"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 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
Of the 11,000 weddings that took place last year in Maine, 15 percent were for c, Winnie White
On a summer weekend day, the eighteen lifeguards on Ogunquit Beach protect up to, Powell Boyer
Peninsulas in Maine are well explored in autumn: Port Clyde, Friendship, Bristol
Personal essay on summer raspberry-picking in Maine., Richard Grant
Photo essay showing several abandoned houses across the state, that remain board, Brink Brian Vanden
Photograph, with detailed caption, of an osprey attempting to return to its summ
Photograph, with detailed caption, showing the interior of Champion Internationa
Picture and brief essay on Andrew Wyeth's painting, "Wind from the Sea," of the
Profile of Chuck Harris, 46, a veteran riverman and the driving force behind the, Elizabeth Peavey
Profile of ferry boats down east.
Profile of Frances Webb Stratton, owner of the John E. and Walter D. Webb Museum, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Profile of Frannie Peabody, long active in Portland Landmarks and The AIDS Proje, Sarah Goodyear
Profile of John Thorne, producer of the newsletter "Simple Cooking" and author o, Sarah Goodyear
Profile of Kennebunk innkeeper Shirley Loewy and the William Lord Mansion, one o, Frank Andrews
Profile of Larry Hall, Heidi Sorensen, and their year-round home deep in the Nor, Ken Textor
Profile of Maine's foremost dealer in refinished antique oak, Alice Welch., Elizabeth Peavey
Profile of naturalist-ranger Bryant Wood, a trained biologist who has been a nat, Andrew Vietze
Profile of Reinhard Zollitsch, 57, a professor at the University of Maine who ha, Jeff Shula
Profile of Richard Malaby, 45, innkeeper at the Crocker House Country Inn at Han, Elizabeth Peavey
Profile of Steven Watts and his bakery in Rockport, Sweet Sensations. Many cons, Amy Rawe