Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Portland.
Our newspaper information for Portland is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Portland. In addition, the list contains another 306 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Portland. In total, we've identified 308 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Portland.
To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Portland ...
The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Portland:
- Middlesex County Record (from 1885)
- The Portland Citizen (from 1958)
Newspapers Neighboring Portland ...
The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Portland.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Portland.
- Published In Cromwell ...
- New Cromwell Chronicle (from 1995)
- The Cromwell Chronicle (from 1986)
- The Rocky Hill Weekly News (from 1987)
- Published In Middletown ...
- We know of 63 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Middletown. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Middletown
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Portland. This extended list includes all the papers from Middletown. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland.
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- Published In East Berlin [Hartford County] ...
- The Berlin Citizen (from 1997)
- Published In Middlefield ...
- Published In Berlin [Hartford County] ...
- The Berlin News (from 1892)
- The Berlin Weekly News (from 1891)
- Published In Durham ...
- Middlesex Merchant (from 1992)
- The Gazette (from 198?)
- The Gazette (from 1991)
- The Shopper News & Gazette (from 1990)
- Published In Rocky Hill [Hartford County] ...
- Published In Meriden [New Haven County] ...
- We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Meriden. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Meriden
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Portland. This extended list includes all the papers from Meriden. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland.
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- Published In Wethersfield [Hartford County] ...
- Tally (from 1944)
- Years of publication: 1944 to 1947
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Tally
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93054147
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29424507
- The Wethersfield Farmer (from 1889)
- The Wethersfield Farmer (from 1886)
- The Wethersfield Farmer (from 1889)
- The Wethersfield News (from 1925)
- The Wethersfield Weekly Farmer (from 1886)
- Wethersfield Chronicle (from 1933)
- Published In New Britain [Hartford County] ...
- We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of New Britain. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for New Britain
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Portland. This extended list includes all the papers from New Britain. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load
- Published In Newington [Hartford County] ...
- The Berlin Eagle (from 197?)
- The Newington Citizen (from 1958)
- The Town Crier (from 1959)
- Published In Moodus ...
- East Haddam Advertiser (from 1869)
- East Haddam Commercial Advertiser (from 1871)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Published In Elmwood [Hartford County] ...
- Enfield City Times (from 1916)
- Enfield Rooster (from 1915)
- The Community Gazette (from 198?)
- The Elmwood Press (from 1879)
- The Northern Connecticut Bazaar (from 196?)
- Published In East Haddam ...
- East Haddam Journal (from 1859)
- East Haddam Monthly Advertiser (from 1858)
- The Scholar's Journal (from 1852)
- Published In Southington [Hartford County] ...
- Canal Line Times (from 1974)
- Canal Line Times (from 1974)
- Cheshire Courier (from 187?)
- Glad Tidings (from 189?)
- Meriden Shopping News (from 1958)
- Southington Mirror (from 1863)
- Southington Phoenix (from 1897)
- Southington Weekly Phoenix (from 187?)
- Southington Weekly Phoenix (from 188?)
- The Observer (from 1975)
- The Plainville News (from 1946)
- The Southington News And The Cheshire Times (from 1940)
- The Southington News Combined With The Cheshire Times (from 1941)
- The Southington News, Northampton Valley Times (from 190?)
- The Southington News (from 191?)
- The Southington News (from 1945)
- The Southington Press (from 1859)
- The Southington Reporter (from 1873)
- Weekly Echo (from 1893)
- The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Weekly Echo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93054100
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28940773
- Weekly Phoenix (from 1879)
- Weekly Phoenix (from 1884)
- Published In Wallingford [New Haven County] ...
- Cheshire Enterprise (from 18??)
- Daily Wallingford Times (from 192?)
- North Haven Post (from 1974)
- The Daily News (from 189?)
- The Daily Witness (from 1886)
- The Evening Times (from 1892)
- The Times (from 18??)
- The Wallingford Times (from 192?)
- The Wallingford Times (from 192?)
- The Wallingford World (from 1937)
- Wallingford News (from 19??)
- Wallingford Post (from 1946)
- Wallingford Times (from 188?)
- Wallingford Times (from 1891)
- Wallingford Weekly Forum (from 187?)
- Wallingford Witness (from 1886)
- Windermere Weekly Forum (from 1877)
- Published In East Hartford [Hartford County] ...
- East Hartford Leader (from 1964)
- The American Enterprise (from 1888)
- The East Hartford Crossroads (from 1973)
- The Leader (from 1977)
- The Weekly Gazette (from 1885)
- Published In Farmington [Hartford County] ...
- Farmington-Unionville Press (from 1932)
- The Hartford Tribune (from 1977)
- Published In Hartford [Hartford County] ...
- We know of 262 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Hartford. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Hartford
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Portland. This extended list includes all the papers from Hartford. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is very large and will take extra time to load
- Published In Plainville [Hartford County] ...
- Plainville Observer (from 1931)
- Plainville Pinnacle (from 1940)
- The Observer (from 1978)
- The Plainville Citizen : Plainville's Own Weekly Newspaper (from 2002)
- The Plainville News (from 18??)
- The Plainville News (from 1927)
- The Plainville Weekly News (from 187?)
- Published In West Hartford [Hartford County] ...
- Avon News (from 1981)
- Canton News (from 198?)
- Connecticut Jewish Ledger (from 1996)
- Echo-Tally (from 1947)
- Echo (from 1948)
- Years of publication: 1948 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Echo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93054149
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29424624
- Hartford Jewish Ledger (from 1992)
- Metropolitan Shopping News (from 1932)
- New Haven Jewish Ledger (from 1977)
- The Bridgeport Jewish Ledger (from 197?)
- The Comet (from 1878)
- The Farmington News (from 198?)
- The Metropolitan News (from 194?)
- The Post (from 193?)
- The Simsbury News (from 1986)
- The Source (from 19??)
- The Stamford Jewish Ledger (from 19??)
- The Windsor Locks Journal (from 1984)
- Valley News (from 1996)
- West Hartford Metropolitan News (from 1947)
- West Hartford News (from 1947)
- West Hartford News (from 1931)
- Wethersfield Post (from 1959)
- Published In Cheshire [New Haven County] ...
- Cheshire Herald (from 1953)
- Conn. Ec-lec-Tic Weekly (from 188?)
- The Cheshire Monthly Review (from 1870)
- Published In Manchester [Hartford County] ...
- East Hartford Evening Herald (from 1978)
- Evening Herald (from 197?)
- Glastonbury Evening Herald (from 197?)
- Manchester Evening Herald (from 192?)
- Manchester Evening Herald (from 1914)
- Manchester Half/weekly Herald (from 189?)
- Manchester Observer (from 1975)
- Manchester Semi-Weekly Herald (from 1893)
- The Evening Herald (from 191?)
- The Herald (from 1981)
- The Manchester Herald (from 1981)
- The Manchester News (from 1874)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Portland: www.portlandct.org/
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Portland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5776, Longitude: -72.6371 |