"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
"Inside Maine" piece on Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium in Bar Harbor, which rec, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on camping at the Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park in Penobscot
"Inside Maine" piece on Port in a Storm Bookstore in Somesville, which offers an, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Beech Cliff hiking trail in Acadia National Park, no, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Harbor Cafe, located at the end of Sharp's Wharf in, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Volunteers in the Parks program, through which, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the numerous state-owned public lands which are absent f, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the village of Hancock Point, on Frenchman's Bay. Altho, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece reviewing Gilbert's Chowder House on Commercial Street in P, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine." Tips for vacationers who want to get up close to nature. Sugges
In the Medomak High School greenhouse, Waldoboro students are raising 160 variet
"I Remember" column describing a voyage to Hardhead Island, near Deer Isle, by t, Henry Garfield
"I Remember" column describing the author's first kiss, on the banks of the Saco, David Morine
"I Remember" column on a 1938 visit to the Birches in Rockwood, on Moosehead Lak, Mary Dowling Daley
"I Remember" column on life during World War II at Camp Walden, a girls summer c, Helen Herz Cohen
"I remember." Essay on growing up in Winn in the 1950s. The author's house was, Darlene C. Thibodeau
"I Remember" piece by George Vuilleumier, who served on the U.S. Coast Guard cut, George Vuilleumier
"I Remember" piece by Marti Stone, pointing out how different girls' basketball, Marti Stone
"I Remember" piece by Pauline Gray (as told to Philmore Wass) about her days tea, Pauline Gray
I Remember piece in which Lafe Locke reminisces, Laf Locke
"I Remember." Reminiscences and anecdotes on the transition from horse to autom, Marjorie Sewell
"Letters to The Editor." Reader Elizabeth Whalen recalls Freese's Department St
"Letters to The Editor." Reader Hal Bickford recalls Rockland's million-dollar
"Letters to The Editor." Reader Skip King comments that weather wimpiness has c
"Letters to The Editor." Reader W. P. Noble recalls travelling to Allagash Lake
Lincolnville's Ducktrap Bridge was built in 1919, but its approach was so steep, Sarah Goodyear
"Made In Maine" piece about Kent Garland, of Topsham, and his business, Fine Fea, Jason Stone
"Making It In Maine" piece about Chip and Joyce Putman, of Kezar Falls, the owne, Patrick Morris
"Making It In Maine" piece about Paul Stiffler and his business, Heritage Toys a, C J. Davies
"Making It In Maine" piece about potter Mark Kuzio, whose pottery is in the perm, Mark Condon
"Making It In Maine" piece about the Birding Company of Yarmouth, a subsidiary o, Patrick Morris
"Making It In Maine" piece about the Different Drummer Workshop in South Solon,, Luann Yetter
"Making It In Maine" piece on three of the state's small businesses. With profi, Luann Clark Yetter and Condon Mark Jeff
"Making It In Maine" piece profiling three of the state's small businesses: Boda, Mark Condon
Maybe because blackflies dominate the state every May, Maine has been the site f, Jeff Clark
"North by East" about Ed Flanagan, president of Jasper Wyman and Son, the state'
"North by East" piece about 80-year-old Francis Fenton, of Mercer, who was so co
"North by East" piece about a dozen students in the third through the sixth grad
"North by East" piece about Albert Mahar, 84, the postmaster of Dennysville, who
"North by East" piece about Donna McLellan, who has been postmistress at Alna f
"North by East" piece about Harriet B. Shaw, of Alfred, who historian and stamp
"North by East" piece about Jim Andrews of Arundel, who has a long history of sa
"North by East" piece about physics professor Paul Camp of the University of Mai
"North by East" piece about Rod Mitchell, who built his multimillion-dollar Port
"North by East" piece about the Peaks Island and its out-of-control deer populat
"North by East" piece about the rebirth of the cranberry industry in Maine. In
"North by East" piece International Paper's (IP) development of a recyclable, bi
"North by East" piece in which Jay Epsy, president of the Brunswick-based Maine
"North by East" piece noting the death of Helen Nearing, wife of the late Scott
"North by East" piece on an a marine archaeology expedition early this summer le