"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
"Dining Down East" piece on the Burning Tree restaurant in Otter Creek, about ha, Sarah Scott
"Dining Down East" piece on the Hurricane restaurant in Perkins Cove in Ogunquit, Wayne Curtis
"Down East Bookshelf" piece containing a review of "Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography, Sarah Goodyear
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "A Lantern in the Wind: The Life of Mary Ellen Ch, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Archangel," by Paul Watkins. The book is set in, Paul Doiron
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on a trio of new mysteries set in Maine: "Murder on, Paul Doiron
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Collected Poems," by the late Samuel French Mors, Carl Little
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Pemaquid Point t, Peter Spectre
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Maine: The Pine Tree State from Prehistory to th, Sally Baker
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "That Camden Summer," a national bestseller by La, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "The Hiker's Guide to Maine," by outdoorsman Tom, Earl Brechlin
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on the recently reissued 1933 bestseller, "As the Ea, Agnes Bushell
Edward Schweizer, 57, a Swiss-born inventor, this year opened a Maine lobster ho, Amy Rawe
Fifteen little-known facts about the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, which has never, Matthew P. Mayo
Frank Ladner reminisces about the summers he spent as a bellhop from 1937-1941 a, Frank Ladner
Humorous article about Rockland's Maine Lobster Festival, attended last year by, Christopher Corbett
Humorous article about the Matinicus International Jetport on Matinicus Island.
"Inside Maine" piece on a chance discovery in an old file cabinet that revealed
"Inside Maine" piece on Bangor Historical Society's weekly Best of Bangor Bus To, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Belfast's Harborside Graphics Factory Outlet, which sell, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Big Squaw Mountain in the Greenville area, a hulking pea, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Champlain Mountain on Mount Desert Island and the popula
"Inside Maine" piece on College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, which according t
"Inside Maine" piece on Cunningham's Books at Longfellow Square in Portland. Th, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Diane Campbell's Balmy Days Cruises out of Boothbay Harb, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Dodge Point in Newcastle, a little piece of public land, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Englishman David Pitt, who, with his partner, Lois Van P, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Gorham Trails and its goal of establishing 100 miles of
"Inside Maine" piece on Jonathan West, a booking agent who has made Jonathan's r, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Kennebunk in February, including the Kennebunk Inn; cros, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Kennebunk's impressive architecture, including the famou
"Inside Maine" piece on Lakeview Restaurant in St. Agatha, which offers beef and, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Maine Arts, Inc., which is responsible for Maine Fest an
"Inside Maine" piece on North Maine Woods, Inc., a consortium of 21 landowners,, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Quisisana, a venerable Kezar Lake resort where the staff
"Inside Maine" piece on Rockland's popular Brown Bag eatery-bakery, owned by man, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook, a 400-acre operation tha, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on state parks that are closed to hunting but wide open to, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Belfast Coop's homemade Cranberry Tiger ice cream, w
"Inside Maine" piece on the blueberry barrens of Hancock and Washington counties, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Eagle Hill Research Station, founded by Joerg-Henner
"Inside Maine" piece on the endangered northern blazing star wildflower, which b, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine House in Bryant Pond, the former summer home o, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine section of the White Mountain National Forest,
"Inside Maine" piece on the Portland-based Maine Outdoor Adventure Club. It was, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Sea Basket in Wiscasset, praised by travel writers f
"Inside Maine" piece on the Six-Mile Yard Sale, which has been held in Cornville
"Inside Maine" piece on the success of the reintroduction of wild turkeys to Yor
"Inside Maine" piece on the Trailing Yew restaurant and inn on Monhegan Island,, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the venerable Inn at St. John in Portland, built in 1897, Andrew Vietze