph E. Brennan and

Portland police have arrested and charged Ernest Boles, 19, and Peter Hamlin, 24

Portland police have asked state Assistant Attorney General John Edwards to inve

Portland police have begun an investigation of Paula Paulette, former owner of P

Portland police have charged Elwin L. "Al" Martin, 62, a Portland locksmith and

Portland police have increased night patrols in Sagamore Village following Sunda

Portland police, in an attempt to crack down on the heroin market on Munjoy Hill

Portland police in May charged two topless dancers at Mark's Showplace with viol

Portland Police Lt. Richard Rizzo yesterday said that 2-year-old Sarina Towle wa

Portland police on January 26 exhumed the body of 78-year-old Sylvia Crozier fro

Portland police, responding to numerous 911 calls about individuals with guns, s

Portland police were called to Bubba's Sulky Lounge on Portland Street 101 times

Portland police yesterday arrested a 17-year-old from South Portland on charges

Portland police yesterday arrested a 17-year-old juvenile and in the Old Port an

Portland police yesterday arrested Austin Sutherland, 26, and Stephen Dagley Jr.

Portland police yesterday arrested Michael Blanchard, 33, who on Friday was char

Portland police yesterday arrested Steven St. Peter, 23, Derrick Russo, 21, and

Portland police yesterday evacuated and boarded shut an apartment house at 269-2

Portland public works crews on Thursday erected new, personalized signs marking

Portland radio station WMGX-FM this week netted $32,785 in pledges from listener

Portland received 9.1 inches of snow by 9 P.M. Tuesday. The storm delivered sno

Portland residents will face some tough choices when they go to the polls on Jun

Portland's 19-member Housing/Zoning Committee yesterday proposed the establishme

Portland school officials are proposing to close Lincoln Middle School for as lo

Portland schools Superintendent Thomas Edwards on yesterday announced that he wo

Portland schools Superintendent Thomas Edwards said he will ask the Portland Sch

Portland school superintendent Thomas K. Edwards yesterday chided police chief M

Portland's city planners point to Forest Avenue and its dense mass of signs to m

Portland's Clark Memorial Methodist Church at Pleasant and Forest Avenues will b

Portland's high temperature of 4 degrees yesterday was the coldest high temperat

Portland's Historic Preservation Commission yesterday gave its approval to the o

Portland's Sacred Heart Church, which was built in 1907 and once had two thousan

Portland Stage Company will hold its fifth Little Festival of the Unexpected thi

Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council has postponed a panel discussion on

Portland yesterday honored its city firefighters and civilians with a ceremony a

Portland yesterday received more than three inches of rain, prompting flood warn

Potato growers in northern Maine are dealing with late blight, an airborne fungu

Pratt & Whitney yesterday announced that it will lay off 106 employees later thi

Pratt & Whitney yesterday said it plans to close the general machining departmen

Preliminary figures released yesterday by the state Department of Public Safety

President Clinton and dozens of lawmakers yesterday celebrated U.S. Senate Major

President Clinton declared a state of emergency Friday for Aroostok County. The

President Clinton in March proposed that banks be allowed to make loans based on

President Clinton is expected to attend fund-raisers in Portland on July 18 to h

President Clinton is to arrive in Portland tomorrow at 6 P.M. to attend two fund

President Clinton might be planning a Labor Day visit to Maine, where he would s

President Clinton yesterday delivered a 22-minute speech to a crowd of around 30

President Clinton yesterday visited Bath Iron Works, and told a crowd of more th

President Frederick E. Hutchinson of University of Maine at Orono yesterday outl

Preview of "Anchor of the Soul," a documentary film by Karine Odlin and Shoshana

Preview of a performance by the SonLight Dance Company at Portland's Mennonite C

Preview of "Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection," cur

Preview of Showhouse '94 in the Woodlands, the seventh showhouse staged as a fun

Preview of the 8th Annual Writers Festival at the University of Southern Maine,

Preview of the Maine State Ballet production of "Sleeping Beauty," its biggest p

Preview of the Portland Symphony Youth Ensemble's 50th Anniversary Concert.

Preview of tonight's Deering Oaks Family Festival track meet, which features inv

Preview of tonight's James "Jumbo" Elliott Mile, part of the Millrose Games at N

Previews of "Claire Van Vliet: A Celebration of Paper," currently showing at the

Prices on corrugated cardboard have increased from $15 per ton in December to $1

Primary results by municipality for the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial

Prime Tanning Co. Inc. of Berwick announced yesterday that it plans to build an

Producers of the movie "The Best of the Best," an action/adventure film, are loo

Profile of Albert J. Dunlap, 55, who last month became chairman and chief execut

Profile of Amy Sturgeon, one of only two women working for the U.S. Marshal's Se

Profile of and interview with Paul R. McConnell, 49, of Marblehead, Mass., presi

Profile of and interview with Terry Rankine, 67, of South Thomaston, an architec

Profile of Andrea Bither, 20, of East Boothbay, a freshman at Middlebury College

Profile of Andrea Little, a senior at York High School and forward on the school

Profile of Andrew Brunette, 20, a left wing with the Portland Pirates hockey tea

Profile of Andy Estabrook, a senior at Yarmouth High School, who has 44 stikeout

Profile of Anna Chai, 17, of Augusta, a senior at Cony High School, who hasn't l

Profile of Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon of Lincoln, who was posthumously awarded

Profile of Barry Clukey, who set a national scoring record while playing hockey

Profile of Bath native Dale Plummer, a right-handed pitcher with Norfolk, Va, t

Profile of Benjamin Bates, 17, of Scarborough, who along with Scarbrough High cl

Profile of Berton N. Cleaves, 51, of Falmouth, who has bagged six deer in six ye

Profile of Beth Henderson, the new principal of Yarmouth High School. Henderson

Profile of Beth Mailman, a diver for Westbrook High School, who won three straig

Profile of Billy Brackett, an Auburn resident who recently graduated from the Ba

Profile of Bruce Boutilier, 29, of Lewiston, who is entered in the Toughman comp

Profile of Bruce Buchanan, 46, of Buxton, a welder by trade, who converts the ca

Profile of Bryan Hill, a freshman at the University of New England in Biddeford

Profile of Carlton Mendell, 72, of Portland, who today will run his 100th marath

Profile of Carol Noonan, 35, of Brownfield, former lead singer of the Portland a

Profile of Carter White, 18, of Cumberland, one of Maine's most accomplished you

Profile of Casey Borque, a senior at Biddeford High School and the top golfer on

Profile of Charles Rotmil, a Holocaust survivor who spent his childhood in hidin

Profile of Chosen Land at Sabbathday Lake, the only remaining Shaker community l

Profile of Christopher Zimmerman, 36, a native of England, who is succeeding the

Profile of Clyde Sukeforth, 92, of Waldoboro, the baseball scout who in 1945 bro

Profile of Courtney Cannan, 17, a senior forward on the Thornton Academy girls s

Profile of Cummings Auto and Tire in Harrison, operated by Nelson Cumming, 49, a

Profile of Daniel Gaiser, 48, of Durham, whose 17 notebooks chronicling 16 years

Profile of Daniel Merriam, 31, of Boothbay Harbor, a York native and watercolori

Profile of Dan Reardon, 47, of South Portland, the president of G. H. Bass' reta

Profile of David Izenstatt, 39, of Portland, owner of Izzy's Cheesecake. Izensta

Profile of David Mumma, president of Ansati Corp of Portland, a company that co