Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Westbrook.

Our newspaper information for Westbrook 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 18 papers that were published in the immediate area of Westbrook. In addition, the list contains another 282 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Westbrook. In total, we've identified 300 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Westbrook.

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 Westbrook.

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Westbrook ...

We know of 18 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Westbrook:

L'Observateur = The Observer (from 1901)
- Years of publication: 1901 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the L'Observateur = The Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97062744
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37609012
Suburban Shopper (from 1950)
- Published during 1950
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Suburban Shopper
- Holdings for: LCCN SN00062507
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43940732
Success (from 18??)
- Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Success
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95067897
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158288
The Chronicle-Gazette (from 1903)
- Years of publication: 1903 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Chronicle-Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026904
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10737840
The Westbrook Chronicle And Globe-Star (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 1902
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Westbrook Chronicle And Globe-Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95067900
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158428
The Westbrook News (from 19??)
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Westbrook News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97062721
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37291317
The Westbrook Star (from 1894)
- Published during 1894
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Westbrook Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95067902
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158444
The Westbrook Telephone (from 1880)
- Years of publication: 1880 to 1881
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Westbrook Telephone
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97062747
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37513810
The Westbrook Witness (from 1877)
- Years of publication: 1877 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Westbrook Witness
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97062745
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37513802
Westbrook Advertiser (from 1933)
- Years of publication: 1933 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Westbrook Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97062718
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37291320
Westbrook American (from 1951)
- Years of publication: 1951 to 1968
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Westbrook American
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95067898
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158281
Westbrook Chronicle (from 1882)
- Years of publication: 1882 to 1900
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Westbrook Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95067899
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158501
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- Westbrook Chronicle (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Westbrook Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062728
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37450606
- Westbrook Gazette (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Westbrook Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067907
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158459
- Westbrook Globe-Star (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Westbrook Globe-Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067888
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158475
- Westbrook Globe (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Westbrook Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067906
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158487
- Westbrook Shopper (from 1951)
  - Published during 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Westbrook Shopper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00062508
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43940727
- Westbrook Times (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Westbrook Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062722
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37291311

Newspapers Neighboring Westbrook ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Westbrook.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Westbrook.

Published In Gorham ...
- Gorham Times (from 1995)
  - Years of publication: 1995 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gorham Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062627
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36433102
- The Eastern Boys' Companion (from 1879)
  - The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Eastern Boys' Companion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94051256
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30853879
Published In Portland ...
- We know of 263 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Portland. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Portland
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Westbrook. This extended list includes all the papers from Portland. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Westbrook.
  
  Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
Published In Falmouth ...
- Falmouth Forecaster (from 1986)
  - Years of publication: 1986 to 1990
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Falmouth Forecaster
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062618
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36433089
- The Falmouth Gazette And Weekly Advertiser (from 1785)
  - Years of publication: 1785 to 1786
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Falmouth Gazette And Weekly Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83021543
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10250620
- The Forecaster (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Forecaster
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067987
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33827496
Published In Scarborough ...
- Gorham News Review (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gorham News Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00062517
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45216354
- Scarborough News Review (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scarborough News Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069031
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245128
Published In Buxton Center [York County] ...
- The Buxton Country News (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Buxton Country News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98065840
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39903919
Published In North Windham ...
- The Advertiser (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 1972
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069074
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245325
- The Courier Free Press (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069077
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245310
- The Courier (from 197?)
  - Published during 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069076
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245307
- The Lakes Region Advertiser (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lakes Region Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069075
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245318
Published In Standish ...
- The Alethian (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alethian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067896
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158295
Published In Cape Elizabeth ...
- Cape Courier (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cape Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069040
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245139
- The Clique (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clique
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069061
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38245285
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)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Six Towns Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062731
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37450585
- The Shopping Notes (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shopping Notes
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062651
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36488158
- The Town Times (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Town Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062642
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36488207
- The Yarmouth Item (from 1883)
  - The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Yarmouth Item
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067905
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33158379
- Yarmouth Shopping Notes (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Yarmouth Shopping Notes
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97062649
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36488151

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Westbrook: www.westbrookmaine.com/

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

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westbrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6932, Longitude: -70.3556 In this case, the coordinates for Westbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).