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

US District Judge Lowell Reed has agreed to allow Bath attorney Ronald Lupton

U.S. District Judge Morton Brody has ruled that the five police officers respons

U.S. District Judge Morton Brody ruled this week that a vidoetaped reenactment o

U.S. District Judge William Cambridge yesterday overturned the death sentence of

Using Tax Increment Financing, Portland officials want to give Unum a $10 millio

U.S. represenative Olympia J. Snowe, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senat

U.S. represenative Olympia J. Snowe yesterday formally announced her candidacy f

U.S. represenative Olympia Snowe, in her first major speech since announcing her

US represenative Olympia Snowe yesterday announced that she will seek the Sena

U.S. represenative Thomas Andrews is charging that U.S. represenative Olympia Sn

U.S. represenative Thomas Andrews voted against a bill in Congress that included

U.S. represenative Thomas H. Andrews, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Sena

U.S. represenative Thomas H. Andrews, who faces U.S. represenative Olympia J. Sn

US represenative Tom Andrews, D-Maine, yesterday announced his intentions to r

U.S. represenative Tom Andrews one month ago had a $4,000 campaign debt, but agg

US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jesse Brown visited Maine yesterday, making s

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, appearing yesterday on the CBS t

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, considered a front-runner to rep

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell on Tuesday will begin presiding o

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell's Tuesday night announcement that

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell this week praised the new federal

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, who, on Tuesday, withdrew his na

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell yesterday announced that he has w

US Senate Majority Leader George J Mitchell yesterday announced that the plan

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell yesterday said he will use $1 mil

US Senate Majority Leader George J Mitchell yesterday suspended his campaign

U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell yesterday said the Clinton administr

U.S. senator George J. Mitchell has been refunding campaign contributions at the

U.S. senator George J. Mitchell, the Senate Majority Leader, yesterday faced off

U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell yesterday said that he has not decided how he wo

US Senator George Mitchell's announcement that he will not seek reelection has

U.S. Senator George Mitchell's announcement that he will not seek re-election to

US Senator Majority Leader George S Mitchell yesterday announced that he will

U.S. Senator William Cohen is urging the federal Base Closure and Realignment Co

US Senator William Cohen, R-Maine, yesterday said that around 2,500 addicts an

U.S. Senator William S. Cohen and U.S. represenative Olympia J. Snowe yesterday

U.S. senator William S. Cohen sent a letter to around 25 people asking them to c

U.S. Senator William S. Cohen sponsored a hearing on juvenile crime yesterday in

U.S. shipments of labels and wrappers over the past three years have more than d

US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor has written the Canadian minister for in

U.S. Windpower, a subsidiary of Kenetech Windpower, has reached agreement with s

Valerie Ingham, mother of 13-year-old Jerry Ingham, is going to court with the P

Vandals knocked down 41 gravestones in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery over the ho

Vandals on Monday broke the lock on one mausoleum and broke into another one at

Velpar, a herbicide marketed by DuPont, was first registered for use in Maine in

Velpar, an herbicide credited with tripling yields on Maine's 58,000 acres of bl

Vic Firth Inc. of Dedham, Massachusetts, the world's largest wooden drumstick ma

Vicki Van Meter, 12, of Meadville, Penn., landed in Augusta yesterday after the

Vicki Van Meter, 12, of Meadville, Penn., was in Maine yesterday as her single-e

Victoria Marshall-Patterson, 28, of South Portland, was on the back of her boyfr

Victoria Reynolds, 22, of Hermon, yesterday was crowned Miss Maine 1994. Reynold

Virgil Carmichael, 44, of Hollis, held a team of police officers at bay for four

Virgil Smith, 19, of Portland, yesterday admitted to setting the December 3, 199

Virgil W. Smith of Portland, will go on trial Monday in Wiscasset on charges ste

Virginia Spiller, librarian for the Old York Historical Society, said there is n

Visitors to the Portland International Jetport are encountering a serious lack o

Vladimir Berezanskiy, 29, a Connecticut truck driver, yesterday fell asleep at t

Voters at the annual Kennebunkport town meeting, held Saturday at Consolidated S

Wal-Mart plans to build a 103,000-square-foot store west of Route 302 in Windham

Walter Baker of Portland has given up a two-year fight to recoup the remainder o

Walter G. Amprey, superintendent of schools in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday

Walter Piston, a native of Rockland, was one of the country's leading 20th-centu

Water fountains have been taped closed and bottled water brought into Portland's

Waterville Mayor Thomas J. Brazier was indicted on embezzlement charges just ove

Waterville Mayor Tom Brazier yesterday was indicted on charges of theft by decep

Waynflete School in Portland this year won Maine Association of Independent Scho

W. Dana Perkins, director of quality control for the Portland Water District, ha

Westbrook College, in partnership with Simmons College of Boston, will begin off

Westbrook Mayor Kenneth M. Lefebvre recently proposed that the city form a munic

Westbrook Mayor Kenneth M. Lefebvre says the city will try to form its own munic

Westbrook mayor Kenneth M. Lefebvre yesterday made public a letter being sent to

Westbrook officials are working on an aggressive economic development strategy t

Westbrook police are investigating an unidentified city employee suspected of ta

Westbrook police chief Ronald Allanach has announced that he will retire on June

Westbrook police chief Ronald L. Allanach, 44, who is retiring May 31 after 20 y

Westbrook school superintendent Edward Connolly yesterday said the school commit

Westbrook Superintendent of Schools Edward F. Connolly on Wednesday notified the

W. Godfrey Wood, president of the Portland Pirates hockey team, in a letter to P

When Loring Air Force Base closes in September, 80 percent of Limestone's reside

While 93,000 Mainers served in World War II, and more than 1,200 died during the

While searching for polliwogs, Ryan Proctor, 5, of Augusta, fell into the Medoma

While the number of state and federal prisoners nationwide climbed to a record 9

While there is a trend toward greater conservatism among Republicans nationally,

Wholesale Depot of Massachusetts yesterday announced that it is closing all nine

Wilderness Medical Associates, based in Bryant Pond, teaches people of various m

William Bruns, 62, of South Portland, accused of murdering his wife and burying

William Clarke, 62, was charged with attempted murder in the shooting Tuesday ni

William C. Murphy, a Lewiston insurance agent and former business associate of J

William Conway, former president and chairman of Nashua Corp. in New Hampshire,

William D McDonough, chief lobbyist for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, agrees t

William Farley, chairman and chief executive officer of Fruit of the Loom Inc. i

William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, will be in P

William Jelin, who owns a home on Maiden Cove in Cape Elizabeth, wants to instal

William L Moore, head of William Moore & Sons Logging of Anson, has been barred

William McDonough, former commander of and now chief lobbyist for the Portsmouth

William Rosenbaum, a hearing officer for the Maine Department of Human Services,

Willis N. Doughty Jr., 37, of Pownal, was arrested yesterday in Lewiston on a wa

Williston West Church, located in Portland's West End, will stop renting an offi

Williston West Church on Portland's Thomas Street rents out three small offices,

Will Marquis, 19, who police say belongs to a gang called the FSU Posse, yesterd