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 comparing Maine state revenues and expenditures with two comparable stat

Article containing accounts of some of the Mainers who attended World Youth Day

Article containing accounts of some of the Mainers who attended World Youth Day

Article containing the details of the recent LSD drug bust involving three Cape

Article containing the details of the recent LSD drug bust involving three Cape

Article describes the testimony given at yesterday's public hearing on Lewiston'

Article describes the testimony given at yesterday's public hearing on Lewiston'

Article describing the wide variety of plans and dreams for using Munjoy Hill's

Article describing the wide variety of plans and dreams for using Munjoy Hill's

Article detailing one scenario that would explain how the alleged state ballot f

Article detailing one scenario that would explain how the alleged state ballot f

Article detailing the proposed $333,000 budget cut for the University of Maine's

Article detailing the proposed $333,000 budget cut for the University of Maine's

Article detailing the search of the waters off the Camp Ellis pier in Saco, made

Article detailing the search of the waters off the Camp Ellis pier in Saco, made

Article discusses the extent to which state budget problems and Gov. John McKern

Article discusses the extent to which state budget problems and Gov. John McKern

Article discussing "Checkerboard Square: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Co

Article discussing the differences between Superior Court justice Donald Alexand

Article discussing the differences between Superior Court justice Donald Alexand

Article examining police policy on high-speed chases. A 1989 Maine State Police

Article examining police policy on high-speed chases. A 1989 Maine State Police

Article in "Maine Milestones" about Paul Brogan, who begins his twenty-fifth yea

Article in "Maine Milestones" about Paul Brogan, who begins his twenty-fifth yea

Article listing award winners at the annual convention of the Maine Association

Article listing award winners at the annual convention of the Maine Association

Article offering advice to the more than 25,000 families who will be seeking fin

Article offering advice to the more than 25,000 families who will be seeking fin

Article on Chesterville's Linda Grippe, who won the Maine Sunday Telegram's gran

Article on Chesterville's Linda Grippe, who won the Maine Sunday Telegram's gran

Article on how Naples' new Songo Locks School qualified for a state construction

Article on how Naples' new Songo Locks School qualified for a state construction

Article on Joan Benoit, 35, of Freeport, who will be running the Boston Marathon

Article on Joan Benoit, 35, of Freeport, who will be running the Boston Marathon

Article on the congressional staffers who help Maine's U.S. senators and represe

Article on the congressional staffers who help Maine's U.S. senators and represe

Article on the Roadkill Cafe in Greenville, which serves such delicacies as Chic

Article on the rowdiness, mayhem and silliness witnessed during eighteen years o

Article on the rowdiness, mayhem and silliness witnessed during eighteen years o

Article on the seasonal change of coat which some of Maine's creatures go throug

Article on the state's Rapid Response Program, which provides workshops on self

Article on the state's Rapid Response Program, which provides workshops on self

Article on two Maine children with Williams syndrome, a rare congenital conditio

Article on two Maine children with Williams syndrome, a rare congenital conditio

Article, part of a series on Maine's business climate, about Global Zero Inc., a

Article, part of a series on Maine's business climate, about Global Zero Inc., a

Article reporting that a series of search warrants have been executed against Ke

Article reporting that a series of search warrants have been executed against Ke

Article reporting that federal officials and Buxton selectmen plan to meet in a

Article reporting that federal officials and Buxton selectmen plan to meet in a

Article reporting that James Brown, a state game warden, believes that a coyote

Article reporting that James Brown, a state game warden, believes that a coyote

Article reporting that Maine educators plan to launch an all-out lobbying campai

Article reporting that Maine educators plan to launch an all-out lobbying campai

Article reporting that police are becoming caretakers of the mentally ill in a r

Article reporting that police are becoming caretakers of the mentally ill in a r

Article reporting that poor mothers, the elderly and the homeless will feel the

Article reporting that poor mothers, the elderly and the homeless will feel the

Article reporting that the fire danger in Maine remains high and the southern Ma

Article reporting that the fire danger in Maine remains high and the southern Ma

Article reporting that the Gorham Town Council is replacing Planning Board membe

Article reporting that the Gorham Town Council is replacing Planning Board membe

Article reporting that the new Cumberland County Jail is nearing completion. Pr

Article reporting that the new Cumberland County Jail is nearing completion. Pr

Article reporting that the overproduction of salmon in Norway is driving prices

Article reporting that the overproduction of salmon in Norway is driving prices

Article reporting that the University of Maine and Boston University have taken

Article reporting that the University of Maine and Boston University have taken

Article reporting that the work of Maine Catholic missionaries in Haiti has been

Article reporting that thousands of Mainers are converting from electric to some

Article reporting that thousands of Mainers are converting from electric to some

Article reports efforts by state epidemiologist Kathleen Gensheimer and other of

Article reports efforts by state epidemiologist Kathleen Gensheimer and other of

Article reports that Maine writer Carol Brightman's book, "Writing Dangerously:

Article reports that Maine writer Carol Brightman's book, "Writing Dangerously:

Article reports that Portland has hired Robert M. Hayes, founder of the National

Article reports that Portland has hired Robert M. Hayes, founder of the National

Article reports the guidance given by a majority of South Portland city councilo

Article reports the guidance given by a majority of South Portland city councilo

Artists from Maine and around the nation have contributed some 170 ornaments for

A ruling by Justice Stephen L. Perkins in Cumberland County Superior Court says

A ruling by Justice Stephen L. Perkins in Cumberland County Superior Court says

A ruling by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston yesterday upheld a lower

A ruling by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston yesterday upheld a lower

A Russian delegation is visiting Maine to learn about drivers licenses and the s

A Russian delegation is visiting Maine to learn about drivers licenses and the s

A sampling of Mainers indicates there is no general consensus on whether House S

A sampling of Mainers indicates there is no general consensus on whether House S

A second Cumberland police officer has testified that he smelled alcohol on the

A second Cumberland police officer has testified that he smelled alcohol on the

Aseptic packaging, which was outlawed by the Maine Legislature in 1989, is attem

Aseptic packaging, which was outlawed by the Maine Legislature in 1989, is attem

A series of meetings have been scheduled around the state to give lobstermen the

A series of meetings have been scheduled around the state to give lobstermen the

A shipment of 335 earthmovers, tractor-trailers, cranes and other construction e

A sluggish real estate market and property values which have dropped 10 to 15 pe

A sluggish real estate market and property values which have dropped 10 to 15 pe

As many as 1,000 workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be offered incent

As many as 1,000 workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be offered incent

A snowstorm that dumped up to 13 inches on southern Maine contributed to numerou