List of newspapers in Maine

This is a list of newspapers in Maine .

Daily newspapers

• Maine Times – Statewide, independent daily publication (launching soon, 2025)
• Bangor Daily News – Bangor
• The Portland Times – Portland, Maine
• 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, published once a week on Thursdays
• American Journal – Westbrook
• Aroostook Republican – Caribou
• Augusta Capital Weekly – Augusta
• The Bar Harbor Times – Bar Harbor, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Bates Student – Lewiston, published once a week on Tuesdays
• The Boothbay Register – Boothbay Harbor, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Bowdoin Orient – Brunswick, published once a week on Fridays
• The Bridgton News – Bridgton, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Calais Advertiser – Calais, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Castine Patriot – Castine, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Citizen – Westbrook
• The Colby Echo – Waterville, published once a week on Tuesdays
• The Current – Westbrook, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Ellsworth American – Ellsworth
• The Enterprise – Bucksport
• Fort Fairfield Journal – Fort Fairfield, published once a week on Wednesdays
• The Houlton Pioneer Times – Houlton, published once a week on Wednesdays
• The Island Ad-Vantages – Stonington, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Island Times – Casco Bay, published monthly
• Lakes Region Suburban Weekly – Westbrook
• The Lincoln County News – Damariscotta, published once a week on Wednesdays
• The Livermore Falls Advertiser – Livermore Falls, published once a week on Wednesdays
• Machias Valley News Observer – Machias
• Magic City Morning Star – Millinocket
• The Maine Campus – Orono, published twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays
• The Maine Edge – Bangor, published once a week on Wednesdays
• Maine Sunday Telegram – Portland
• The Maine Switch – Portland, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Mid-Coast Forecaster – published weekly alongside The Northern Forecaster, The Portland Forecaster and The Southern Forecaster
• Midcoast Villager – formed by the merger of the Courier Gazette, Camden Herald, Free Press, Republican-Journal, and villagesoup.com.
• Mount Desert Islander – Bar Harbor, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Northern Forecaster – published weekly alongside The Portland Forecaster, The Mid-Coast Forecaster and The Southern Forecaster
• The Penobscot Times – Old Town
• The Portland Forecaster – published weekly alongside The Northern Forecaster, The Mid-Coast Forecaster and The Southern Forecaster
• Portland Phoenix – Portland, published once a week on Wednesdays
• The Quoddy Tides – Eastport
• The Reporter – Westbrook
• Six Towns Times – Freeport, published weekly on Fridays
• The St. John Valley Times – Madawaska, published once a week on Wednesdays
• The Star-Herald – Presque Isle, published once a week on Wednesdays
• The Southern Forecaster – published weekly alongside The Northern Forecaster, The Mid-Coast Forecaster and The Portland Forecaster
• Sun Chronicle – Westbrook)
• Twin City Times – Auburn, covering Androscoggin County and the surrounding areas; published every Thursday
• The Weekly Packet – Blue Hill, published once a week on Thursdays
• The Weekly Sentinel – Wells, published once a week on Fridays
• Wiscasset Newspaper – Boothbay Harbor, published once a week on Thursdays
• York County Coast Star – Kennebunk, published once a week on Thursdays
• York Weekly – York, published once a week on Wednesdays

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

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References

1. "Bangor Daily Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1872-1949". Library of Congress . Retrieved July 27, 2025.
2. "About Evening express. (Portland, Me.) 1971–1991 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
3. "Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years". October 2019.

• 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)