"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 1995
"Along the Waterfront" piece profiling Steve Pagels, of Cherryfield, a sailor an, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that Cabot Lyman, owner of the Lyman-Mors, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that sixty years after artist-sailor Capt, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront." Profiles of five boatbuilders -- Mike Mayne, who repair
Although Brunswick Naval Air Station and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were spared f
Although Maine's pre-colonial Europeans arrived during what climatologists call, Jeff Clark
Although mocha-ware was never made in Maine, the brightly colored pottery was a, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Although special-interest niche cable-TV networks are now commonplace, one of th
Although Union doesn't see a lot of tourists once its fair ends, crowds have bee
An innovative zero-coupon bond program developed by Bath Savings Institution wil
"An insider's guide to Portland." Al Diamon lists his favorite out-of-the-way P, Al Diamon
Any Bethel resident with a computer and modem now has Internet access, thanks to
A reminiscence by Maine Times editor John Cole of his attachment to "the house o, John Cole
Article about Canada geese which are settling in Maine in unprecedented numbers., John Cole
Article about Caratunk, a small western Maine mountain community of about 100 pe, Andrew Vietze
Article about Erich Gimpel and William Curtis Colepaugh, two German spies who we, Mason Philip Smith
Article about Margie Johnson and her Porter Emporium, a gift shop located in Por, Daurelle Golden Harris
Article about Newell Convers (N. C.) Wyeth (1822-1945), who was 43-years-old an, Stephen May
Article about Sam Shaw, a Northeast Harbor Jeweler, who turns beach stones into, Mark Condon
Article about sculptor David Pollock, who has a retreat in Fayette, west of Augu, Luann Yetter
Article about sixty-five-year-old Bill Coperthwaite of Bucks Harbor, the founder, Sarah Scott
Article about the Maine Sea Coast Mission and Ted Hoskins, 63, its new minister., Ken Textor
Article about the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Maine, which star, Edgar Allen Beem
Article by Edgar Allen Beem who stayed awake all night to find out who shops at, Edgar Allen Beem
Article describing present-day and historic Castine, with information about the, Andrew Vietze
Article on antique souvenir china, which was very common around the state in the, Laurence W. Williams
Article on a series of sixteen drawings, the earliest known depictions of the vi, William David Barry and Geraldine Scott Tidd
Article on Bear Spring Camps on Great Pond, in the Belgrade Lakes region. Bear, Christopher Corbett
Article on early summer rusticators to Mount Desert Island, with a description o, John Cole
Article on efforts to restore eastern bluebirds to the state, noting that the co, Paul Karr
Article on Fitch's General Store in East Sebago, which may be the last old-style, Jeff Clark
Article on Louesa Gillespie's oriental shade garden at "Mayfair," along the Shor, Jane Lamb
Article on the beauty of native, uncultivated flora, mentioning black-eyed Susan, Richard Grant
Article on the conversion of the 1874 Methodist church in Rockport into the mult, Sarah Goodyear
Article on the Crobb Box Company, founded on Mount Desert Island on October 22,, Letitia Baldwin
Article on the difficulties of raising both children and plants in the same yard, Richard Grant
Article on the midcoast town of Friendship, located at the tip of a peninsula so, Joseph Brown
Article on the perfect lobster roll, describing the requisite criteria, and ment, D B. Eberhart
Article on the Scarborough Marsh, which comprises 3,100 acres of grasslands, wat, Jeff Clark and Paul Karr
Article on the Schoodic peninsula, the only mainland section of Acadia National, Joseph E. Brown
Article on Waldoboro, noting that the town along the Medomak River has not chang, Jeff Clark
As an Augusta high school student, Bill Kieltyka started dabbling in stereo spea
Author Richard Grant writes about the beauty to be found by looking down, rather, Richard Grant
Because winter isn't exactly the Maine construction season, Atlantic Builders in
Book review of "Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, Richard Grant
Both Pemaquid and Biddeford predate the Plymouth colony for European settlements
Brief article about Bath's Church of the New Jerusalem, which was constructed in
Brief article about famous tower clock in Portland's historic First Parish Chu
Brief article listing the natural wonders in and around Grafton Notch State Park
Brief article with detailed list of boat cruises, expeditions, and rentals avail