Six Towns Times

The Six Towns Times was a six-column, eight-page weekly newspaper focused on the news of six towns in southern Maine, United States.[1] It was published on Fridays in Portland, Maine,[2] by Libby & Smith,[3] between 1892 and 1916.[4][5][6] It reported the news of six towns: Cumberland, Freeport (where the newspaper was headquartered),[7] Harpswell, North Yarmouth, Pownal and Yarmouth.[8]

Six Towns Times
A front page of the newspaper from 1894
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherLibby & Smith
EditorCharles Thornton Libby
FoundedNovember 3, 1892 (1892-11-03)
Ceased publication1916 (1916)
HeadquartersFreeport, Maine, U.S.
Circulation900

In its early days, the newspaper's title was Six Towns Times: Yarmouth Gazette and Freeport Sentinel.

The newspaper had a circulation of 900 during its peak years.[9]

Its editor was Charles Thornton Libby (1861–1948).[8] Yarmouth historian William Hutchinson Rowe called the publication a "lost but not forgotten institution."[5]

References
  1. "Maine Newspaper Project | Maine State Library Research | Digital Maine". digitalmaine.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  2. The Town Register: Benton, Clinton, Fairfield, 1909, Mitchell Publishing Company (1909), p. 152
  3. American Newspaper Directory (1899), p. 403
  4. "Looking For Volunteers" - Freeport Historical Society
  5. Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)
  6. "National Newspaper Directory and Gazetteer" - Google Books
  7. Marketing Communications, volume 17, "Printers' Ink" (1896), p. 31
  8. Report, Maine Press Association, p. 31
  9. A Statistical Study of the Newspapers of the United States, Roy Laverne French (1924), p. 172
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