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

Windham town officials are asking area legislators to oppose a proposed bill tha

Windham voters in November will decide whether to permanently hire around-the-cl

With 4,000 residents, Portland's Parkside neighborhood is, the most densely popu

With $534,372, Angus King, the Independent candidate for governor, has raised mo

With 85 percent of the precincts reporting in the First Congressional District,

With 88 percent of the precincts reporting, it appears that state senator John B

With 89 percent of the state's 656 precincts reporting, Susan Collins of Standis

With 89 percent of the vote counted as of last night, Joseph E. Brennan emerged

With eight individuals in the GOP primary for governor, it could take as few as

With state parks full and reservations at hotels, motels, and camp grounds up 10

With the help of a 200-page report called "Green Spaces, Blue Edges," Portland c

With the primary elections just completed, two groups have already begin working

WMTW-TV Channel 8 on Monday dropped the noon broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Sho

Woodfords Educational Center, Portland's first school for developmentally disabl

Wood processed into lumber is worth more than raw logs, and the value of the woo

Woodside Elementary School in Topsham one year ago instituted the "Super K" earl

Workers have begun a $564,000 project to restore the stone wall that surrounds t

Workers yesterday began pouring the first concrete for the new Portland-South Po

Work has been halted on the Peaks Island ferry pier. The builder was fired by th

Working Mother magazine has honored Unum Life Insurance Co. of America and Tom's

Wright Express Corp. of South Portland yesterday announced that it plans to add

Wright Express of South Portland yesterday announced that it has signed a deal w

X-Press 101 on Congress Street in Portland was robbed twice in three days by the

Yarmouth and Freeport are hiring a trash truck with a compactor that can haul a

Yarmouth's Economic Development Advisory Committee is reviewing a plan designed

Yarmouth town officials are considering the creation of a tax increment financin

YCH Associates, established by the York-Cumberland Housing Development Corp. and

YCR Corp., the new owner of the so-called black ash site on the north side of th

Yesterday morning two Maine game wardens and a police dog found 8-year-old Craig

Yesterday saw the opening day of the 1994 Maine Boy Scout Jamboree at Brunswick

Yesterday saw the start of the trial in U.S. District Court of Robyn Anderson, 4

Yesterday's storm dumped 6 inches of snow on southern Maine before heading out t

Yesterday two-year-old Patrick McDonough of Wells underwent a bone marrow transp

Yesterday was AIDS Awareness Day at Saco Middle School, and students considered

Yeterday's Federal Aviation Administration revocation of Echo helicopter company

York County Commissioner Frank Wood, 44, whose resignation was to take effect Tu

York County commissioners have ordered York County sheriff Michael Bemis to rehi

York County commissioners yesterday rejected a proposal by Sheriff Michael Bemis

York County District Judge Andre Janelle yesterday issued a protection-from-abus

York County sheriff Michael Bemis announced Friday that he is withdrawing from t

York County sheriff Michael Bemis on Monday will ask county commissioners to all

York County sheriff Michael Bemis yesterday released a 30-page report on safety

York County Superior Court Judge Robert E. Crowley has ordered Verne J. Blake of

York County Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Humphrey on Wednesday ruled against t

York Insurance Co. of Maine, which sells more personal lines of insurance than a

Guest piece by Susan Aaronson, president of the Augusta-based Maine Coalition fo, Susan Aaronson

The SS Jeremiah O'Brien, which steamed into Portland Harbor yesterday for an eig, Herbert Adams

Another in a series of guest columns examining President Clinton's performance b, Mary Adams

In 1917, baseball fans attending Opening Day--then called Getaway Day--for Portl, Will Anderson

"About Books" piece on "A Marriage Made at Woodstock," by Cathie Pelletier., Jack Barnes

"About Books" piece on Jeremiah Healy of Boston and Stephanie Matteson of New Je, Jack Barnes

"About Books" piece on "Maine Mining Adventures," by C.J. Stevens., Jack Barnes

"About Books" piece on poet Richard Aldridge, who died February 5, 1994, of canc, Jack Barnes

"About Books" piece on The Cafe Review of Portland, edited by Steve Luttrell and, Jack Barnes

"About Books" piece on Tilbury House in Gardiner, which was created in 1990 afte, Jack Barnes

Review of "My Brother Running and Other Poems," by Wesley McNair., Jack Barnes

Review of "Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Jack Barnes

Review of "The Mosquito Test," by Richard Kent of Rumford., Jack Barnes

Reviews of "A Celebration for May Sarton," edited by Constance Hunting, and "May, Jack Barnes

Reviews of "Biddeford in Old Photographs," compiled by Loretta M. Turner; "Ports, Jack Barnes

Reviews of "Jennie Gilroy," by Elizabeth Ogilvie, and "Island in the Bay," by Do, Jack Barnes

Reviews of "Mechanism and Mysticism: The Influence of Science on the Thought and, Jack Barnes

Reviews of "The Painted Lady," by Susan Andres, and "Rose Reason," by Mary Flana, Jack Barnes

Reviews of two new collections of poetry, "Reptile Minds," by Kenneth Rosen, and, Jack Barnes

Profile of John Neal (1793-1876), considered by many to be the country's first a, William David Barry

Review of "A Keeper of Sheep," by William Carpenter., William David Barry

Review of "Garden of the East: 1604-1713," an exhibition at the York Institute M, William David Barry

Review of "Merry Men" by Carolyn Chute, William David Barry

Review of "No Rich Men's Sons: The Sixth Maine Volunteer Infantry," by James H., William David Barry

Review of "Temple," by George Dennison. With a related piece on Dennison, who d, William David Barry

Review of "The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England," by Ri, William David Barry

Review of "The Early Years of Farmington, 1781-1860," by Richard P. Mallett., William David Barry

Review of "The Forts of Pemaquid, Maine: An Archaeological and Historical Study,, William David Barry

Review of "The Legacy of James Bowdoin III," a new publication of the Bowdoin Co, William David Barry

Review of "Unspoiled Heart: The Journals of Charles Mattocks of the 17th Maine,", William David Barry

Reviews of "My Life as a Pornographer & Other Indecent Acts," by John Preston, a, William David Barry

Reviews of "Something in the Water: A Peter Shandy Mystery," and "Had She But Kn, William David Barry

Reviews of "Steamboat Yesterdays on Casco Bay: The Steamboat Era in Maine's Cale, William David Barry

Reviews of "Stratton's Islands of Saco Bay: An Interwoven History, 1605-1993," b, William David Barry

"Guest Column" by Joe Bellavance, a marketing coordinator for a local company, o, Joe Bellavance

"Maine Voices" piece by Raymond J. Blair of Cape Elizabeth on the fact that 34 s, Raymond J Blair

Letter to the editor from Joseph E Brennan, Democratic candidate for governor,, Joseph E. Brennan

Editorial by David Broder of The Washington Post on last week's visits to Portla, David Broder

"Guest Column" by Peg Brown of Falmouth, director of corporate relations at the, Peg Brown

Editorial on the appointment of Kermit V. Lipez to the Maine Supreme Judicial Co, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on House Speaker John L Martin's call for a constitutional, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on recent disclosures concerning the acceptance of fully-pai, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on the gubernatorial primaries, and the dominance of the rac, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on the Maine Democratic State Committee's decision to hold p, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on the preservation of Portland's Deering Oaks., Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on the proposal by state representative Donnell P Carroll o, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on the recent resignation of Speaker of the Maine House John, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on the ruling by Justice Sidney W. Wernick upholding the Por, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle column on William Troubh's candidacy for the 1st District congressi, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle editorial on independent gubernatorial candidate Angus King, whose, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle piece on former Senator and Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, wh, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle piece on Mark Finks, who in 1982 went to court to argue that voters, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle piece on Olympia Snowe and her record concerning military spending., Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle piece on Peter Damborg, journalist and press secretary for former g, Jim Brunelle

Jim Brunelle piece on Republican gubernatorial candidate Susan M. Collins and th, Jim Brunelle