Six Towns Times
Defunct weekly newspaper in Maine
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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]
A front page of the newspaper from 1894 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | Libby & Smith |
| Editor | Charles Thornton Libby |
| Founded | November 3, 1892 |
Ceased publication | 1916 |
| Headquarters | Freeport, Maine, U.S. |
| Circulation | 900 |
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]
