"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 1994
Article on how to get a Maine garden ready for winter., Jane Lamb
Article on the largest snowplow in North America. The public works department o
Article on what it is that attracts people to Blue Hill, a small town of 1,941 r, Sarah Goodyear
Article profiles Joy Sprague, postmaster of Little Cranberry Island. She has re, Letitia Baldwin
Article reviews Doris Grumbach's newest book "Fifty Days of Solitude" which is a, Sarah Goodyear
A tour of Portland's Congress Street and profiles of some of its resident instit, Margot Brown McWilliams
Atwell Wixson of Albion was 17 when he enlisted in the Third Maine Infantry Regi, Jennifer Wixson
Author Deborah Heffernan of Bridgton describes how secret plans to have a Queen, Deborah Daw Heffernan
Author Virigina Thorndike writes about the art of taking photograhic portraits o, Virginia Thorndike
Brief article about climbing Tumbledown Mountain, which is located 20 miles nort
Brief article about Larry Mugnai, who, with his late wife, Helen, started Helen'
Brief article profiles Jayne Greer Hurley, a Sanford native and graduate of the
Brief article summarizes the state of the Maine sardine industry. The decline i
Brief essay about the Mount Desert Island village of Somesville, the first settl
Brief piece quotes Dr. Joseph Conforti of the University of Southern Maine's Ame
Cameron Lewis of Lincolnville, Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, and French friend La, James P. Brown
Citing the congestion in Portland Harbor and Casco Bay and the volume of both co, James P. Brown
Davis Thomas writes about Dr. Benjamin Lake Noyes, a physician and surgeon, and, Davis Thomas
D. B. Eberhart gives advice on lobster shack etiquette and provides a list of s, D B. Eberhart
Deborah Dalfonso writes about the summers she and her family spent at Green Lake, Deborah Dalfonso
Detailed portrait of the Farmington (Cutler Memorial) Library, including details, Robert Kimber
"Dining Down East" piece about Bailey Island's Log Restaurant, which is run by S, Sarah Goodyear
"Dining Down East" piece about George's restaurant in Bar Harbor, founded sevent, Sarah Goodyear
"Down East Bookshelf" piece briefly noting Mark Walker's "Maine Roots: Growing
"Down East Bookshelf" piece briefly noting "Sarah's Boat: A Young Girl Learns t
"Down East Bookshelf" piece briefly noting the publication of "Friendship" by Ti
"Downeast Bookshelf" piece in which Sarah Goodyear reviews Carolyn Chute's "Merr, Sarah Goodyear
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Deadline," a mystery novel by Gerry Boyle of Wat, Alexander B. Brook
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Revolution Downeast: The War for American Indepe, Neil Rolde
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "The Gardens and Flowers of Jordan Pond," by Scot, Richard Grant
"Down East Bookshelf" piece reviewing Blackberrry Books' new edition of "The En, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" review of "A Marriage Made in Woodstock," a novel by Cathi, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" review of George Dennison's "Temple: From the Writer's No, Richard Grant
"Down East Bookshelf" review of "The Quotable Moose: Contemporary Maine Reader,, Paul Doiron
Felsted was built in 1896 as a retirement cottage for landscape architect Freder, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Glenn Gould, 72, is the owner of the Wells Auto Museum, and currently has his as, Davis Thomas
Glidden Street in Newcastle is profiled in this long and well illustrated articl, Ellen MacDonald Ward
In 1843, twenty men met in a Portland schoolhouse and formed the Portland Societ, Jeff Clark
In September 1993, Restore: The North Woods, an environmental organization based, Jeff Clark
"Inside Maine" about Lakeside Orchard in Manchester. The orchard, which grows m, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece about a new locomotive and ten cars acquired in June by the
"Inside Maine" piece about Arringtons, an antiquarian bookstore, three-quarters, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece about Dick Thurlow's Finestkind Cruises, which offers seven
"Inside Maine" piece about Goldenrod, a York Beach candy shop that was founded i
"Inside Maine" piece briefly describing South Berwick's Hamilton House on the Sa
"Inside Maine" piece briefly describing the Frye Mountain State Game Management
"Inside Maine" piece reporting that the Maine Bicycle Trail Association, a group
In the latter part of the 19th century, the town of Elmore had some 200 resident, George Carey
"I Remember" piece by Cynthia Baldwin Dutton about her old York skiff, which was, Cynthia Baldwin Dutton
"I Remember" piece by Laura Ware Vachon, who was nine years old in 1912 when she, Laura Ware Vachon