"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
"North by East" piece about the mass kiss-in held at the University of Maine's A
"North by East" piece about the residents of the town of Pownal, who have decide
"North by East" piece, featuring an interview in question-and-answer format, wit
"North by East" piece featuring an interview in question-and-answer format with
"North by East" piece featuring an interview in question-and-answer format with
"North by East" piece on a flock of wild mallards that has been congregating for
"North by East" piece on a fund set up by Percival Baxter, the genius of Maine w
"North by East" piece on a gift of 10,000 acres of land in Cutler and Whiting, w
"North by East" piece on a legislative panel recommendation that a chickadee rep
"North by East" piece on Av-Intel Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario, which plans to open a
"North by East" piece on Borealis Breads, formerly known as Bodacious Breads. O
"North by East" piece on efforts to restore a colony of murres on Matinicus Rock
"North by East" piece on Gary Howard, Brunswick fire chief and a noted gemstone
"North by East" piece on hail and thunderstorms in Maine.
"North by East" piece on Marc Bretton of Saco, who with his partner Don Paquette
"North by East" piece on purple loosestrife. The flashy summer plant is so inva
"North by East" piece on Russell Knowles, of the Maine Department of Transportat
"North by East" piece on South Portland optometrist Roger Gagnon, who has develo
"North by East" piece on the 20,000 tons of tapioca that arrive in Portland and
"North by East" piece on the 86-year-old Portland City Hall bell tower clock, wh
"North by East" piece on the Allagash Alliance Group, a coalition that wants to
"North by East" piece on the demise of snow fences in Maine. Until the recent p
"North by East" piece on the furor created when Nabisco quietly dropped its prod
"North by East" piece on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's annual fish-stockin
"North by East" piece on The National Pork Producers Council, which is claiming
"North by East" piece on the New England Music Camp on Lake Messalonskee in Sidn
"North by East" piece on the new indoor farmer's market in Bangor, organized by
"North by East" piece on the Portland Police Department's mounted unit and an in
"North by East" piece on the preparations Mainers take when a snowstorm is forec
"North by East" piece on the recently published book "Discovering Old Bar Harbor
"North by East" piece on the temporary dismantling of the Portland Observatory o
"North by East" piece on the University of Maine at Fort Kent, which is gaining
"North by East" piece on the vintage wooden carousel at Palace Playland in Old O
"North by East" piece on weekly McBeano night, held every Monday night at the Mi
"North by East" piece reporting on the closing of Boynton-McKay Drug Store in Ca
"North by East" piece reporting that chefs Jerry Clare, of the Belmont Hotel in
"North by East" piece reporting that residents of Castine are resisting attempts
"North by East" piece reporting that the Maine Department of Transportation will
"North by East" piece with a tribute to Lew Dietz of Rockport, who died in late
"North by East" piece with various statistics (contained in blue boxes) on the n
"North by East." Profile of Pittsfield town manager Dwight Doherty and his succ
"North by East." Rick Harford and Michael Glenn invented the cresta, which comb
"North by East." The replacement for the "Million Dollar Bridge" between Portla
"North by East." The University of Maine will give full-tuition scholarships to
"North by East." University of Maine at Fort Kent President Charles Lyons, look
"North by East." University of Maine professor Steve Reiling found that snowmob
"North by East." Vaseline Intensive Care studied the effects of winter weather
Nude beaches are rare in Maine, and the few nude gathering-places one hears abou, Powell Boyer
Oakie McCabe works on the two municipal clocks of Bath, checking one across the, Meadow Rue Merrill
Of all the products made in Maine, none is more emblematic that the Bean Boot, a, Edgar Allen Beem