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The ''Six Towns Times'' was a six-column, eight-page
weekly newspaper A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...
focused on the news of six towns in southern
Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
, United States. It was published on Fridays in Portland, Maine, by Libby & Smith, between 1892 and 1916.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) It reported the news of six towns:
Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...
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Freeport Freeport, a variant of free port, may refer to: Places United States *Freeport, California *Freeport, Florida *Freeport, Illinois *Freeport, Indiana *Freeport, Iowa *Freeport, Kansas *Freeport, Maine, a New England town **Freeport (CDP), Maine, the ...
(where the newspaper was headquartered),
Harpswell Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. Harpswell is composed of land contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Ne ...
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North Yarmouth North Yarmouth, officially the Town of North Yarmouth, is a town in Cumberland County, Maine. The population was 4,072 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...
, Pownal and
Yarmouth Yarmouth may refer to: Places Canada *Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia **Yarmouth, Nova Scotia **Municipality of the District of Yarmouth **Yarmouth (provincial electoral district) **Yarmouth (electoral district) * Yarmouth Township, Ontario *New ...
.''Report'', Maine Press Association, p. 31 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.''A Statistical Study of the Newspapers of the United States'', Roy Laverne French (1924), p. 172 Its editor was
Charles Thornton Libby Charles Thornton Libby (September 28, 1861 – May 23, 1948) was an American author, genealogist, historian and lawyer. He wrote five known books: ''The Libby Family in America, 1602–1881'' (1882), ''Cash, Panics and Industrial Depressions'' (1 ...
(1861–1948). Yarmouth historian William Hutchinson Rowe called the publication a "lost but not forgotten institution."


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''Six Towns Times''
- Google News Defunct newspapers published in Maine Newspapers established in 1892 Publications disestablished in 1916 1892 establishments in Maine Portland, Maine Cumberland, Maine Freeport, Maine Harpswell, Maine North Yarmouth, Maine Pownal, Maine Yarmouth, Maine {{Maine-newspaper-stub