"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
Russell Pond, at the center of Baxter State Park, is set in a verdant valley and, Andrew Vietze
Since 1990, there have been two volunteers at Seguin Island Light each summer, c, Ken Textor
Some little-known vignettes of the life of painter Winslow Homer, who lived at P, Craig Fisher and Ashton Helen
Special, 54-page guide to Christmas Shopping in Maine, detailing 50 great gift i
Thanks to a referendum that the state rallied behind 20 years ago, Bigelow Mount, Andrew Vietze
The Dark Harbor House is owned by Matt Skinner, a retired Boston University prof, Deborah Dalfonso
The legendary Golden Road, built by Great Northern Paper Co. through 96 miles of, Jeff Clark
"The Maine Viewpoint" piece on the defeat of a ballot measure, "Question 1," tha
"The Talk of Bath" piece about about Bath's Carlton Bridge and the contention ov, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Bath" piece on Rogers Hardware in Bath, profiling owners John and G, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on expert birders, Wendy Howes of Wilton and Wally Sum, Robert Kimber
"The Talk of Maine" piece on how an announcement last February by Gov. Angus Kin, Sarah Scott and Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on shortcuts that can cut summer travel time on Maine, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the Bangor Public Library, its efficient and helpfu, Elizabeth Peavey
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the unlikely success of the mid-winter Camden Confe, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the Wellington Elementary School, one of the last t, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on two referendum questions. The first, backed by for, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on UFO sightings in Maine. The state was third or fou, Powell Boyer
"Trips Down East" section with articles on day trips in southern Maine; fall fol, Powell Boyer, Elizabeth Peavey, Matthew Mayo, and Patrick Morris
Two of Maine's four congressional delegates--Sen. William Cohen, a Republican, a
"What's in a Picture?" 1930s photograph, by photographer George French , showing, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a class picture of children in a one-room school, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece on Sam Osborne, a freed slave who was brought to Wa
"What's in a Picture?" piece on the aftermath of the 1907 fire at Old Orchard Be, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece on the Bath-built Dorothy B. Barrett, a five-master, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece on the dirigible Shenandoah at its mooring mast abo, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece on the Gardiner riverfront in the early 1890s, wher, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece with a photograph and description of ice harvesting
Submissions from 1995
A brief reminiscence by George Carey, of his childhood vacations on the coast of, George Carey
Account of author Edgar Beem's climb of Mount Katahdin with his 13-year-old daug, Edgar Allen Beem
A consortium of investors are exploring the possiblity of piping natural gas fro
"Along the Waterfront" piece about a twenty-seven foot wooden tuna boat that sou, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about boatbuilder David Corcoran, who has built a n, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about boatbuilder David Nutt of Southport Island, w, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about boatbuilder Malcolm Pettegrow, of Southwest H, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about boatbuilder Ralph Stanley, of Southwest Harbo, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about the "Archipelago Solo," designed by Jean Mari, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about the Corson Boat Company, in Madison, one of t, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on books for boaters by two veteran Maine editor-wr, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Captain John Nugent's "North Wind," a fifty-seve, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Edmund Davis of Tremont, who is attempting to re, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Mark Murray's Sea Hoss Skiff, a broad, high-side, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Newman Gee of Hartland, who harvests hackmatack,, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Oakes Ames, a racing rower and owner of the Mart, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on PACT 95, the Maine-based America's Cup team that, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the commissioning of the USS Maine, a 560-foot T, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the famous Down East racing lobsterboat "Red Bar, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the opening of the nonprofit Maine Watercraft Mu, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the "Pride -N- Joy," a thirty-nine-foot lobsterb, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on the "Sunbeam V," the new seagoing chapel of the, James P. Brown