"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 1996
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the South Portland Yacht Club's revival of the c, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the upcoming launch of the coasting schooner Lew, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the windjammer Roseway, which offers cruises out, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Todd Scoog of Sedgwick, who works at the Benjami, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Vinalhaven artist Buck Smith's 30-foot sloop-rig, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that Alex Hadden and Rob Stevens, former, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that Brian Doyle, a sailcloth engineer, h, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece with a profile of Haargy Heap of Yarmouth, who has, James P. Brown
A look at Bangor's connection with Canada, including the University of Maine's C
An article by a "reluctant snowmobiler," who rented a sled from Moosehead Snowmo, Ken Textor
An article by art critic and writer Edgar Allen Beem on guiding 22 travelers fro, Edgar Allen Beem
An article on a cottage built on a point on Long Lake by Lynn Harrison and archi, Matthew P. Mayo
An article on an authentic Norwegian "hytte," a spacious log house with a sod ro, Ellen MacDonald Ward
An article on Bangor's Mount Hope cemetery and park, which is so well planned th, Ellen MacDonald Ward
An article on Chain of Ponds Township and Route 27, which passes through it, off
An article on Eastport, which is the state's smallest city with 2,000 residents, Andrew Vietze
An article on Head Tide Village, a cluster of historic homes on the Sheepscot Ri, Sarah Scott
An article on Lisbon's "worst-kept secret," Joe Graziano's Casa Mia, a restauran, Elizabeth Peavey
An article on moose-watching. Some of the best spots to see the animals are nea, Powell Boyer
An article on mountain biking and the new breed of "hikers on wheels," with pro, Scott Sutherland
An article on Orphan Annie's antique store in Auburn and proprietor Danny Poulin, Ellen MacDonald Ward
An article on Packard's Camps on Sebec Lake, 13 miles from the nearest town of G, Andrew Vietze
An article on Rockland's renaissance. Christopher Crosman, director of the Will, Jeff Clark
An article on Royall River Roses in North Yarmouth, owned by David King, 48, who, Joanne Johnson
An article on surf fishing at Popham Beach. In the fall, when schools of stripe, Matthew P. Mayo
An article on the 15-year-old, day-long event sponsored each year by the United
An article on the Bangor International Airport, which has put the city on the ma, Jeff Clark
An article on the Blaine House in Augusta, which was recently the subject of a r, Ellen MacDonald Ward
An article on the case of Clifton Harris, a 19-year-old black youth convicted of, Wayne Reilly
An article on the charm of the tiny wildflowers called bluets., Richard Grant
An article on the Chebeague Inn on Great Chebeague Island, run by innkeepers Dic, Andrew Vietze
An article on the Crags, a summer house built by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the witt, George Carey
An article on the great success of Ken Twitchell's all-you-can-eat, lumberjack-s, Elizabeth Peavey
An article on the "Lollipop House," a Freeport farmhouse owned by architects Joh, Matthew P. Mayo
An article on the new $6.2 million pediatrics unit at Eastern Maine Medical Cent, Ellen MacDonald Ward
An article on the new Paul J. Schupf Wing of the Colby College Museum of Art in
An article on the northern spring peeper, which appears to be abundant in Maine, Andrew Vietze
An article on the peaceful and relatively unknown Cobscook Bay State Park in Whi, Andrew Vietze
An article on the scenic Route 17 between Oquossoc and Rumford, and a spectacula, Matthew P. Mayo
An article on ways to get out onto the water in Portland Harbor, including Dimil
An article on well-known author Stephen King and his wife, author Tabitha King,, Edgar Allen Beem
"An assortment of facts and factoids [on Greater Bangor] for out-of-towners," in
"An Insider's Guide to Bangor," with information on the Bangor Mall; the origin
Ann Flannery, 40, directed a traditional barn-raising on her land in Topsham wit, Tonee Harbert
A photo-essay on summer bingo games at the Oqunquit fire station, which have bee
A profile of Hiram Stevens Maxim of Sangerville, who invented the machine gun an, James P. Brown
A profile of Mount Desert Island's most illustrious native architect, Fred L. Sa, Letitia Baldwin
Architect Paul Bruno Mrozinski of Wiscasset helped a New York banker and his wif, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Article about Bernard Etzel of Farmington and his colorful garden. Etzel is a 1, Jane Lamb
Article about describing the Eyrie, a large Tudor estate at Seal Harbor that was, Ellen MacDonald Ward