Maine Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Maine is one of the states that does have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and Maine recently started to make newspapers available on that site. There are numerous free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are about 1,500 newspapers that have been published in the Pine Tree State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. So go for it – find your Maine ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also, I suspect that some of these links may change over time – so if there is a dead link – please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Recently added links are in BOLD)

Maine Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Maine Newspapers

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

• Casco Bay Breeze (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917
• Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975
• Daily Northern Tribune (Bath, Me.) 1845-1853
• Eastern Times (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857
• Ellsworth American (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-Current
• Jenks’ Portland Gazette (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805
• Jenks’ Portland Gazette. And Maine Advertiser (Portland, Me.) 1803-1803
• Jenks’ Portland Gazette. Maine Advertiser (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803
• Jenks’s Portland Gazette (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802
• La Justice De Biddeford (Biddeford, Me.) 1907-195?
• La Revue (Augusta, Me.) 191?-191?
• La Revue (Waterville, Me.) 1911-191?
• Le Courrier Du Maine (Lewiston, Me.) 1906-19??
• Le Figaro : Journal Humoristique, Littéraire Et Sociale (Biddeford, Me.) 1895-18??
• Le Journal Du Madawaska = the Madawaska Journal (Van Buren, Me.) 1902-1906
• Le Maine Francais (Waterville, Maine) 1912-19??
• Le Messager (Lewiston, Me.) 1880-1966
• Le Petit Journal (Lewiston (Me.)) 19??-19??
• Lincoln Telegraph (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846
• Morning Star (Limerick, Me.) 1826-1904
• Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933
• Portland Gazette (Portland, Me.) 1805-1805
• Portland Gazette, and Maine Advertiser (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818
• The Gazette (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799
• The Independent-Reporter (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955
• The Portland Daily Press (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921
• The Portland Gazette (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824
• The Republican Journal (Belfast, Me.) 1829-Current
• The Somerset Reporter (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909
• The Union and Eastern Journal (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858
• The Union and Journal (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882

Google News Archive

• Bangor – Bangor Daily News
• Biddeford – The Biddeford Journal
• Biddeford – The Union and Journal
• Biddeford – Biddeford Weekly Journal
• Biddeford – La Justice de Biddeford
• Eastport – The Quoddy Tides
• Gray – Gray-New Gloucester Independent
• Gray – The Monument
• Kingsfield – The Original Irregular
• Lewiston – Sun Journal
• Lewiston – Lewiston Sun Journal
• Lewiston – Lewiston Evening Journal
• Lewiston – The Lewiston Journal
• Lewiston – Lewiston Wednesday Journal
• Lewiston – Lewiston Saturday Journal
• Lewiston – The Lewiston Daily Sun
• Lewiston – Lewiston Daily Evening Journal
• Lubec – The Lubec Light
• New Gloucester – New Gloucester Independent News
• Portland – Six Towns Times

Digital Maine – Newspapers (some of these are duplicated below – but not all)

Androscoggin County

• Turf, Farm and Home (Scattered 1893,1894) – Auburn, Maine

Aroostook County

• Aroostook Herald (1860-1861) – Presque Isle, Maine
• Aroostook Republican (1887-1894) – Caribou, Maine
• Aroostook Times (1905-1915) – Houlton, Maine
• Aroostook Valley Sunrise (1876-1877) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• Fort Fairfield Aurora (1875-1876) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• Fort Fairfield Journal (2004-2012) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• Fort Fairfield Review (1902-2004) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• Houlton Times (1916-1919) – Houlton, Maine
• Leader and Farm Journal (1901-1902) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• Mars Hill Enterprise (1916) – Mars Hill, Maine
• Mars Hill News (1908-1951) – Mars Hill, Maine
• North Star (1872-1887) – Presque Isle, Maine
• Northern Leader (1892-1901) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• Our Community Letter (1943-1946) – Mars Hill, Maine
• Presque Isle Star – Herald (1922-1935) – Presque Isle, Maine
• Presque Isle Star Herald (1936-1950) – Presque Isle, Maine
• Presque Isle Sunrise (1871-1876) – Presque Isle, Maine
• Star Herald (1911-1931) – Presque Isle, Maine
• Tattler (1938-1940) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• The Aroostock Democrat (1891-1892) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Aroostock Herald (1884-1889) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Aroostock Pioneer (1857-1860) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Beacon (1892, 1894,1895) – Fort Fairfield, Maine
• The Beacon (1893) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Independent (1903-1906) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Loyal Sunrise (1863-1867) – Fort Fairfield and Presque Isle, Maine
• The North Star (1887-1890) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Star – Herald (1890-1910) – Presque Isle, Maine
• The Sunrise (1867-1871) – Presque Isle, Maine

Cumberland County

• Bowdoin Orient( Scattered 1769-2014) – Brunswick, Maine
• Bridgton Reporter ( 1858-1863) – Bridgton, Maine
• Bridgton Sentinel (1863-1864) – Bridgton, Maine
• Bridgton Weekly News (1870-1871) – Bridgton, Maine
• Brunswick Telegraph (1853-1894) – Brunswick, Maine
• Casco Bay Breeze (1903-1917) – South Harpswell, Maine
• Casco Bay Weekly (1988-2004) – Portland, Maine
• Cumberland County (2009) – Scarborough, Maine
• Current (2001-2016) – Scarborough, Maine
• Forecaster (Southern Edition) (2002-2003) – Scarborough, Maine
• Gray-New Gloucester Independent ( Scattered 2006-2008) – Gray, Maine. Part of Google News
• New Gloucester Independent News ( Scattered 2006-2008) – New Gloucester, Maine. Part of Google News
• Portland Daily Press (1862-1901) Portland, Maine
• Scarborough Leader (1995-2018) – Scarborough, Maine
• Scarborough News Review (1978-1979) – Scarborough, Maine
• Six Towns Times (Scattered 1890, 1900, 1910) – Portland, Maine. Part of Google News
• South Portland, Cape Elizabeth Sentry, Scarborough Leader (2014) Scarborough, Maine
• Southern Forecaster (2003-2018) – Scarborough, Maine
• Sun Times (1989-1993) – Scarborough, Maine
• The Bath-Brunswick Times Record (1967-1972) – Brunswick, Maine
• The Bridgton News (1871-2018) – Bridgton, Maine
• The Brunswick Record (1903-1906) – Brunswick, Maine
• The Brunswick Telegraph (1894-1903) – Brunswick, Maine
• The Monument ( Scattered 2006) – Gray, Maine. Part of Google News
• The Times Record (1972-1977) – Brunswick, Maine

Franklin County

• Maine Woods (1901-1914) – Phillips, Maine
• Original Irregular (2006-2019) – Kingfield, Maine
• Phillips Phonograph (1878-1907) – Phillips, Maine
• Rangeley Lakes (1895-1897) – Rangeley, Maine

Hancock County

• Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald(1881) – Bar Harbor, Maine
• Bar Harbor Record(1887) – Bar Harbor, Maine
• Bar Harbor Times (Scattered 1902,1903,1909,1915) – Bar Harbor, Maine
• Bucksport Enterprise (2019-present) – Bucksport, Maine
• Ellsworth American(1855-1902) – Ellsworth, Maine
• Peninsula Gazette(1954-1960) – Winter Harbor, Maine

Kennebec County

• Christian Intelligencer and Eastern Chronicle (1827-1834) – Gardiner, Maine
• Cold Water Fountain and Gardiner Newsletter (1847-1848) – Gardiner, Maine
• Cold Water Fountain (1844-1845) – Gardiner, Maine
• Daily Reporter Journal (1893-1913) – Gardiner, Maine
• Eastern Mail (1847-1863) – Waterville, Maine
• Fountain and Journal l (1850-1853) – Gardiner, Maine
• Gardiner Home Journal (1858-1892) – Gardiner, Maine
• Gardiner Independent (1900-1902) – Gardiner, Maine
• Gardiner Journal (1918-1930) – Gardiner, Maine
• Hallowell Weekly Register(1898-1900) – Hallowell, Maine
• Kennebec Reporter (1866-1891) – Gardiner, Maine
• Northern Home Journal (1854-1858) – Gardiner, Maine
• Reporter Journal (1893-1913) – Gardiner, Maine
• Summertime in the Belgrades (2007-2022) – Belgrade, Maine
• The Kennebecker(1829) – Hallowell, Maine
• Turf, Farm and Home (Scattered 1894,1898,1899,1900,1901) – Waterville, Maine
• Waterville Mail (1863-1906) – Waterville, Maine

Knox County

• The Camden Herald (1899-1997) – Camden, Maine
• The Courier Gazette (1882-1950) – Rockland, Maine
• The Free Press (2004-2021) – Rockland, Maine / Camden, Maine
• The Limerock Gazette (1846-1850) – Rockland, Maine
• The Rockland Gazette (1881-1882) – Rockland, Maine
• Democrat and Free Press (1860) – Rockland, Maine

Lincoln County

• Boothaby Register (1954) – Boothbay Harbor, Maine
• Lincoln County News (1874-2008) – Damriscotta, Maine
• Herald and Record (1877-1878) – Damriscotta, Maine
• Village Herald (1876-1877) – Damriscotta, Maine
• Damariscotta Holiday Review (1883) – Damriscotta, Maine
• Lincoln Democrat (1851-1853) – New Castle, Maine
• Waladoboro Press (1939-1968) – Waldoboro, Maine
• Sheepscot Echo (1891-1918) – Wiscasset, Maine

Oxford County

• The Rumford Citizen (1906-1908) – Bethel, Maine
• Academy Herald (1877-1879) – Bethel, Maine. Student Published
• Academy Herald (1897-2016) – Bethel, Maine. Student Published
• Bethel Courier (1858-1861) – Bethel, Maine
• Bethel News (1895-1908) – Bethel, Maine
• The Gould Blue and Gold (1942-1969) – Bethel, Maine. Student Published
• Canton Telephone (1878-1889) Canton, Maine
• Oxford Democrat (1850-1921) Paris, Maine
• Otisfield News (1945) – Otisfield, Maine
• Oxford County Citizen (1931,1974) – Oxford, Maine

Penobscot County

• Bangor Daily News (Scattered 1900, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000) – Bangor, Maine. Part of Google News
• Bangor Weekly Register (1815-1818) – Bangor, Maine
• Bangor Register (1819-1831) – Bangor, Maine
• Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser (1821-1822) – Bangor, Maine
• Brewer Register (1986) – Brewer, Maine
• Maine Campus (1885-2005; 2008-2011) – Orono, Maine
• Old Town Enterprise (1901-1929) – Old Town, Maine
• Old Town-Orono Times (1979-1992) – Old Town and Orono, Maine
• Penobscot Times (1934-2018) – Old Town, Maine
• The Old Town Enterprise (1888-1934) – Old Town, Maine
• Sachem (1894-2015) – Old Town, Maine

Piscataquis County

• Piscataquis Observer (1847-2016) – Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
• Piscataquis Farmer (1842-1847) – Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
• Piscataquis Herald (1838-1842) – Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
• Democratic Republican (1839-1840) – Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Sagadahoc County

• Bath Daily Times (1869-1909) – Bath, Maine
• Daily Sentinel and Times (1869) – Bath, Maine

Somerset County

• Pittsfield Advertiser (1882-1982) – Pittsfield, Maine
• Valley Times (1972-1987) – Pittsfield, Maine
• The Pittsfield Advertiser and Valley Times (1967-1972) – Pittsfield, Maine

Waldo County

• Republican Journal (1829-1868) – Belfast, Maine
• Republican Journal (1869-1922) – Belfast, Maine
• Isleboro Island News (1987-2016) – Isleboro, Maine
• Isleboro Observer (1949-1979) – Isleboro, Maine
• Isleboro Up Date (1985-1987) – Isleboro, Maine
• Morning Sun (1980) – Isleboro, Maine
• Sea Breeze (Scattered 1880-1891) – Northport, Maine

Washington County

• Quoddy Tides ( Scattered 1968-2019) – Eastport, Maine
• Lubec Light (Scattered 2006) – Lubec, Maine. Part of Google News

York County

• Biddeford Advance (1879-1880) – Biddeford, Maine
• Biddeford Daily Journal (1916) – Biddeford, Maine
• Biddeford Daily Standard (1894) – Biddeford, Maine
• Biddeford Journal (1882-1884) – Biddeford, Maine
• Biddeford Observer (1881) – Biddeford, Maine
• Biddeford Weekly Journal (1891-1930) – Biddeford, Maine
• Biddeford Weekly Times (1881-1883) – Biddeford, Maine
• Daily Breeze (1890) – Biddeford, Maine
• Daily Evening Star (1877) – Biddeford, Maine
• Daily Evening Times (1878-1892) – Biddeford, Maine
• Daily Morning Herald (1861) – Biddeford, Maine
• Daily Standard (1890-1893) – Biddeford, Maine
• Daily Times (1873-1877) – Biddeford, Maine
• Evening Post (1878) – Biddeford, Maine
• Expose (1894) – Biddeford, Maine
• Journal Tribune (1985) – Biddeford, Maine
• Kennebunk Enterprise(1904-1920) – Kennebunk, Maine
• La Justice de Biddeford (1931-1932) – Biddeford, Maine
• Maine Democrat (1831-1867) – Biddeford, Maine
• Maine Palladium (1823-1829) – Biddeford, Maine
• Maine Sentinel (1887) – Biddeford, Maine
• Nightly Comet (1902) – Biddeford, Maine
• Peoples Defender (1880) – Biddeford, Maine
• Sentinel (1885) – Biddeford, Maine
• Tri Weekly Herald (1848) – Biddeford, Maine
• Union (1845-1853) – Biddeford, Maine
• Union and Eastern Journal (1857) Biddeford, Maine
• Union and Eastern Journal (1854-1858) Biddeford, Maine
• Union and Journal (1860-1870) – Biddeford, Maine
• Union and Journal (1861-1882) – Biddeford, Maine
• Watchword (1904-1911) – Biddeford, Maine
• Weekly Record (1895-1923) – Biddeford, Maine
• Weekly Standard (1891-1895) – Biddeford, Maine
• Watson’s Illuminator (1880-1903) – Biddeford, Maine
• Old Orchard Apple (1976) – Old Orchard Beach, Maine
• Old Orchard Mirror – Old Orchard Beach, Maine
• Maine Palladium (1823-1829) – Saco, Maine
• Northeast Harness News (1980-1995)– Saco, Maine
• Old Flag (1885) – Saco, Maine
• Saco Tribune (1899) – Saco, Maine
• York County Herald (1839) – Saco, Maine
• Sanford Tribune (1899-1971) – Sanford, Maine
• Sanford Tribune & Advocate(1923-1950) – Sanford, Maine
• Sanford Weekly Tribune(1895-1899) – Springvale, Maine
• Springvale Advocate(1905-1921) – Springvale, Maine

County and Library Collections:

Aroostook County
Caribou Public Library

• Aroostook Republican (1880-1971)
• Aroostook Republican And News (1971-1992)
• Houlton Pioneer Times (1939-1939)
• North Star (1872-1872)

Fort Fairfield Public Library

• Loyal Sunrise (1863-1866)
• Aroostock Valley Sunrise (1876-1877)
• Presque Isle Sunrise (1876-1876)
• Fort Fairfield Aurora (1875-1876)
• Beacon (1892-1895)
• Leader And Farm Journal (1901-1902)
• Northern Leader (1892-1901)
• Fort Fairfield Review (1902-2004)
• Fort Fairfield Journal (2004-2012)
• Tattler (1938-1940)

 Turner Memorial Library

• Aroostook Herald (1860-1889)
• Aroostook Pioneer (1857-1885)
• Aroostook Valley Sunrise (1867-1877)
• North Star (1872-1890)
• Presque Isle Star-Herald (1890-1955)
• Presque Isle Sunrise (1871-1876)
• The Aroostook Democrat (1891-1892)
• The Beacon (1893-1893)
• The Independent (1903-1906)
• The Loyal Sunrise (1863-1867)

Walter TA Hansen Memorial Library

• Mars Hill News (1908-1951)
• Our Community Letter (1943-1946)
• Mars Hill Enterprise (1916-1916

Cumberland County
Bridgton Public Library

• Bridgton News (1871-2022)
• The Bridgton News (1902-2020)
• Bridgton Weekly News (1870-1871)

Curtis Memorial Library

• Brunswick Telegraph (1853-1894)
• The Brunswick Telegraph (1894-1903)
• The Brunswick Record (1903-1966)
• The Bath-Brunswick Times Record (1967-1972)
• The Times Record (1972-1977)

Harpswell Anchor

• Harpswell Anchor (1989-2025)

Scarborough Public Library

• Cumberland County (2009)
• Current (2001-2016)
• Scarborough Leader (1995-2023)
• Scarborough News Review (1978-1979)
• South Portland Cape Elizabeth Sentry Scarborough Leader (2014)
• Sun Times (1989-1993)
• The Southern Forecaster (2002-2023)

Yarmouth Historical Society

• The Shopping Notes (1953-1992)

Kennebec County
Gardiner Public Library

• Christian Intelligencer and Eastern Chronicle (1827-1834)
• Cold Water Fountain and Gardiner News Letter (1847-1848)
• Cold Water Fountain (1844-1845)
• Daily Reporter Journal (1893-1913)
• Eastern Chronicle (1825-1826)
• Fountain and Journal (1850-1853)
• Gardiner Home Journal (1858-1892)
• Gardiner Independent (1900-1902)
• Gardiner Journal (1918-1930)
• Kennebec Reporter (1866-1891)
• Northern Home Journal (1854-1858)
• Reporter Journal (1893-1913)
• The Gardiner Times (1977-1978)

Knox County
Camden Public Library

• The Camden Herald (1870-2023)
• The Courier-Gazette (1903-2023)
• The Herald Gazette (2009-2011)
• Village Soup Gazette (2011-2012)

Lincoln County
Lincoln County News

• Lincoln County News (1874-2008)
• Waldoboro Press (1939-1968)
• Sheepscot Echo (1891-1918)
• Herald and Record (1877-1878)
• Village Herald (1876-1877)
• Lincoln Democrat (1851-1853)
• Independent Reporter (1950-1950)
• Boothbay Register (1954-1954)
• Damariscotta Holiday Review (1883-1883)
• Democrat and Free Press (1860-1860)

Oxford County
Bethel Historical Society

• Academy Herald [1877-1879]
• Academy Herald [1897-]
• Bethel Courier [1858-1861]
• Featured Articles from The Bethel Courier [1858-1861]
• Bethel Journals
• Bethel News
• Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
• Broad Street Herald
• Courier / Bethel Courier
• Featured Articles from The Courier
• Gould Blue and Gold
• Miscellaneous Articles
• Oxford County Citizen
• Rumford Citizen

Paris Cape Historical Society

• Norway Advertiser (1849)

Penobscot County
Bangor Public Library

• Bangor Weekly Register (1815-1818)
• Bangor Register (1819-1831)
• Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser (1821-1822)

 Old Town Public Library

• Old Town Enterprise (1901-1929)
• Orono News (1941-1941)
• Orono Times (1979-1992)
• Penobscot Times (1934-2018)
• The Old Town Enterprise (1888-1934)

Piscataquis County
Thompson Free Library

• Piscataquis Observer (1847-2024)
• Piscataquis Farmer (1842-1847)
• Piscataquis Herald (1838-1842)
• Democratic Republican (1839-1840)

Sagadahoc County

Patten Free Library

• Daily Sentinel and Times (1862-1869)
• Bath Daily Times (1869-1909)

Somerset County
Pittsfield Public Library

• Pittsfield Advertiser (1882-1982)
• Valley Times (1972-1987)
• Valley Times and the Pittsfield Advertiser (1967-1972)

Waldo County
Belfast Free Library

• Republican Journal (1829-2015)
• The Waldo Independent (1985-2008)

Alice L. Pendleton Library

• The Islesboro Observer (1949-1979)
• The Islesboro Up Date (1985-1987)
• The Islesboro Island News (1987-2019)
• The Morning Sun (1980)
• The Isleboro Island News (2022)

York County
McArthur Public Library

• Biddeford Advance 1879-1880
• Biddeford Daily Standard 1894
• Biddeford Observer 1881
• Biddeford Weekly Times 1881-1883
• Concord Gazette 1812
• Daily Breeze 1890
• Daily Evening Star 1877
• Daily Evening Times 1878-1892
• Daily Morning Herald 1861
• Daily Standard 1890-1893
• Daily Times 1873-1877
• Evening Post 1878
• Expose 1894
• La Justice De Biddeford 1907-1950
• La Justice 1896-1907
• Maine Palladium 1823-1829
• Maine Sentinel 1887
• New England Galaxy 1821
• Nightly Comet 1902
• Old Flag 1885
• Peoples Defender 1880
• Saco Tribune 1899
• The Biddeford Daily Journal 1884-1958
• The Biddeford Journal 1882-1888
• The Biddeford Weekly Journal 1888-1930
• The Maine Democrat 1831-1867
• The Proviso Star Sentinel 1974-1981
• The Star Sentinel 1956-1997
• The Union 1845-1853
• The Weekly Record 1895-1923
• The West Proviso Herald 1978-1998
• Tri-Weekly Herald 1848
• Union and Eastern Journal 1857
• Union And Journal 1861-1882
• Watchword 1904-1911
• Watsons Illuminator 1880-1903
• York County Herald 1839

Springvale Public Library

• Journal Tribune (1977-1978)
• Sanford Tribune (1899-1977)
• Sanford Tribune And Advocate (1923-1950)
• Sanford Weekly Tribune (1895-1899)
• Springvale Advocate (1905-1921)
• The Sanford News (1980-1986)

York Public Library

• Biddford Weekly Journal (1905-1905)
• Boston Evening Transcript (1925-1925)
• Boston Globe (1905-1999)
• Boston Sunday Herald (1953-1953)
• Chamber of Commerce York Harvestfest (2002-2009)
• Christian Science Monitor (1932-1932)
• Coaching Parade (1892-1892)
• Coast Pilot (1974-1977)
• Daily Breeze (1894-1894)
• Education Connection (2001-2008)
• Fosters Daily Democrat (1966-2002)
• Fosters Sunday Citizen (2002-2002)
• Golden Cross Journal (1902-1907)
• Honolulu Star Bulletin (1947-1947)
• Hurricane of 1954 Pictorial Review (1954-1998)
• Ice Storm of 1998 (1998-1998)
• Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser (1784-1784)
• Independent Statesman (1927-1927)
• Insight (York School Department) (1983-1988)
• Kennebec Journal (1978-1978)
• Kittery Press (1936-1962)
• Lewiston Journal (1901-1972)
• Maine Farmer and Homemaker (1954-1954)
• Maine Sunday Telegram Faces of Maine (1976-1976)
• Maine Sunday Telegram (1952-1987)
• Maines Hurricane Edna (1954-1954)
• New York Herald Tribune (1936-1936)
• New York Times (1952-1985)
• Nubble Comes Home Supplement (1900-1900)
• Old York Courant and Transcript Supplement (1902-1902)
• Old York Transcript and Courant (1901-1919)
• Old York Transcript and Pioneer (1900-1929)
• Old York Transcript and York County Pioneer (1929-1929)
• Old York Transcript (1899-1943)
• Philadelphia Inquirer Picture Parade (1943-1943)
• Plane News APO 724 (1918-1918)
• Portland Evening Express (1944-1945)
• Portland Press Herald Ice Storm Special (2004-2006)
• Portland Press Herald, 400 Years of Maine Shipbuilding (2007-2007)
• Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald (1936-1945)
• Portland Sunday Telegram (1954-1954)
• Portland Transcript (1855-1855)
• Portsmouth Herald Souvenir Edition (1970-1970)
• Portsmouth Herald (1946-2002)
• Portsmouth Times (1902-1902)
• Sawards Journal (1944-1944)
• Seacoast Media Supplement, Day of Honor Veterans Day (2007-2007)
• Seacoast Media Supplement, Spotlight Love and War WWII (2003-2003)
• Seacoaster (1950-1950)
• Summer Week (1995-1999)
• The Boston Post (1916-1946)
• Town of York Grande Parade 350th (2002-2002)
• Turn O the Tide, Summer Chronicles (1925-1926)
• Vacationist (1926-1928)
• Wells Ogunquit Compass (1935-1942)
• York Corner Courier (1892-1892)
• York County Coast Star (1966-2002)
• York County Law and Order Advocate (1902-1902)
• York Courant (1891-1901)
• York Enterprise (1904-1937)
• York Hospital (1978-2006)
• York Independent (1999-2011)
• York Maritimes (1998-1998)
• York Times (1982-2006)
• York Weekly Presents, Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1998-1998)
• York Weekly Supplement, Home Improvement (1927-1999)
• York Weekly (1943-2016)

Rockland Public Library – Archived Rockland Newspapers

• The Courier Gazette, 1882-1920
• The Lime Rock Gazette, 1846-1850
• The Rockland Gazette, 1851-1882

Student Collections:

Bates College – Lewiston

• Bates Student
• Bates Student

Bowdoin College – Brunswick

• Bowdoin Orient
• Bowdoin Orient

College of the Atlantic – Bar Harbor

• Off the Wall

Colby College – Waterville

• The Colby Echo

Gould Academy – Bethel

• Academy Herald [1877-1879]
• Academy Herald [1897-] 
• Gould Blue and Gold 

Husson University – Bangor

• The Spectator

Maine College of Art – Portland

• MECA News
• MECA Magazine

Maine Maritime Academy – Castine

• News
• Mariner

Saint Joseph’s College – Standish

• Saint Joseph’s College Magazine

Southern Maine Community College – South Portland

• The Beacon

Thomas College – Waterville

• News

Unity College – Unity

• Unity College News
• Unity Magazine

University of Maine – Farmington

• Farmington Flyer

University of Maine – Fort Kent

• News

University of Maine – Machia

• News

University of Maine – Orono

• UMaine Today
• UMaine News 
• UMaine – Maine Campus News Archives

University of Maine – Presque isle

• University Times

University of New England – Biddeford

• Nor’Easter

University of Southern Maine – Portland

• Antler, The
• Backtalk, 1970
• Bear Paw, The
• Chips and Chatter
• Dumpus
• Extra by the Stag
• Focus on UMP
• Free Press, The
• Hilltop Daily, The
• Independence Plus
• Independent, The
• Newsance
• Non-Viking, The
• Observer, The
• Oracle, The
• Orphan, The
• Pinnacle
• PJC “Newsance”
• PJC Comments
• Portland Campus, The
• Portland Junior College News
• Rag, The
• Red Hot News
• Runes, The
• Scuttle-Butt, The
• Sentinel
• Stein, The
• Stein-Viking, The, 1970
• Student Voice, The
• The 69er
• The Gorham Panorama
• The Newspaper
• UMP Campus
• UMPG The Viking
• UMPus
• Underground Railroad
• Unidentified Student Newspaper
• Viking, The

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Maine News Index Online (Index only)

• Amjambo Africa!
• Casco Bay Weekly
• Down East Magazine
• Images logos
• Island Journal
• MaineBiz
• Maine Times
• Other Publications
• Portland Daily Sun
• Portland Forecaster
• Portland Monthly
• Portland Phoenix
• Portland Press Herald
• Profile
• Salt
• West End News

Maine Labor and Radical History Newspapers

• The Mechanic, Farmer and Working-Men’s Advocate (Portland: 1831-?)
• The Farmer’s Friend and Laboring-Man’s Advocate (Kennebunk: 1831-?)
• The Socialist Press (Portland: 1902-?)
• The Maine Socialist (Bath: 1904-?)
• The Maine Comrade (Thomaston: 1909?-?)
• Maine Labor Leader (Portland: 1923?-?)
• The Maine State Labor News (Augusta: 1933- )
• The Maine Issue (Portland: 1976-1978)
• The Pine Tree Progressive (Jefferson: 1997?-?)
• Labor Record of Maine (Portland: 1942-1998)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Alfred – Alfred Advocate (Company 130)
• Alfred – Alfred Antics (Company 130)
• Alfred – Camp Crier (Company 130)
• Alfred – Katahdin Klipps (Company 130)
• Bar Harbor – Acadian (Company 154)
• Ellsworth – Brann News (Company 193)
• Ellsworth – Weekly Torture (Company 193)
• Flagstaff – Arnold Trail Echo (Company 178)
• Flagstaff – Last Echo (Company 178)
• Fort Williams – Headlight (Company 165)
• Gilead – Wild River Eagle (Company 156)
• Greeneville – Moose Call (Company 160)
• Lewiston – Barracks Bag (Company 132)
• Millinocket – Baxter News (Company 193)
• Palmer – Barrack Tattler (Company 173)
• Patten – Maine Eskimo (Company 159)
• Patten – Maine Events (Company 159)
• Princeton – Easterner (Company 192)
• Princeton – Far East Forester (Company 192)
• Rangeley – Gold Brick (Company 144)
• Southwest Harbor – 158Th Street (Company 158)
• Southwest Harbor – Sou’Wester (Company 158)
• Stowe – Langdonian (Company 152)
• Wesley – Forest Echo (Company 160)

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Origin

​Small Town Papers

• Gray-New Gloucester News — New Gloucester
• Quoddy Tides — Eastport
• Sugarloaf & Rangeley (Lakes) Irregular — Kingfield/Rangeley
• Sugarloaf Irregular — Kingfield
• The Irregular at Rangeley — Rangeley
• The Lubec Light — Lubec
• The Merrymeeting Standard — Richmond
• The Monument Newspaper — Gray
• The Original Irregular — Kingfield
• The Spectator — Brownville

Old Fulton Postcards

• Augusta ME Daily Kenneber Journal
• Belfast ME Republican Journal
• Belfast ME Republican Journal Continued
• Bethel ME Oxford County Citizen
• Biddeford ME Union and Journal
• Damarisotta and Newcastle ME Village Herald 1877
• Ellsworth ME American
• Main Newspapers
• Portland ME Daily Press
• Portland ME Daily Press Continued
• Portland ME Gazette
• Skowhegan ME Independent Reporter
• South Paris ME Oxford Democrat

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historical newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page. 

Other Free Sites:

Augusta

• Maine State Labor News

Bangor

• Bangor Daily Whig and Courier
• The Maine Edge

Bethel

• Bethel News
• Bethel Courier
• The Courier
• Oxford County Citizen

Lewiston

• National Advocate

Milo

• Town Crier

Portland

• Congregationalist
• The Portland Gazette
• Portland Transcript
• Maine Labor Leader
• Casco Bay Weekly

Rumford

• Rumford Citizen

South Freeport

• The Cruiser

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 41 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Maine Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 160 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Maine Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 45 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Maine

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 80 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Maine 

And Finally:

You also need to check out the Maine State Library site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to newspaper projects.

Please note – even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.