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.

Follow

Submissions from 1994

Container cargo shipments through Portland for March 1994 totaled 257, double th

Converting the Maine Turnpike to an electronic toll collection system will resul

Cook's Corner Shopping Center in Brunswick has found new life as part of a boomi

Cooper, a 10-month-old Terrier mix, was found four months ago wandering the stre

Corning Costar Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., has announced plans to lease 20,074 sq

Corporal David Trask, a Madison police office, has filed suit in Somerset County

Corporators at Brighton Medical Center this week approved a letter of intent to

Corrections officials yesterday staged a three-hour search at the new Cumberland

Coverage of town meetings in Acton, Alfred, Athens, Baldwin, Bowdoin, Canton, Co

Coverage of town meetings in Appleton, Avon, Canaan, Eliot, Farmingdale, Fryebur

CP Rail, owner of the CP Rail System track network between Montreal and Saint Jo

Craig Cunningham of Biddeford has filed suit in Cumberland County Superior Court

Craig Downes, 11, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, is spending six weeks with the K

Craig McLaughlin, a bear biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries

Craig Taylor, 54, coach of the Waterville Dolphins swim team, today will immerse

Craig Taylor of Limerick, a swim coach at the Waterville Area Boys and Girls Clu

Creditors yesterday agreed to invest an additional $250,000 in the John Roberts

Crime figures released yesterday show that the number of reported rapes in Maine

Critics of Maine's automobile emissions testing program say that 95 percent of t

Cumberland County departments have asked for $17.3 million in 1995, a 23.8 perce

Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson, 41, a native of Eliot, h

Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson says that Maine's mandato

Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson wants a Superior Court ju

Cumberland County Sheriff's Department chief deputy Dewey Martin yesterday said

Cumberland County Sheriff's Department chief deputy Francis E. Amoroso, 54, of S

Cumberland County sheriff Wesley Ridlon has hired Ralph Nichols, the state's jai

Cumberland County sheriff Wesley Ridlon yesterday said that his department did n

Cumberland County's insurer recently paid around $30,000 to jail inmate Donald M

Cumberland County Superior Court Judge G. Arthur Brennan yesterday heard argumen

Cumberland County Superior Court Judge G. Arthur Brennan yesterday sentenced Lui

Cumberland County Superior Court justice G. Arthur Brennan has ruled that the to

Cumberland County Superior Court justice G. Arthur Brennan yesterday ordered Geo

Cumberland County Superior Court justice Kermit V Lipez yesterday issued a proc

Cumberland County Superior Court justice Robert E. Crowley yesterday found a 39-

Cumberland County Superior Court justice Roland A. Cole yesterday sentenced Pame

Cumberland County Superior Court justice Ronald A. Cole yesterday sentenced 63-y

Cumberland County Superior Court justice William E. McKinley tomorrow will sente

Cumberland County Superior Court justice William S. Brodrick yesterday heard tes

Curtis Golden, a state attorney in Florida, has ruled that David Ingraham of Pen

Custom Electronics was founded in December 1988 by Kenney Smith, 43, of Gardiner

Dale and Nancy Lynch of Kittery yesterday filed suit in York County Superior Cou

Dana Craney, 31, of Lewiston, and Willard Eastman, 42, formerly of Auburn, yeste

Dana Cyr, 55, of Connor Township, doing business as Peterson's Septic Service, w

Dan Howard, Christopher Hadden and Thomas Hillman are three of the area designer

Daniel Hamblet of Cape Elizabeth, who co-developed such properties as the Colone

Daniel Lilley, lawyer for Nancy Couture, 25, of Portland, yesterday said his cli

Daniel McCusker, who moved to Portland in 1985 to become artistic director of Ra

Daniel McKenzie, 19, and William Greenleaf, 23, both of Portland, were attacked

Daniel Schick, a biologist with the state Department of Marine Resources, said f

Dan Lambert, 18, a senior at Massabesic High School in Waterboro, lost his heari

Danny O'Brien, the companion of Patricia Goguen of Belfast, yesterday said that

Danny Paul, an English teacher and cross country coach at Greely High School in

Dark Light Pictures of Los Angeles is in Maine this week filming commercials for

Darren Inverso, 19, charged with raping a teen-age girl last June, yesterday ple

Daryl and Deborah Twomey of Cumberland have six natural children and two adopted

Dave Cummings, 26, of Bath, yesterday became the first Maine professional golfer

Dave Georgia, a warden with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlif

David Becker of Portland, a free-lance art writer and Bowdoin alumnus, has given

David Biron, 40, of Chelmsford, Mass., died yesterday after being taken to the Y

David Campbell of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations

David Lee Denbow, 39, of Otisfield was sentenced to 19 years and seven months in

David Mair, 20, who returned to Maine around a week ago after serving time in a

David N. LeGage, 60, a retired Portland school administrator, has been appointed

David Piper, 50, of New Hampshire, one of the seven men who broke into the Corni

David T. Flanagan, president and chief executive officer of Central Maine Power,

David Thibodeau, 24, of Bangor, the Maine man who survived the 51-day standoff b

David W. Crook, district attorney for Somerset and Kennebec counties, might have

Davric Maine Corp., which owns Scarborough Downs, is trying to sell 400 acres of

Deaths in Westbrook, Lewiston and Yarmouth were linked to the storm that dumped

Deborah Libby, the former rescue chief in Freeport, has filed an action in Super

Deborah Thibodeau, 36, has filed suit in US District Court against Casco North

Deidre Smith, a law student at the University of Maine law school, last month wo

Delia Pherson, 26, of Hampden, is apparently the first surrogate mother to give

DeLong Sportswear Inc. of Iowa closed its Harmony mill last year, putting 80 peo

DeLong Sportswear of Grinnell, Iowa, which used to manfacture lightweight sports

DeLorme Mapping Co. of Freeport is set to market Map'n'Go, a CD-ROM that provide

Del Perry, director of the Maine Education Association, estimates that 90 percen

Demand for glossy paper has improved substantially in recent months, and the pro

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former governor Joseph E Brennan has rai

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Barringer yesterday detailed his prop

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Barringer yesterday outlined a 12-poi

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Woodbury yesterday charged that one of

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Thomas H. Allen has toned down the volume of

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Allen yesterday announced a proposal that

Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives last night nominated House Major

Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives yesterday elected Rep Paul F J

Democrats on the Legislature's Human Resources Committee have rejected key eleme

Designs Inc. plans to open a second Levi Outlet by Design store in Freeport, to

Despite lots of talk last spring by University of Southern Maine administrators

Despite this year's heavy infestation of mosquitos, Richard Bradbury, an entomol

Despite yesterday's bad weather, most Maine communities held their Democratic mu

Detailed analysis of the effect that the public furor over the state's new autom

Details and analysis of last night's forum featuring the eight candidates seekin

Details of a meeting between the eight Republican gubernatorial candidates and t

Details of a meeting of the editorial board of The Portland Newspapers and 1st D

Details of a meeting yesterday between the editorial board of The Portland Newsp

Details of some of the improvements designed by Kirkegaard & Associates for the

Details of the St Patrick's Day celebrations in the city

Details of yesterday's meeting between U.S. representatives and U.S. Senate cand

Details of yesterday's public hearing in Augusta on the state's new automobile e