Current Publishing is a publishing company in southern Maine that puts out six weekly newspapers. Lee Hews is the company's publisher. Jane P. Lord is the executive editor, and Ben Bragdon is the managing editor.

Publications

The six free, weekly newspapers produced by Current Publishing include:

• The Current, a broadsheet launched September 13, 2001, to serve the towns of Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth
  Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  Cape Elizabeth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The town is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
  
  . The City of South Portland
  South Portland, Maine
  South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state. Founded in 1895, as of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,002. Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is situated on Portland Harbor and overlooks the skyline of...
  
   was added to its coverage area in mid-2002;
• The American Journal, a tabloid purchased in July, 2002, and converted to a broadsheet
  Broadsheet
  Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
  
  . It currently serves Westbrook
  Westbrook, Maine
  Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. The population was 17,494 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
  
  , Gorham
  Gorham, Maine
  Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 16,381 at the 2010 census. In addition to an urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town also encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct...
  
   and Buxton
  Buxton, Maine
  Buxton is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 7,452...
  
  ;
• The Lakes Region Weekly, a broadsheet launched in October, 2003, in conjunction with purchase of The Suburban News. Initially, the paper was known as The Lakes Region Suburban News. It currently serves Windham
  Windham, Maine
  Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 17,001 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of South Windham and North Windham...
  
  , Standish
  Standish, Maine
  Standish is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,874 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Standish Neck and Two Trails...
  
  , Naples
  Naples, Maine
  Naples is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The population was 3,274 at the 2000 census, and it is home to part of Sebago Lake State Park. Naples is a resort area.-History:The area...
  
  , Sebago
  Sebago, Maine
  Sebago is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2000 census, although it swells during summer months to approximately 5,000...
  
   and Casco
  Casco, Maine
  Farmers found the surface of the town uneven, its hard and rocky soil "tolerably productive." Outlets of ponds, however, provided Casco with good sites for water powered mills. The town had four sawmills, four gristmills, a shook mill, a barrel stave mill, four shingle factories, a carriage factory...
  
  ;
• The Reporter, a small tabloid launched in October, 2004, that serves Waterboro
  Waterboro, Maine
  Waterboro is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
  
   and surrounding towns;
• The Sun Chronicle, a broadsheet launched in April, 2005 to serve Saco
  Saco, Maine
  Saco is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,482 at the 2010 census. It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy, as well as General Dynamics Armament Systems , a subsidiary of the defense contractor General Dynamics...
  
   and Old Orchard Beach
  Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  Old Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,856 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  . It has since been converted to a large, magazine-style tabloid, and;
• The Weekly Observer, a small tabloid launched in April, 2006, that serves Sanford
  Sanford, Maine
  Sanford is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,798 in the 2010 census, the highest of the York County towns, and the 8th largest in the state. Situated on the Mousam River, Sanford includes the village of Springvale...
  
   and surrounding towns.

Discontinued newspapers include The Citizen, a tabloid launched in 2005 to serve Cornish

Cornish, Maine

Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,269 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...

 and surrounding towns, which ceased publication in 2007, and The Monument News, a tabloid serving Gray

Gray, Maine

Gray is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,820 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. Gray is home to regional headquarters for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and...

 and New Gloucester

New Gloucester, Maine

New Gloucester is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. It is home to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, the last active Shaker Village in the U.S...

purchased in 2008. It continued for four months and then was folded into the Lakes Region Weekly.

The company also produces a number of free, niche publications, including, in order of launch:

• My Generation, focusing on baby boomer issues;
• Maine Women, Maine's only women's magazine;
• Food Etc, a cooking magazine, and;
• 95 North, a Southern Maine travel magazine.