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

Rosalba and John Votto of Gardiner have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Ban

Rosemary A. Reid, who had announced that she did not intend to seek reelection t

Rosemary Baldacci, 33, campaign manager for and sister to 2nd District Democrati

Rosters of the Maine State Telegram all-state track, baseball, softball and lacr

Roy Banks, 52, of Scarborough, parked his red van in the Scarborough Town Hall p

Roy Banks, 52, of Scarborough, yesterday paid $100 for one of three commercial c

Russell Turner, former manager of the State Theater and the man responsible for

Russell Turner, manager of the recently renovated State Theater, has resigned hi

Russell W Spinney, Maine's deputy transportation commissioner, last week said t

Ryan McCalmon, a Cheverus High School senior from Portland, last night ran 4 min

Ryan McCalmon of Cheverus has qualified to compete in the James "Jumbo" Elliott

Ryan McCalmon of Cheverus, Jody Lake of Livermore Falls and Molly Dinan of Greel

Ryan Werner of Scarborough, representing Liberty University of Lynchburg, Va., s

Saco Defense Inc., claiming that its 1992 property tax bill was $250,000 too hig

Saco Defense Inc has landed a contract with Weatherby Inc of California, a dis

Saco Defense Inc., with 420 employees at its Saco plant, produces Mk-19 grenade

Saco Mayor Mark Johnston yesterday said that the town of Old Orchard Beach faile

SafeCard Services Inc. of Wyoming has completed its purchase of Wright Express I

SafeCard Services Inc. of Wyoming will purchase Wright Express of South Portland

Sagadahoc County Superior Court justice Leigh Saufley has issued a written decis

Sam Moore, the son of Eileen Corrigan and Frederick Moore of Gorham, was born Ja

Sandra Gessner, 26, of Lewiston, has filed suit against rapper Marky Mark and th

Sandra Heroux of South Berwick was diagnosed with severe hypertension 13 years a

Sandra Valliere of Biddeford and Patricia Peterson of Windham have filed a class

Sandworms are apparently in decline along the Maine coast, and, partly because o

San Francisco Pirates pitcher Billy Swift, of South Portland, was inducted into

Sarah Billmeier, 16, of Yarmouth, yesterday won the super-G event at the Paralym

Sarah Nickerson, 25, of Portland was fatally struck by a piece of falling ice wh

Savan Man, 64, a Buddhist monk, arrived in Maine on August 14, and his presence

Scarborough Downs owner Joseph Ricci yesterday apologized for an obscentiy-laden

Scarborough Downs will probably not host any outdoor concerts this year, since t

Scarborough five years ago became the first school district in Maine to hire an

Scarborough High School's championship Academic Decathlon team is spending eveni

Scarborough High School's girls outdoor track team won its first state Class B t

Scarborough is becoming a suburban banking center. Four financial insitutions ha

Scarborough school officials have expressed interest in the possiblity of air co

Scarborough's new comprehensive plan, a 271-page document prepared with the assi

School officials in Lake Region are dealing with substance abuse involving caffe

School officials in Windham are hoping a $1 million investment in computer techn

School officials in Yarmouth hope to make today as normal as possible, following

School spending was the big question in Tuesday's election in Yarmouth and voter

School unions have been in Maine since the early 1900s, and today 126 municipali

Scientific Certification Systems, a private company that assesses forest conserv

Scientists at the University of Maine in Orono have devised a computer program t

Scientists say stocks of Atlantic herring off the Northeast are at their highest

Scott Baumann, a spokesman for CarTest, said between 700 and 800 vehicles would

Scott Berube, 25, of Sanford, was yesterday sentenced in York County Superior Co

Scott Paper Co. Chairman Alfred J. Dunlap yesterday said that several domestic a

Scott Paper Co. is having workers at the S. D. Warren mill in Westbrook clean an

Scott Paper Co. on Tuesday confirmed that it wants to sell its S. D. Warren divi

Scott Paper Co. yesterday announced plans to reduce the work force at its Winslo

Scott Prewara, 19, accused of raping a 6-month-old girl in Portland on September

Scott Prewara, 20, of Portland, pleaded guilty 11 days ago to two counts of gros

Scott Richardson opened the first Gina's Pizza in the Windham Mall in the mid 19

Scott Whitlark of Kennebunk has fished nearly every day this fishing season and

S. D. Warren Co. is completing the transfer of its sheeting operation to a new f

S D Warren Co on Friday asked the Skowhegan Board of Assessors for a tax abat

S. D. Warren Co. said yesterday that it is close to an agreement with a buyer in

S D Warren will decrease its workforce by 243 employees when it shuts two of i

Sean M. Garrow, 12, of Toronto, Canada, suffocated on Saturday when a hole he wa

Sebago Lake, the state's most developed lake and its second largest, is the econ

Second in a four-part series on managing medicine. Martin's Point Health Care C

Second in a four-part series on the U.S. Senate race. U.S. represenative Thomas

Second in a four-part series profiling Maine's gubernatorial candidates. Republi

Second in a four-week series on Maine's forests and forest products. Forests co

Second in an occasional series on Bowdoin College during its bicentennial year.

Second in a series entitled "Empty Nets, Sinking Hopes," an examination of the f

Second in a series of eight articles on the Republican gubernatorial candidates.

Second installment of a series on education; part of the Reader Roundtable progr

Second in the series on "Reader Roundtables: The Voter's Forum," a statewide dis

Secretary of State G. William Diamond says his office is mounting a campaign cal

Security officers of the University of Southern Maine yesterday apprehended a ma

Seebren Patrick Reeves 33, of West Baldwin fell to his death in Lyman yesterday

Seeking to invalidate strict new laws governing the taking of groundfish, the Ma

Senate Minority Leader Pamela Cahill of Woolwich, a candidate for the Republican

Senator George Mitchell was among 24 people inducted into the Waterville Area Bo

Senators William S. Cohen and George Mitchell announced yesterday that Saco Defe

Sen. George J. Mitchell is opposed to a proposal that would delay the closing of

Sergei Krushchev, the only son of former Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev, last ni

Seven of the eight Republican gubernatorial candidates gathered for a breakfast

Seventy miles offshore, a large underwater peak provides shelter for large, pred

Several analysts estimated yesterday that 30 percent of the people who will vote

Sewer district trustees in Scarborough are allowing Rocco Risbara III, president

S.F. Catalog Corp. of Portland, founded by Bill Nolan and sisters Jennifer and A

Sgt. Jennifer Mills of the state fire marshall's office yesterday said that the

Shanna Papworth, 15, died last night in Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston

Shannon Verrill, 16, of Windham, is a typical high school junior, except for the

Sharon P. Robinson, assistant secretary for educational research and improvement

Shawnee Peak Ski Area in Bridgton, Maine's third-largest ski area with 198 acres

Shawn Mabry, 26, was 16 when he and two companions threw Charlie Howard, 23, of

Shawn Maguire, 29, a Damariscotta native and an assistant baseball coach at Pomo

Shawn T. Hallisey, 29, of Machiasport, one of seven Democratic candidates for th

Shaw's Supermarket announced yesterday that it will not carry the Flavr Savr tom

Shaw's Supermarkets of Massachusetts this month began offering merchandise certi

Sheila Epley Mahone, 28, a reserve police officer in Yarmouth, has filed suit ag

Shelter Institute Inc of Bath, a for-profit school that teaches people to build

Sherrie Cotton, 20, of Auburn, yesterday went on trial in Androscoggin County Su

Sherrie Cotton, 20, sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter and aggra

Sherri Lee Johnson, 15, of Old Orchard Beach, charged in the stabbing death of h

Sheryl Dominic, a chemistry teacher at Deering High School, has won one of 12 Pr