"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 1993
From an 1820s farmhouse in rural Whitefield, Ed and Barbara Hamilton run a flour, Ken Textor
From York to Cape Elizabeth, the sandy beaches of southern Maine pretty much def
Gulf Hagas, a deep, three-mile canyon east of Greenville and west of the ruins o, Jeff Clark
Hibbert's Gore, located in the upper righthand corner of Lincoln County, is one, Richard Shew
In 1895, publisher Joseph Pulitzer purchased Chatwold in Bar Harbor from Mrs. Lo, G W. Helfrich
Irrepressible Maine painter, the late Waldo Peirce, created a robust North Woods, Martha Severens
James Browning Wyeth, 46, owns both a 300-acre island between Monhegan and the m, Beth Crichlow
John S. Blank III was 14 years old when he started working for the Eastern Steam, John S. Blank
Jonesport and Beals Island high school basketball teams started winning champion, Michael Brosnan
Joseph Peavey invented the peavey, a log-driving tool, in 1858, but what cheated, Elizabeth Peavey
Lynn Butler, whose photographs have appeared in Life magazine and featured in ex, Beth Crichlow
Maine author Franklin F. Gould recalls his first glimpse of the "outside world", Franklin F. Gould
Maine fishermen soon will be able to buy their live bait from vending machines.
Maine has 27 licensed whitewater rafting companies operating on the Kennebec, Pe, Beth Crichlow
Maine's most visible wild rose is Rosa rugosa, but the state is home to other sp, Jane Lamb
Maine's venerable summer camp tradition continues to flourish on the state's riv, Jeff Clark
Master gardener Eliot Coleman of Cape Rosier is the author of two best-selling b, Jeff Clark
MBNA America Bank, the nation's second-largest bank credit card company, recentl, Jeff Clark
Michael Gagne has been chef-manager of the Osprey restaurant in Georgetown for s, Beth Crichlow
Mount Blue State Park, with 5,000 acres on the shores of Lake Webb and miles of, Sarah Scott
Nearly 30 years ago, Harry Foote left his editor's job at the Portland Press Her, Jeff Shula
"North by East" piece reporting that Maine has 600 more miles of coastline than
On August 6, 1893, the stone facing inside the Portland Water Company's Munjoy R, William David Barry
Over the past century, Bar Harbor, once one of the great watering holes for Amer, Nan Lincoln
Pamela and Peter Plumb, who came to Portland in 1969, expecting to stay only bri, Beth Crichlow
People for People, a volunteer Christmas project begun in 1987 by Chris Greene a, Jeff Clark
Picture essay showing spring's arrival in the town of Appleton., Richard Procopio
Profile of author B.J. Morrison of Bar Harbor, plus a review of her most recent, Andy Newman
Profile of Charlie Jones, proprieter of Penobscot Air Service from 1984 until he, Margot Brown McWilliams
Profile of Dorothy E. Stevens, 69, longtime Democratic selectwoman of Kennebunk., Christine Kukka
Profile of Forest Hart, 49, of Hampden, who is internationally acclaimed for his, Audrey Minutolo
Profile of Harbor Farm Inc. of Little Deer Isle, the offbeat mail-order company, Jeff Clark
Profile of H.G. Walls and Son Flower Shop in Northeast Harbor., Deborah Dalfonso
Profile of Roger Majorowicz, 61, of North Whitefield, who turns raw metal and pi, Andrew Vietze
Profile of the Penobscot School in Rockland, an innovative center for foreign la, Sarah Scott
Profile of the Samoset Resort in Rockport, with a focus on its golf course, whic, Michael Brosnan
Profile of William Thon, 87, of Port Clyde, an artist who has won almost every p, Margot Brown McWilliams
Profiles of some of Maine's abandoned houses, including a Greek Revival homestea
Related articles on the Children's Museum of Maine, which has moved into a new f, Jeff Clark
Review of Penobscot River Renaissance by James E. Butler and Arthur Taylor., Gene Letourneau
Review of "The Hard Way," by Alexander B. Brook., Jay Davis
Seven rare antique protraits by Maine photographer Chansonetta Stanley Emmons ar
Sir Harry Oakes, a native of Sangerville, was found dead in his palatial oceanfr, Jeff Clark
Snow and Nealley, established in 1864 in Bangor by Charles Snow and Edward Bowdo, James P. Brown
Special section on Maine real estate by the editors of Down East with the Maine
The A-1 Diner in Gardiner, owned by Michael Giberson, 41, and Neil Anderson, 31,, Michael Brosnan
The Arrows restaurant in Ogunquit is a four-star favorite among discerning diner, Beth Crichlow
The author, a summer resident of Cark Island, recounts his adventures on a 1944, Albert L. Nickerson
The beaver, brought to the verge of extinction in the last century because of th, Sarah Scott
The Breakwater estate on Mount Desert Island was built in 1904 by John Innes Kan, Nan Lincoln