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Penobscot County Maine Newspapers


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Key Newspapers & Resources

  • Bangor Daily News: The premier newspaper for all of Penobscot County. It has the highest volume of obituaries, death notices, and life milestones.
  • The County: Serving parts of the broader Penobscot region and Aroostook areas, this publication provides local death notices and obituaries.

Directory of Penobscot County Maine Newspapers

A listing of Penobscot County Maine newspapers, their location, and dates published.

  • The Bangor Booster (Bangor, Me.) 19??-19??
  • The Bangor Boys (Bangor, Me.) 1884-1???
  • Bangor Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1953-1954
  • Bangor Commercial Advertiser (Bangor [Me.]) 1835-1836
  • Bangor Courier (Bangor, Me.) 1833-1859
  • Bangor Courier ([Bangor, Me.]) 1833-183?
  • Bangor Daily Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1872-1949
  • Bangor Daily Evening Mercury (Bangor [Me.]) ????-????
  • The Bangor Daily Evening Times (Bangor, Me.) 1858-1867
  • Bangor Daily Gazette (Bangor, Me.) 1843-1845
  • Bangor Daily Journal (Bangor, Me.) 1854-1857
  • The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Me.) 1889-Current
  • Bangor Daily Post (Bangor [Me.]) 18??-18??
  • The Bangor Daily Union (Bangor, Me.) 1857-1861
  • Bangor Daily Whig (Bangor, Me.) 1834-1834
  • Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (Bangor, Me.) 1834-1900
  • Bangor Evening Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1949-1953
  • Bangor Gazette (Bangor [Me.]) 1842-18??
  • Bangor Gazette (Bangor [Me.]) 1843-1843
  • Bangor Independent (Bangor, Me.) 1916-????
  • The Bangor Jeffersonian (Bangor, Me.) 1851-1870
  • Bangor Journal (Bangor, Me.) 1854-18??
  • The Bangor Journal of Literature, Science, Morals, and Religion (Bangor, Me.) 1837-1838
  • Bangor Mercury (Bangor [Me.]) 1844-1???
  • The Bangor Messenger (Bangor, Me.) 188?-1???
  • Bangor Post (Bangor [Me.]) 183?-18??
  • Bangor Record (Bangor, Me.) 18??-????
  • Bangor Register (Bangor, Me.) 1819-1820
  • Bangor Register (Bangor, Me.) 1822-1831
  • Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser (Bangor, Me.) 1821-1822
  • Bangor Semi-Weekly News (Bangor, Me.) 18??-19??
  • Bangor Tri-Weekly Gazette (Bangor, Me.) 1845-184?
  • Bangor Tribune (Bangor, Me.) 1878-18??
  • The Bangor Weekly Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1883-19??
  • Bangor Weekly Commercial and Democrat (Bangor, Me.) 18??-1882
  • Bangor Weekly Courier (Bangor, Me.) 1859-19??
  • The Bangor Weekly News (Bangor, Me.) 18??-????
  • Bangor Weekly Register (Bangor, [Me.]) 1815-1818
  • The Bangorean (Bangor, Me.) 18??-????
  • Bay and River Record (Hampden, Me.) 1952-????
  • The Bluehill Times (Bangor, Me.) 1889-1889
  • The Bradford Clarion (Bradford, Me.) 1977-1982
  • The Cadet (Orono, Me.) 1885-1899
  • The Campus (Orono, Me.) 1899-1904
  • City Crier and Country Intelligencer (Bangor, Me.) 1855-????
  • Commercial (Bangor, Me.) 1956-1956
  • The Coon Dissector (Bangor [Me.]) 18??-18??
  • The Corinna Advertiser (Corinna, Me.) 1887-1???
  • The Corinna Owl (Corinna, Me.) 18??-1888
  • The Corinth Advance (East Corinth, Me.) 188?-1???
  • The Crusader (Bangor, Me.) 18??-1???
  • The Daily Bulletin (Dexter, Me.) 1???-1???
  • Daily Commercial Advertiser (Bangor, Me.) 1835-1836
  • Daily Mercury (Bangor, Me.) 1844-18??
  • The Daily News (Bangor, Me.) ????-????
  • Daily Republican (Bangor, Me.) 1833-18??
  • The Democrat (Bangor, Me.) 1838-1879
  • Democratic Flag (Bangor, Me.) 18??-????
  • The Dexter Gazette (Dexter, Me.) 1869-1892
  • Dirigo Rural (Bangor, Me.) 18??-18??
  • The Dow Air Strip (Bangor, Me.) 1951-1952
  • Dow Field Observer (Bangor, Me.) 1942-19??
  • Dow Thunderjet (Bangor, Me.) 1948-1949
  • Dow Thunderstreak (Bangor, Me.) 1954-195?
  • Downeaster (Bangor, Me.) 1960-1968
  • The Eastern Democrat and Sunrise News (Bangor, Me.) 19??-????
  • The Eastern Gazette (Dexter, Me.) 1985-1993
  • The Eastern Gazette (Dexter, Me.) 1892-1977
  • The Eastern Gazette Your Hometown Advantage (Dexter, Me.) 1993-Current
  • Eastern Maine Sunday Reporter (Bangor, Me.) 1971-19??
  • Eastern Republican (Bangor, Me.) 1827-1838
  • Eastern Republican and Penobscot Gazette (Bangor [Me.]) 1827-1827
  • The Eastern Star (Glenburn, Me.) 18??-1???
  • The Eastern State (Dexter, Me.) 1882-1892
  • Elderberry Times (Old Town, Me.) 19??-????
  • The Enterprise (Bangor, Me.) 18??-1???
  • Family and School Visitor (Portland [Me.]) 1839-18??
  • The Free Community Observer (Bangor, Me.) 19??-????
  • The Freeholder (Bangor, Me.) 18??-1???
  • Gateway News (Lincoln, Me.) 1939-19??
  • The Gazette (Dexter, Me.) 1977-1985
  • The Gem (Dexter, Me.) 1853-1854
  • The Gem and Gazette (Dexter, Me.) 1854-1862
  • The Greenbacker (Bangor, Me.) 1879-????
  • The Hampden News (Bangor, Me.) 1889-????
  • Hampden Observer (Hampden, Me.) 1949-19??
  • The Home Advocate (Bangor, Me.) ????-????
  • Illustrated Staples' News (Bangor, Me.) 18??-18??
  • The Independent, and Dexter Advertiser (Dexter, Me.) 185?-1???
  • The Industrial Journal (Bangor, Me) 1885-1918
  • The Isonomy, and Dexter Advertiser (Dexter [Me.]) 18??-1???
  • The Item (Brewer, Me.) 1933-????
  • The Jeffersonian (Bangor, Me.) 1849-1851
  • The Jeffersonian Daily Evening News (Bangor [Me.]) 1862-18??
  • The Journal (Millinocket, Me.) 1970-1971
  • The Katahdin Journal (Millinocket, Me.) 1971-1976
  • Katahdin Kalendar (Sherman, Me.) 18??-1???
  • The Katahdin Times (Millinocket, Me.) 1976-Current
  • Kenduskeag Journal (Kenduskeag, Me.) 1879-18??
  • Lincoln Chronicle (Lincoln, Me.) 19??-19??
  • The Lincoln News (Lincoln, Me.) 1932-19??
  • The Lincoln News (Lincoln, Me.) 1941-19??
  • The Lincoln News (Lincoln, Me.) 1948-19??
  • Lincoln News (Lincoln, Me.) 19??-Current
  • The Lincoln Sun (Lincoln, Me.) 1947-19??
  • The Maine Campus (Orono, Me.) 1904-Current
  • The Maine Chance (Castine, Me.) 1904-19??
  • Maine Labor Advocate (Bangor, Me.) ????-????
  • Millinocket Advertiser (Millinocket, Me.) 1933-????
  • The Millinocket Herald (Millinocket, Me.) 1941-19??
  • The Millinocket Journal (Millinocket, Me.) 1940-1970
  • The Millinocket Journal (Millinocket, Me.) 1901-19??
  • Millinocket Journal (Millinocket, Me.) 1939-1940
  • The Mirror (Corinth [Me.]) 183?-18??
  • The Moosehead Gazette (Dexter, Me.) 1949-1977
  • New England Coastal News (Brewer, Me.) 19??-Current
  • New England Fisherman (Brewer, Me.) 19??-Current
  • The New Observer (Hampden Highlands, Me.) 197?-1975
  • The Newport News (Newport, Me.) 1877-1???
  • The Newport Times (Newport, Me.) 18??-18??
  • The Northern Border (Bangor, Me.) 1873-1877
  • The Northern Penobscot Journal (Millinocket, Me.) 1940-19??
  • Northern Penobscot News (Lincoln, Me.) 1934-19??
  • The Observer (Hampden Highlands, Me.) 1958-197?
  • The Old Town Enterprise (Old Town, Me.) 1888-1934
  • Old Town-Orono Times Penobscot Times (Old Town, Me.) 1979-1992
  • Oldtown Herald and Up-River News (Bangor, Me.) 1888-1888
  • The Oldtown Index (Oldtown, Me.) 1850-1???
  • The Oldtown Monthly (Oldtown, Me.) 1875-1???
  • Orono News (Orono, Me.) 1941-????
  • The Orono Observer (Orono, Me.) 1948-????
  • Orono Observer (Orono, Me.) 1993-????
  • The Out-Post (Orono, Me.) 19??-????
  • Paine (Bangor, Me.) 1971-19??
  • Patriot (Bangor, Me.) 1954-1956
  • The Patten Tribune (Patten, Me.) 187?-1???
  • The Penny Advertiser (Bangor, Me.) 1857-????
  • Penobscot Freeman (Bangor, Me.) 1834-1835
  • Penobscot Gazette (Bangor [Me.]) 1824-1827
  • Penobscot Journal (Bangor, Me.) 1831-1833
  • Penobscot Patriot and the Hancock & Washington Advertiser (Hampden, Me.) 1803-180?
  • The Penobscot Times (Old Town, Me.) 1992-Current
  • Penobscot Times (Old Town, Me.) 1941-1979
  • The Penobscot Times and the Old Town Enterprise (Old Town, Me.) 1934-1941
  • The People's Press (Bangor [Me.]) 1836-18??
  • The Plain Dealer (Bangor, Me.) 1840-18??
  • Portland Inquirer (Portland, Me.) 1848-1855
  • The Tanker Times (Bangor, Me.) 195?-19??
  • The Up-River News (Lincoln, Me.) 1885-1885
  • The Up-River News (Bangor, Me.) 1888-1???
  • The Up-River Weekly News (Bangor, Me.) 1885-1888
  • The Velocipede (Bangor Me.) 18??-1???
  • The Voice (Patten, Me.) 1868-1874
  • Wabanaki Alliance (Orono, Me.) 1977-1982
  • The Weekly (Bangor, Me.) 19??-Current
  • Weekly Gazette, and Dexter Advertiser (Dexter, Me.) 1868-1869
  • Weekly Herald (Corinna, Me.) 18??-1???
  • The Weekly Mercury (Bangor, Me.) 184?-18??
  • The Winterport Sun (Bangor, Me.) 188?-1???
  • The Word and the Work (Bangor, Me.) 1889-19??