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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 263 papers that were published in the immediate area of Portland. In addition, the list contains another 37 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Portland. In total, we've identified 300 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Portland.

Newspapers Published In Portland ...

We know of 263 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Portland:

Newspapers Neighboring Portland ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 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 Falmouth  ...
  • Published In Westbrook  ...
  • Published In Scarborough  ...
  • Published In Cape Elizabeth  ...
    • Cape Courier (from 1988)
    • The Clique (from 1884)
  • Published In Gorham  ...
    • Gorham Times (from 1995)
    • The Eastern Boys' Companion (from 1879)
  • Published In Yarmouth  ...
    • Eastern Gazette (from 1886)
      • The first year of publication was in 1886, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Eastern Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97062641
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 36488238
    • Six Towns Times (from 1953)
    • The Shopping Notes (from 1958)
    • The Town Times (from 1939)
    • The Yarmouth Item (from 1883)
    • Yarmouth Shopping Notes (from 1952)
  • Published In Old Orchard Beach [York County] ...
    • Old Orchard Beach News
    • Old Orchard Beach Sea-side Reporter (from 1880)
    • Old Orchard Summer Rambler (from 1883)
    • Sun Times (from 1988)
      • Years of publication:  1988 to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sun Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97062716
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37291314

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Portland: www.ci.portland.me.us/

The official website for Cumberland County: www.cumberlandcounty.org/

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 drawn 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: 43.6616, Longitude: -70.2554    









 

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