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The Free Press is the official campus newspaper of the University of Southern Maine. It was first published in 1972. It publishes a print edition weekly during the academic year, equaling roughly 22 editions a year. The newspaper has a circulation of 3,000 and prior to 2023 published daily on its website.
Camden made national headlines in 2010 after it was announced that the town would be giving some land away (2.8 acres and a run-down leather tannery) for "free", on the condition that a prospective business owner would have to pay $175,000 to the city of Camden and create 24 "full time" jobs. As of 2012, Camden had yet to find any takers. [18]
In 1985, he founded The Free Press. [4] In 2015, Brower bought MaineToday Media from financier S. Donald Sussman. [5] He continued purchasing Maine newspapers; [a] in 2017, he was the owner of 24 papers in Maine, including four of the state's seven daily newspapers. [6]
The first library established in Camden was known as the Federal Society's Library, and was started in 1796 with a collection of 200 books. [ 3] At that time, Camden was a very small town consisting of 15 houses centered on the harbor. The Federal Society's Library operated for 34 years until the books were sold at auction .
September 24, 1999. The High Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century residential area of Camden, Maine. Extending along High Street ( United States Route 1 ), the district has maintained its character since the 1920s, despite encroaching commercialization of nearby areas, and retains a cross-section of architecture of ...
Stearns was the son of Edward Ray and Eliza Tyler Barker Stearns of Weld, Maine. As a youth, he worked on a farm. He studied telegraphy at Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he became manager of the office. From 1855 to 1869, he was superintendent of the Fire Alarm Telegraph Company of Boston, Massachusetts and was the first to take out patents ...
March 22, 1991. The Chestnut Street Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential part of Camden, Maine, United States, which represents a cross-section of the town's architectural history, and of its transition from a shipping center to a summer resort community. The district extends south from the town common, along Chestnut ...
List of newspapers serving cities over 100,000 in the United States. Foreign language. List of French-language newspapers published in the United States. List of German-language newspapers published in the United States. List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States.