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

State Mental Health Commissioner Sue Davenport yesterday defended her department

State officials are trying to rush a bill through the Legislature that would all

State officials have temporarily closed clamming beds from the western side of P

State officials on Wednesday issued a health advisory warning pregnant women, nu

State officials yesterday revoked the driver's licenses of eight fathers who ref

State police and the York County Sheriff's Department are looking for a small br

State police are continuing their investigation into Thursday's death of Mariann

State police are investigating James Robert Cruz Jr., who was found guilty in Pe

State police at the York weigh station yesterday inspected 500 trucks in five ho

State Police expect to determine today the cause of the death of Joseph Swain, 3

State Police have not yet charged Steven Gonthier, 39, of Lebanon, in death of A

State police have questioned a man in connection with the death of Tammy Dickson

State representative Ann Larrivee, D-Gorham, has introduced a bill which would r

State representative Dan Gwadosky, 39, the eight-term Democrat from Fairfield, y

State representative Donnell P Carroll of Gray, one of six Democrats currently

State representative Jim Bowers, D-Washington, Victoria Murphy and Bill Bryan ha

state representative John L Martin, D-Eagle Lake, took seat 143 in the Maine Ho

State representative John Marsh and Gary Crocker, the director of state and fede

State representative Judith Foss of Yarmouth yesterday attacked Sumner Lipman an

State representative Judith Foss of Yarmouth yesterday registered as a Republica

State representative Judy Foss, R-Yarmouth, yesterday announced that she is a ca

State representative Patrick Paradis, D-Augusta, is proposing a constitutional a

State representative Peter A. Cloutier, D-South Portland, yesterday asked Maine

State representative Stephen M Zirnkilton, 35, of Seal Harbor, a professional b

State Senate President Dennis Dutremble and state House Speaker Dan Gwadosky yes

State Senator Harry Vose, D-Meddybemps, yesterday introduced a last-minute bill

State Theater's programming manager, Stephen Bailey, yesterday confirmed that mu

State transportation officials have designated the new bridge that will connect

State Treasurer Samuel Shapiro says Maine will end the fiscal year at least $66

Statewide results for 4th-graders for the latest Maine Educational Assessment te

State wildlife officials have downsized a plan to protect the piping plover and

State wildlife officials yesterday rescued an 800-pound moose from a rock quarry

State workers from the Department of Human Services are concerned they are being

St. Dominic's parish in the 1940s had three priests and two schools, and was pro

Stephanie Vosmus, 15, and Mary Welch, 16, are both on the Gorham High School hoc

Stephen and Marie Wulfing, who operate the "Christ Love" ministry out of a store

Stephen King's "The Stand," first published in 1978, was released in a 1,100-pag

Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police, said yesterday than au

Stephen McCausland, state police spokesman, yesterday said that Vincent Fougere,

Stephen Robert Hamilton of Sanford recently went through a hassle when trying to

Steuben, a town of 1,100 people at the mouth of Gouldsboro Bay east of Ellsworth

Steve Conley, 28, a 12-year employee of Shaw's Westgate store in Portland, on Mo

Steve Eames, 29, of North Berwick, is unit commander for the 28th Massachusetts

Steve Hewins, founder and president of Hewins/Carlson Travel Network, said his c

Steve Massey, 33, of Massachusetts, a carnival worker at the Cumberland County F

Steven G. Ward, Maine's public advocate, yesterday said that the state Public Ut

Steven Roberts, 41, currently deputy chief of the Portland Police Department, ha

Steve Young, a furniture merchant, and his partner, Dr. Judson Smith, have found

St. Joseph's College in Standish has experienced a 28 percent increase in the nu

St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston is currently running an ad campai

Stone & Webster and the Maine State Building and Trades Council yesterday announ

Stone & Webster Development Corp. has begun work on its $65 million paper recycl

Stricter antismoking rules adopted by the Scarborough High School Senate, compos

Strict federal fishing laws that took effect yesterday are designed to restore d

Students and dignitaries at Bowdoin College yesterday took part in a ceremony du

Students in Aroostook County play a key role in the potato harvest, started scho

Sue Davenport, the commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Re

Sugarloaf Mountain Corp. and S-K-I Ltd. of Killington, Vermont, announced last n

Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co this week called in its line of credit on the Mid

Summary of some of the initiatives Gov McKernan would like to see the Legislatu

Sunday River has requested $85,000 in federal subsidies for the Sunday River Sil

Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel is challenging the accuracy of an annual surve

Sunday River Ski Resort owner Leslie Otten, through his LBO Holding Co, has rea

Superior Court justice Arthur G. Brennan yesterday threw out a suit challenging

Superior Court justice Bruce Chandler has rejected a move by former state Troope

Superior Court justice Bruce W. Chandler on Wednesday ruled that the state must

Superior Court justice Bruce W. Chandler yesterday ruled the state in contempt f

Superior Court justice Carl O. Bradford yesterday ordered that the penalties imp

Superior Court justice Donald Alexander yesterday upheld the Maine Board of Envi

Superior Court justice Donald G. Alexander last week ruled that workers' compens

Superior Court justice Sidney Wernick has delayed for a month deciding whether t

Supporters of a magnet school for the arts in Portland met yesterday at Portland

Susan Collins, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, is having trouble gaining

Susan M Collins, 41, a native of Caribou, a former McKernan administration offi

Susan M. Escherich, a National Park Service historian, will feature Portland's 1

Susan Nixon, 31, of Deering Center, was crossing Baxter Boulevard near Payson Pa

Sylvia Earle, a marine scientist and co-founder of Deep Ocean Engineering; U.S.

Systems Control Inc. competed against three other companies for the $40 million

Talk America of Portland, a telemarketing and public relations company, was foun

Tammy Chaloux, 14, of Topsham, is one of 20 winners in a national geography cont

Tammy Dickson, 22, whose body was found gagged and bound in her South Portland a

Tax increment financing, which is used to subsidize business expansion, has been

Tazz, a 5-foot python, missing in Topsham since last spring, was found Wednesday

Teachers, school administrators, students and parents last week took part in a c

Teams from Gorham High School, Wells Junior High, Wells Elementary School and Ce

Ted Musgrave, special activities coordinator for Portland's recreation departmen

Telephone calls to the Family Crisis Shelter in Portland have increased from 89

Telephone exchanges 854 and 856 in Westbrook will be served by the 911 emergency

Temperatures in Maine moderated somewhat yesterday after setting records on Satu

Temperatures in Portland reached a record 94 degrees yesterday. The heat, combin

Temperatures yesterday reached into the mid-40s and are expected to continue bal

Temporary Shelter Inc., a 30-bed shelter that serves all of Aroostook County, is

Ten candidates for the Maine House have withdrawn since the June primary electio

Ten Falmouth residents have formed the Falmouth Education Foundation to raise an

Ten Maine women with distinguished records in sports were honored yesterday at t

Ten students, members of the University of Southern Maine Chemistry Club, on Tue

Ten years ago, Frank Gaziano, the owner of the National Distributors beer distri

Testimony began yesterday in Lincoln County Superior Court in the trial of Virgi

Testing by the state Department of Environmental Protection has revealed high le

Texas Senator Phil Gramm, speaking at the Maine Republican Party's Lincoln Day D