"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
"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
"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