"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
"North by East" piece on Fort Knox in Prospect. George McLeod started Friends o
"North by East" piece on Friends of Montpelier, the 1930s replica of General Hen
"North by East" piece on Gerald Nickerson of Caribou and Pete Griffeth of New Sw
"North by East" piece on how Maine's Bureau of Medical Services, which oversees
"North by East" piece on members of the Rockland High School class of 1963 who a
"North by East" piece on municipalities that participated in the Lincoln County
"North by East" piece on Nabisco Co.'s decision to stop making Crown Pilot brand
"North by East" piece on new state regulations related to the harvesting of elve
"North by East" piece on Paula K. Haddow, director of the ScienceWorks program a
"North by East" piece on Pemaquid Point in Bristol, where thrillseekers go to wa
"North by East" piece on students at the 43 Maine schools that have participated
"North by East" piece on Terry Lewis's Nonesuch House Antiques in Wiscasset, whi
"North by East" piece on the Acid Rain Retirement Fund, founded by University of
"North by East" piece on the Bangor-based Maine Lobster Promotion Council, which
"North by East" piece on the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, which took the risk
"North by East" piece on the death of Bessie Phillips, 90, on April 17. She won
"North by East" piece on the effect on the Maine arts scene of the Skowhegan Sch
"North by East" piece on the Elm Research Institute, based in Harrisville, N.H.
"North by East" piece on the history of Maine's Grange, also called the Order of
"North by East" piece on the Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth, which has welcome
"North by East" piece on the large, Maine-based Hannaford grocery store chain, w
"North by East" piece on the life of Edmund S. Muskie, a native of Rumford who b
"North by East" piece on the long-awaited development of Bangor's vast and vener
"North by East" piece on the Maine Turnpike Authority's new electronic toll coll
"North by East" piece on the school on Matinicus Island, which never closes for
"North by East" piece on the Snow Squall, a clipper ship built in South Portland
"North by East" piece on the Tibbetts Bridge between Wells and Ogunquit, which h
"North by East" piece on the weekly acoustic jam sessions at the University of M
"North by East" piece on Windham High School choral director Richard Nickerson a
"North by East" piece reporting on the medicinal properties of blueberries. The
"North by East" piece reporting that an increasing number of Mainers are turning
"North by East" piece with a profile of Herbert "Bud" Wood, 75, of South Thomast
Photo essay about children and their swimming holes, such as the one photographe, Tonee Harbert
Piece on Bangor, with short articles on Bangor's lead in privatizing municipal s
Profile of Arthur Davis, 56, who started Maine Bonsai Gardens at his home in Woo, Jane Lamb
Profile of Carol and Peter Bass, who started Maine Cottage Furniture in 1988 in, Jeff Clark
Profile of CR Lawn, founder of Waterville-based Fedco Seeds. He first organized, Patrick Morris
Profile of David Betts, 47, of Bucksport, a former house painter who started Gro, Mark Condon
Profile of Fred Hutchinson, who has been president of his alma mater, the Univer, Jeff Clark
Profile of John J. Pullen, 82, of Brunswick, who wrote the highly readable "The, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Profile of Kathryn Swift of Hope and her business Wildflowers of Maine, which sh, C J. Davies
Profile of Max Folsom, a bush pilot who missed only three days of flying in nort, Andrew Vietze
Profile of painter Lois Dodd, 68, a summer resident of Cushing, who has painted, Elizabeth Peavey
Profile of pewterer Ken Kantro, owner of Lovell Designs in Portland's Old Port., Elizabeth Peavey
Profile of Portland native, Joe Payne, who is hired by the Friends of Casco Bay, Jeff Clark
Profile of realist artist Linden Frederick, 43, a New York native, who moved to, Sarah Scott
Profile of Richard S. Lee, 76, a horse breeder who owns the Maine Lee Morgan Hor, Beth Thomas
Profile of sisters Adeline and Caroline Wing of Bangor , who lived together for, Edgar Allen Beem
Profiles of notable Bangor-area residents who describe why they love the area, i
Reminiscence by Deborah Dalfonso, on her experience as a candy striper at St. Jo, Deborah Dalfonso