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 1993

 

Article about Pilgrimmage, a new religious bookstore, that will open at 441 Cong

 

Article about Pilgrimmage, a new religious bookstore, that will open at 441 Cong

 

Article about plans to expand the Maine Mall. Construction of a sixth anchor st

 

Article about plans to expand the Maine Mall. Construction of a sixth anchor st

 

Article about pop singer Billy Joel, who will perform at the Cumberland County C

 

Article about pop singer Billy Joel, who will perform at the Cumberland County C

 

Article about Portland attorney Peter L. Murray, who is eager to seek confirmati

 

Article about Portland attorney Peter L. Murray, who is eager to seek confirmati

 

Article about Portlander Mark O'Brien, 20, who is beginning his third season in

 

Article about Portlander Mark O'Brien, 20, who is beginning his third season in

 

Article about Portland High School's multicultural boys soccer team, which inclu

 

Article about Portland High School's multicultural boys soccer team, which inclu

 

Article about Portland High School's Wall of Fame, where five glass-enclosed dis

 

Article about Portland High School's Wall of Fame, where five glass-enclosed dis

 

Article about Portland Police Detective Lisa Beecher who has handled the departm

 

Article about Portland Police Detective Lisa Beecher who has handled the departm

 

Article about Portland's "colored" school. Although the city was one of the fir

 

Article about Portland's "colored" school. Although the city was one of the fir

 

Article about Portland's Eastern Security Systems that monitors the safety of 12

 

Article about Portland's Eastern Security Systems that monitors the safety of 12

 

Article about Portland's Park Avenue Church of God and the congregation's succes

 

Article about Portland's Park Avenue Church of God and the congregation's succes

 

Article about Rep. Lorraine Chonko, 56, D-Topsham, and Sen. Michael Pearson, 51,

 

Article about Rep. Lorraine Chonko, 56, D-Topsham, and Sen. Michael Pearson, 51,

 

Article about Rick Simonds who has returned to St. Joseph's College in Standish

 

Article about Rick Simonds who has returned to St. Joseph's College in Standish

 

Article about Sandi Pasalic, a former Yugoslave exchange student who has returne

 

Article about Sandi Pasalic, a former Yugoslave exchange student who has returne

 

Article about SchoolMatch, a Columbus, Ohio-based service that compiles annual l

 

Article about SchoolMatch, a Columbus, Ohio-based service that compiles annual l

 

Article about Scott G. Cole, 31, the fourth town manager of Standish in five yea

 

Article about Scott G. Cole, 31, the fourth town manager of Standish in five yea

 

Article about six Deering High School students who have decided to skip their se

 

Article about six Deering High School students who have decided to skip their se

 

Article about six Freeport High School students who are participating in a state

 

Article about six Freeport High School students who are participating in a state

 

Article about six people--one civilian, three police officers and two Coast Guar

 

Article about six people--one civilian, three police officers and two Coast Guar

 

Article about software developers in Maine. According to George Markowsky, pres

 

Article about software developers in Maine. According to George Markowsky, pres

 

Article about some of Maine's fine-art outdoor sculptors, whose pieces adorn Mai

 

Article about some of Maine's fine-art outdoor sculptors, whose pieces adorn Mai

 

Article about some of Maine's indexers, who create the back-of-the-book indexes

 

Article about some of Maine's indexers, who create the back-of-the-book indexes

 

Article about some of the 1,500 Mainers who will be attending Bill Clinton's ina

 

Article about some of the 1,500 Mainers who will be attending Bill Clinton's ina

 

Article about some of the 1,700 Mainers who served as extras in Mel Gibson's mov

 

Article about some of the 1,700 Mainers who served as extras in Mel Gibson's mov

 

Article about some of the ethical problems raised by the creation of designer mi

 

Article about some of the ethical problems raised by the creation of designer mi

 

Article about some of the finishing touches the city of Bangor has put on its pr

 

Article about some of the finishing touches the city of Bangor has put on its pr

 

Article about South Portland city managerJerre R. Bryant and the several instanc

 

Article about South Portland city managerJerre R. Bryant and the several instanc

 

Article about Stella Waterman McLean , 60, who was one of eight Maine women hono

 

Article about Stella Waterman McLean , 60, who was one of eight Maine women hono

 

Article about Steve Halpert, owner of The Movies in Portland, and his wife, Judy

 

Article about Steve Halpert, owner of The Movies in Portland, and his wife, Judy

 

Article about Suanne & the Guys with Ties, an a capella group, consisting of two

 

Article about testimony given recently by August Dielens in the Florida trial of

 

Article about testimony given recently by August Dielens in the Florida trial of

 

Article about the 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast sponsored by the

 

Article about the 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast sponsored by the

 

Article about the 8th-grade results on the Maine Educational Assessment test. S

 

Article about the 8th-grade results on the Maine Educational Assessment test. S

 

Article about the aggressive public campaign being waged by Maine House Speaker

 

Article about the aggressive public campaign being waged by Maine House Speaker

 

Article about the attempts of Yarmouth officials to determine what effect the re

 

Article about the attempts of Yarmouth officials to determine what effect the re

 

Article about the Augusta Mental Health Institute by Tom Ward, who was patient a

 

Article about the Augusta Mental Health Institute by Tom Ward, who was patient a

 

Article about the below-average snow falls experienced by Maine for about a deca

 

Article about the below-average snow falls experienced by Maine for about a deca

 

Article about the blaze that destroyed the historic John Neal building at 175 St

 

Article about the blaze that destroyed the historic John Neal building at 175 St

 

Article about the booming sales being registered by the seven Deal for a Dollar

 

Article about the booming sales being registered by the seven Deal for a Dollar

 

Article about the brisk sales at the Portland Post Office yesterday of the Elvis

 

Article about the brisk sales at the Portland Post Office yesterday of the Elvis

 

Article about the city of South Portland's legal defense against a suit which cl

 

Article about the city of South Portland's legal defense against a suit which cl

 

Article about the clash between teenagers and residents of Westbrook's Seavey St

 

Article about the clash between teenagers and residents of Westbrook's Seavey St

 

Article about the complaints of New Hampshire transportation officials that they

 

Article about the complaints of New Hampshire transportation officials that they

 

Article about the concern felt in Biddeford because of the number of pre-teens b

 

Article about the concern felt in Biddeford because of the number of pre-teens b

 

Article about the continuing debate in South Portland as to whether the city rea

 

Article about the continuing debate in South Portland as to whether the city rea

 

Article about the design and the progress being made in the construction of the

 

Article about the design and the progress being made in the construction of the

 

Article about the design of Brunswick's proposed $18 million high school, which

 

Article about the design of Brunswick's proposed $18 million high school, which

 

Article about the differing views regarding plans of Cumberland County officials

 

Article about the differing views regarding plans of Cumberland County officials

 

Article about the difficult choice that will have to be made by educators if Gov

 

Article about the difficult choice that will have to be made by educators if Gov

 

Article about the Dimensions Saxophone Quartet of the University of Southern Mai

 

Article about the Dimensions Saxophone Quartet of the University of Southern Mai

 

Article about the Discovery Zone, and other companies, like L.L. Bean and McDona