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)
• The County – Aroostook County

Weekly newspapers

• The Advertiser Democrat – Norway
• American Journal – Westbrook
• 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 Ellsworth American – Ellsworth
• The Enterprise – Bucksport
• The Forecaster – Falmouth
• Fort Fairfield Journal – Fort Fairfield
• The Island Ad-Vantages – Stonington
• The Island Times – Casco Bay
• 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
• Six Towns Times – Freeport
• 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

• Aroostook Republican & News (Caribou) (1880–2025) – Merged into The County
• Bangor Daily Commercial (1872–1949)
• Evening Express (Portland) (Portland) (1882–1991)
• Fiddlehead Focus (Fort Kent) (2013–2023) – Absorbed by The County
• Houlton Pioneer Times (Houlton) (1857–2025) – Merged into The County
• Portland Sunday Telegram
• The Journal Tribune (Biddeford)
• The Maine Times (Portland) – Ceased publication in 2002; not affiliated with the independently relaunched Maine Times (2025)
• The St. John Valley Times (Madawaska) (1957–2025) – Merged into The County
• The Star-Herald (Presque Isle) (1890–2025) – Merged into The County

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

• Maine Press Association

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)