Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Damascus.
Our newspaper information for Damascus is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Damascus. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Damascus. Our list contains 108 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Damascus.
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 Damascus.
Newspapers Neighboring Damascus ...
The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Damascus.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Damascus.
- Published In Newport ...
- The Newport News (from 1877)
- The Newport Times (from 18??)
- Published In Kenduskeag ...
- Kenduskeag Journal (from 1879)
- Published In Corinna ...
- The Corinna Advertiser (from 1887)
- The Corinna Owl (from 18??)
- Weekly Herald (from 18??)
- Published In Hampden Highlands ...
- The New Observer (from 197?)
- The Observer (from 1958)
- Published In Hampden ...
- Bay And River Record (from 1952)
- Hampden Observer (from 1949)
- Penobscot Patriot And The Hancock & Washington Advertiser (from 1803)
- Published In East Corinth ...
- The Corinth Advance (from 188?)
- Published In Glenburn ...
- The Eastern Star (from 18??)
- Published In Pittsfield [Somerset County] ...
- The Pittsfield Advertiser (from 1882)
- The Pittsfield Journal (from 19??)
- The Valley Times And The Pittsfield Advertiser (from 1967)
- The Valley Times (from 1972)
- Published In Bangor ...
- We know of 88 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bangor. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bangor
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Damascus. This extended list includes all the papers from Bangor. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Damascus
- Published In Winterport [Waldo County] ...
- Penobscot View Press (from 19??)
- Winterport Advertiser (from 1893)
- Published In Brewer ...
- New England Coastal News (from 19??)
- New England Fisherman (from 19??)
- The Item (from 1933)
- Published In Dexter ...
- The Daily Bulletin
- The Dexter Gazette (from 1869)
- The Eastern Gazette Your Hometown Advantage (from 1993)
- The Eastern Gazette (from 1892)
- The Eastern Gazette (from 1985)
- The Eastern State (from 1882)
- The Gazette (from 1977)
- The Gem And Gazette (from 1854)
- The Gem (from 1853)
- Years of publication: 1853 to 1854
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gem
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94055633
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31059914
- The Independent, And Dexter Advertiser (from 185?)
- The Isonomy, And Dexter Advertiser (from 18??)
- The Moosehead Gazette (from 1949)
- Weekly Gazette, And Dexter Advertiser (from 1868)
- Published In Frankfort [Waldo County] ...
- The Intelligencer (from 1837)
- Waldo Gazette (from 1839)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Damascus. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Damascus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Damascus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8123, Longitude: -69.0806 In this case, the coordinates for Damascus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |