"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
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a "marine car" known as the Comet, which became, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a Tom Thumb wedding staged in Sanford on April 2, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Submissions from 1996
A humorous account by George Carey, 60, of the training he undertakes and the fa, George Carey
A humorous paean to the Willow Bake Shoppe in Rockland, where Arnold Drinkwater, Christopher Corbett
"Along the Waterfront" piece about Arthur Fivelands, now of Lamoine, who started, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about Dean Pike, who operates Moose Island Marine i, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on 16 Mount View High School students in Thorndike, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on "Around the World in Seventy-Nine Days," by worl, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Atlantic Boat Company, born of a merger of Duffy, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Benjamin River Marine in Brooklin, which, with t, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on boatbuilder Paul Rollins of York, who is buildin, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Cruising the Maine Coast, a bi-monthly magazine, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Douglas Pope, who has moved his Haarstick-Pope S, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Dr. Hugh Harwood of Cumberland, who commissioned, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Drs. Ron and Caroline Teschke and their three ch, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on George Marks, a mechanical engineer, sailor, and, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Gov. Angus King's proclamation of July as Windja, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Herb and Doris Smith of Albion, who skipper thei, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on how an era of Hodgdon-family boatbuilding in Eas, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on how the diversification of product line to inclu, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on: John Brooks of Mount Desert Island, a builder o, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on launchings this season by the Landing School in
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Pembroke natives Bob Moore and Martin Brooks, wh, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Peter Spectre, former editor of WoodenBoat magaz, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the 14-foot Piscataqua wherry being sold under t, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the Artisans College, formerly the Rockport Appr, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the cruising adventures of Dick and Shirley Noye, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the Katherine B., owned by Gordon and Kathy Baxt
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the Maine Marine Modelmakers association, formed, James P. Brown
"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