"The goal of Down East has always been to hold a mirror up to Maine — its storied past and lively present — and to celebrate its flinty, independent character and unhurried way of life. As Maine has changed with the times, however, so has Down East. Today the state has come to embrace its future as well as its past. Accordingly, the magazine now focuses more on contemporary Maine life and what the future might bring and less on historical background and quaint rusticity. Booming circulation and advertising gains demonstrate the wisdom of this editorial shift."
Portland Public Library's collection of Down East is complete, and begins with the first issue, August 1954. The hard copies are available in the Portland Room.
Submissions from 1997
"Inside Maine" piece on the annual Bed-and-Breakfast Inn and Garden Tour sponsor, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Damariscotta shell heaps, piles of 3,000-year-old sh, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Dockside Restaurant in Belfast, which serves a delic, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Fisherman's Inn Restaurant in Winter Harbor, just no, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Monhegan House, an 1870s inn on Monhegan Island feat, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Mount Desert Historical Society Museum, which sits b
"Inside Maine" piece on the Peter A. McKernan Hospitality Center at Southern Mai
"Inside Maine" piece on the Steve Powell Refuge and Wildlife Management Area on
"Inside Maine" piece on TP Ranch Horse and Carriage Escorts in Hope, which offer, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine." Profiles of Kahn's Smokehouse, which specializes in German food, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine." Though the state left route 7, between Belfast and Newfield, off
Interview with Bob Gleason, owner of Green Point apple farms on the Kennebec Riv
"I Remember" column on an elaborate treasure hunt on Lower Torrey's Island, near, Bradford Wilkinson
"I Remember" column on Barnes' wedding in Boothbay Harbor., Helen Sykes Barnes
"I Remember" column on Charley Gomes, a renowned Casco Bay boatbuilder, who buil, Peter Alexander
"I Remember" column recounting a crazy college feat performed in the late thirti, Jim Ferren
"I Remember." Detailed description of a dog walk along the Moose River and Poph, Elizabeth K. Moser
"I Remember." Nineteen-forty-seven letter home from Paul Turner regarding the f, Paul D. Turner
"I Remember" piece in which Jim Higgins reminisces about his boyhood fascination, Jim Higgins
"I Remember" piece on how Dr. Don Trumball made use of the Spruce Head town dump, Don Trumball
"I Remember" piece on the clambakes of the author's Uncle Flet, held on Cape Eli, Andrew Winslow
"I Remember." The author's father began logging off the Aroostook River in 1930, Levander Richardson
Kittery is one of the top ten outlet shopping areas in the country, with 120 man, Jeff Clark
Lengthy review of Kenneth Roberts's 1956 novel "Boon Island.", Edgar Allen Beem
Leo Connellan, Poet Laureate of Connecticut, returns rarely to his hometown, Roc, Christopher Corbett
"Letters to the Editor." Five letters from readers on the "Where in Maine?" pho, Dean R. Clark, Irene Bellows, John Morgan, Kip Armstrong, and Sarah Crandall
"Letters to the Editor" on the separation between northern and southern Maine., Brenda H. Nelson and Charles R. Wiggins
Life is so good in Belfast these days that even the memories of the 1980s -- whe, Jeff Clark
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOGFA) runs the Common Ground
"Making It In Maine" piece on Artforms, a Portland-based company that makes scre, C J. Davies
"Making It In Maine," piece on how Maine is becoming a center of fine furniture, Jeff Clark
"Making It In Maine," piece on Maine Balsam Fir Products in West Paris, owned by, Elizabeth Peavey
"Making It In Maine" piece on Shoe Renu, Tim Farley's shoe-repair business in Br, Patrick Morris
"Making It In Maine," piece on two Lincoln County businesses that have made Main, C J. Davies
"Making It In Maine" piece profiling three of the state's small businesses: "Coo, Ellen MacDonald Ward, Patrick Morris, and Jeff Clark
"Making It In Maine" piece with a profile of Rudy Graf, owner of Science Source, Jeff Clark
"Making It In Maine." Profiles of Kathleen Shattuck,owner of Common Sense Desig, C J. Davies
Margaret Wise Brown, author of the children's classic "Goodnight Moon," lived in, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Moontide Spring on Mount Zircon in Rumford bubbles salt water, despite Rumford's
"North by East." An auction marked the final closure of the elementary school i
"North by East." Claw Island Foods in Vinalhaven is building a global, multi-mi
"North by East." Description of the annual football game between Biddeford High
"North by East." Interview with Portland Downtown Guide Jamie Grant.
"North by East." In the wake of Porltand's downtown growth, Levinsky's departme
"North by East." It remains unclear how much of Sears Island the state will lea
"North by East." Nineteen miles of the Maine Turnpike between Newry and Upton w
"North by East" on snoweater fogs, which rise on mild, moonlit nights and signal
"North by East" piece about Mike Dublois, of Mexico, who is attempting to intere
"North by East" piece about the growing frequency of automobile-moose collisions
"North by East" piece about the Lemon Sale held by Reny's department stores each