About
The Maine Trust for Local News
The Maine Trust for Local News owns and operates the Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, seven community newspapers and a wide array of digital news publications serving communities in southern, western and central Maine.
The Maine Trust reaches an audience of 1.4 million readers across Maine and beyond. Our journalists are embedded in the communities they cover and committed to delivering the hyperlocal coverage that matters most to residents.
The Maine Trust is a subsidiary of the National Trust for Local News, a nonprofit committed to conserving, transforming and sustaining vibrant community news enterprises across the country.

Our Local News Publications
Names Mainers have trusted for generations, now working together to cover the whole state.















Portland Press Herald
Serving Southern Maine and statewide news, with the Maine Sunday Telegram.
Sun Journal
Covering Lewiston, Auburn, and Western Maine.
CentralMaine.com
Home of the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal.
RECENT
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