List of newspapers in Maine
This is a list of newspapers in Maine.
Daily newspapers
- Bangor Daily News – Bangor
- Kennebec Journal – Augusta
- Morning Sentinel – Waterville
- Portland Press Herald – Portland
- Sun Journal – Lewiston
- The Times Record – Brunswick
- The Daily Bulldog – Farmington (Online only)
- Fiddlehead Focus – Aroostook County
Weekly newspapers
- The Advertiser Democrat – Norway
- American Journal – Westbrook
- Aroostook Republican – Caribou
- Augusta Capital Weekly – Augusta
- The Bar Harbor Times – Bar Harbor
- The Bates Student – Lewiston
- The Boothbay Register – Boothbay Harbor
- The Bowdoin Orient – Brunswick
- The Bridgton News – Bridgton
- The Calais Advertiser – Calais
- The Castine Patriot – Castine
- The Citizen – Westbrook
- The Colby Echo – Waterville
- The Current – Westbrook
- The Ellsworth American – Ellsworth
- The Enterprise – Bucksport
- The Forecaster – Falmouth
- Fort Fairfield Journal – Fort Fairfield
- The Houlton Pioneer Times – Houlton
- The Island Ad-Vantages – Stonington
- The Island Times – Casco Bay
- Lakes Region Suburban Weekly – Westbrook
- The Lincoln County News – Damariscotta
- The Livermore Falls Advertiser – Livermore Falls
- Machias Valley News Observer – Machias
- Magic City Morning Star – Millinocket
- The Maine Campus – Orono
- The Maine Edge – Bangor
- Maine Sunday Telegram – Portland
- Midcoast Villager – Camden
- Mount Desert Islander – Bar Harbor
- The Penobscot Times – Old Town
- Portland Phoenix – Portland
- The Quoddy Tides – Eastport
- The Reporter – Westbrook
- Six Towns Times – Freeport
- The St. John Valley Times – Madawaska
- The Star-Herald – Presque Isle
- Sun Chronicle – Westbrook
- Twin City Times – Auburn
- The Weekly Packet – Blue Hill
- The Weekly Sentinel – Wells
- Wiscasset Newspaper – Boothbay Harbor
- York County Coast Star – Kennebunk
- York Weekly – York
Defunct
- Bangor Daily Commercial (1872-1949)[1]
- Evening Express (Portland) (Portland) (1882–1991)[2]
- Portland Sunday Telegram
- The Journal Tribune (Biddeford)[3]
- The Maine Times (Portland) – Ceased publication in 2002; not affiliated with the independently relaunched Maine Times (2025)
Further reading
Miller, Alan (1978). "The History of Current Maine Newspapers". Book Collections at the Maine State Library. Damariscotta, Maine: Lincoln County Publishing Co.
See also
- Nearby states
- List of newspapers in Massachusetts
- List of newspapers in New Hampshire
- List of newspapers in Vermont
References
- ^ "Bangor Daily Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1872-1949". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ "About Evening express. (Portland, Me.) 1971–1991 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- ^ "Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years". October 2019.
External links
- Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Maine", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)