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

Shirley P. Grover, 46, superintendent of Scarborough schools for nine years, yes

Since 1980, when interstate banking became legal in Maine, Key Bank, Peoples Her

Since 1982, the S. D. Warren mill in Westbrook has made substantial profits sell

Since 1984 Hannaford Bros of Scarborough has taken advantage of a little-known

Since early August, Maine state police have issued 1,200 summonses to truck driv

Since last summer, a group of people has been working to restart Big Brothers/Bi

Since late 1992, the non-profit Friends of the Maine State Museum has raised mo

Singer-songwriter Tom Acousti, 31, of Portland, won five rounds on the nationall

Sister Edward Mary, principal of McAuley High School in Portland, yesterday said

Sister Maria Nau, 63, a Greek Orthodox nun, described as a peculiar person with

Sisters Julie and Anna Parisien of Auburn were yesterday named to the US Olymp

Six crew members of the Portland-based tug boat Reid McAlister were rescued yest

Six Portland residents have taken out nomination papers for the city council, in

Sixteen eighth-graders from Freeport Middle School returned home from Paris, Fra

Sixteen entrepreneurs have established businesses in Portland's so-called arts d

Six-week-old Samuel Corrigan Moore of Gorham, born with cardiomyopathy, a disord

Six years ago, the town of Jay adopted an environmental ordinance, the only loca

Skiers Marcus Nash of Fryeburg and Dorcas Wonsavage of Farmington yesterday were

SKI Ltd. of Sherburne, Vermont, this summer will complete its purchase of Sugarl

SKI Ltd. of Sherburne, Vt., yesterday officially purchased a 51 percent stake in

SKI Ltd. of Vermont, owner of the Killington, Haystack and Mount Snow ski resort

"Small College Notebook" piece on Matt Donahue, a former basketball player at th

"Small College Notebook" piece reporting that Kelly Wood of Cape Elizabeth, a mi

Soils used to bury low-level radioactive waste at the former Loring Air Force Ba

Solon Elementary School has lost 20 to 30 percent of its students over the past

So many incumbents in the state Legislature have decided not to seek re-election

Some 10,000 Girl Scouts between the ages of 6 and 17 from ten counties in centra

Some 2,000 to 3,000 Mainers have made competitive shooting their sport, and, acc

Some 230 members of Teamsters Local 340 in Maine are taking part in the nationwi

Some 3,800 vehicles came through the York tollbooth on the Maine Turnpike on Fri

Some 500 baseball fans attended a welcoming banquet for the Portland Sea Dogs la

Some 800 donors from around the state gave everything from money to supplies to

Some foresters are concerned that the hemlock logs on Commercial Street in Portl

Some meteorologists and weather forecasters tend to use the word nor'easter in d

Some Portland officials want The Cage, an after hours dance club in the Old Port

Some residents, like Charly and Jack Matheson, of Mitchell Road in Cape Elizabet

Some Yarmouth residents have accused the School Department of electioneering and

"Sophomore Yearbook" piece, part of a continuing series that looks at a sophomor

South Portland city managerJerre Bryant and Mayor Susan Avery are concerned that

South Portland city manager Jerre Bryant has identified $15 million in public im

South Portland city managerJerre Bryant yesterday announced that Edward J. Googi

South Portland city officials expect to be briefed tonight on a proposal by CBL

South Portland city officials plan to seek $300,000 from the state Department of

South Portland Deputy Fire Chief Mike Haskell yesterday said a new schedule at t

South Portland High School Principal Jacqueline G. Soychak yesterday complained

South Portland High School students are leading a campaign for the construction

South Portland police chief Robert M. Schwartz has been suspended a week without

South Portland police chief Robert M Schwartz yesterday submitted his resignati

South Portland police chief Robert Schwartz yesterday announced that Officer Kev

South Portland police have drawn blood samples from as many as 30 men who might

South Portland police officers Todd Barlow and Theodore Sargent were justified i

South Portland police searched the home of J. Henry Lyons, a lawyer who works in

South Portland police yesterday shot George Jordan, 48, of 696 Westbrook Street,

South Portland's Cushing Point was the site of the West Shipyard during World Wa

South Portland's Lyric Theater, located in a former Church of the Nazareen on

South Portland's Small School, thanks to the efforts of fourth- grade teacher Jo

South Windham village was one of the earliest settlements to emerge as Europeans

Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives John Martin yesterday said that i

Speakers at the Maine Bar Association's annual meeting yesterday in Portland sai

Spec Timothy J Gilchrist, 21, of Gray, a member of the 9th Infantry, 4th Batta

Spencer Press, the Massachusetts-based commercial printer with a plant in the We

S&R Towing Co has lost its share of Portland's towing business for 30 days beca

SR Weiner and Associates of Chestnut Hill, Mass, owners of the Maine Mall, ar

Stacie Richards, 19, the former girlfriend of Virgil Smith, said yesterday that

Standard & Poor's Corp. has taken Maine off its "credit watch" status and change

Standard & Poor's this week announced that Unum Corp will be included in their

Standard & Poor's yesterday lowered its credit rating for Central Maine Power Co

Standish voters on Saturday will decide whether to relinquish $500,000 in proper

Stanley F Druckenmiller, 40, a Bowdoin graduate and managing partner at Soros M

Stanley Joseph, 51, of Brooksville, is generally conceded to be the only America

Staples, the office supply retailer based in Framingham, Mass, plans to open an

Starting this fall, the University of Maine at Augusta will charge all students

Starting this fall, the University of Southern Maine will begin offering a gradu

Starting this week, The Portland Newspapers and the Maine Council of Churches be

Starting tomorrow Greater Portland Landmarks will host a series of four noon lec

State and local police are investigating the death of 87-year-old Louise Bocuzzo

State and local police have arrested Mark Gessner, 30, of Nobleboro, and charged

State and local school transportation officials say the August 31 incident in wh

State Assistant Attorney General William Stokes has asked Kennebec County Superi

State Attorney General Michael Carpenter yesterday announced that he will not se

State Bureau of Health statistics show that the number of abortions performed in

State Bureau of Health testing of six water samples from the Limerick water syst

State campaign funding reports released yesterday show that independent gubernat

State crime statistics show that the number of youths charged in arson cases inc

State Department of Corrections investigators found deficiencies in three key ar

State Department of Human Services Commissioner Jane Sheehan on Tuesday gave app

State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Commissioner Sue Davenp

State energy officals and wood stove retailers in New England and New York have

State Finance Commissioner Sawin Millett has outlined a supplemental budget of $

State Fire Marshall Dennis Lundstedt yesterday said that pre-holiday seizures of

State funding for local schools is set at $515 million for 1994-95, a decrease f

State gaming licensing officials on Saturday shut down 34 unlicensed and illegal

State harness racing officials yesterday started an investigation of Scarborough

State lawmakers last spring voted to reverse Maine's four-year-old ban on juice

State lawmakers on Wednesday will consider how the proposed merger of Portland's

State legislative analysts last week released figures showing that the state bud

State legislators and municipal officials in Aroostook County are criticizing Ce

State legislators are proposing regulations that will ban new sea urchin harvest

State legislators have acknowledged that a lack of money will keep the state fro

State legislators have been invited by Maine House Speaker Dan Gwadosky to an in