"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
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
Article about the debate over the proposed establishment of a Maine Woods Nation, Jeff Clark
Article about Thomas Wolfe's two-week stay at Ocean Point, near Boothbay, in Ju, Steven B. Rogers
Article on pet inhabitants of Augusta's Blaine House, including: Peanuts, a tame, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Article on snowmaking at Maine's ski resorts, noting that snowmaking technology, Jeff Clark
Article on the Community School in Camden, a pioneering alternative school for h, Sarah Scott
Article on the wintertime appeal of the town of Kingfield in the Carrabassett Va, Powell Boyer
A short article on Great Cranberry Island, a peaceful spot with about 80 year-ro
A short article on paddle-wheel tours on the Songo River Queen II, which replace
A short article on the Seal Cove Auto Museum, which car buffs say holds one of t
Because of the success of the Land for Maine's Future Board, created in 1987 and, Jeff Clark
Beginning in 1977, state biologist Philip Bozenhard engineered a remarkable Down, John Cole
"Boating Down East," a special supplement, with articles for boaters on Northeas, Ken Textor
Camp Ellis, an oceanfront Saco neighborhood north of the mouth of the Saco River, Jeff Clark
Caskie Stinnett describes a visit to the Olson House in Cushing, once the home o, Caskie Stinnett
Cindy and Ron Valente of North Berwick raise over 1,500 varieties of day lilies, Sarah Scott
David Morine, 45, reminiscences about a Thursday night softball game last summe, David Morine
Description of a shrimping trip out of Cundy's Harbor aboard the seventy-foot st, Ken Textor
Detailed article about the auction held August 2-3, 1995, at the Ebenezer Alden, Edgar Allen Beem
"Dining Down East" piece about dining in Charlie Reid's Green Heron Inn in Kenne, Elizabeth Peavey
"Dining Down East" piece on Le Domaine, on Route 1 in Hancock, which has been in, D B. Eberhart
"Dining Down East" piece on Portland's Cafe Stroudwater, a highly rated restaura, Sarah Scott