"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
"The Talk of Portland" piece profiling Phineas Sprague, 45, of Portland, the own, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Swan's Island" piece about the marriage on Swan's Island of Danny J, Cynthia Bourgeault
Thuya Lodge and Thuya Garden are located off of Route 3 out of Northeast Harbor,, Jane Lamb
Waltman and Company of Yarmouth was commissioned to construct the first log hous, Jeff Clark
"What's in a Photograph?" piece featuring a photo showing visitors in Hiram Rick
"What's in a Picture?" piece about a 1958 photograph staged to look like a scene, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece featuring a photo of a ferry crossing the St. John, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" piece featuring the wreckage of a U.S. Navy dirigible, th, Hugh L. Dwelley and Ellen MacDonald Ward
Woodenboat magazine will hold its annual wooden-boat show at the Hinckley Great, James P. Brown
Writer Margot McWilliams writes of interview with Elisabeth Ogilvie, one of Ma, Margot McWilliams
Submissions from 1993
Acadia National Park, with 30,000 acres, the only mountain range on the Eastern, Jeff Clark
A dozen residents of Boothbay Harbor explain why that coastal town is not only a
After less than two years in her job as Norway's police chief, Cathleen Manchest
A heated debate and prolonged struggle is forecast when the Bangor Electric Comp
Alan Bray, 47, of Sangerville, has been painting landscapes of Central Maine sin, Beth Crichlow
Al Diamon is a Portland columnist, commentator and WGAN talk-show host, conversa, Wayne Curtis
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Sabre, the Down East boatbuilding firm, which ha
Amy Dacyczyn of Leeds, author of The Tightwad Gazette and publisher of the newsl, Carolyn R. Marsh
Antique dealer Ross Levett and his artist wife, Susan, live in a three-year-old, Beth Crichlow
A positive step toward reducing the federal deficit is being taken at C. V. Fine
Article about last summer's shooting of the Mel Gibson movie "Man Without a Face, Peter Spectre
Article about some of the microbreweries and brew pubs of Maine., Al Diamon
Article in which Philmore Wass, a native of Libby Island, recounts a story told, Philmore Wass
Artist Fairfield Porter used to summer at his family's Great Spruce Head Island, Sarah Goodyear
At Matinicus Island's one-room school, teacher Tom McKibben is in his fifth year, Cynthia Bourgeault
Author Ben Ames Williams first met Searsmont farmer Bert McCorrison in 1918, a m
Ben Gilbert, head scenic artist of Lakewood Theater - the Maine State Theater -, Ben Gilbert
Bern Porter, 82, of Belfast, a poet, artist and publisher, founded the Institute, Sarah Goodyear
Bill Keoskie, president of Kingfield Wood Products in Kingfield, has created a m, Ken Textor
Bowdoin College, founded in 1794 and named after James Bowdoin, the late governo, Edgar Allen Beem
Carolyn Jenson has a unique garden on the Jensons' 20-acre grounds between Stron, Jane Lamb
Carroll Sargent Tyson, born into a wealthy Philadelphia family in 1878, spent ne
Damariscotta, Newcastle and the neighboring towns on the Pemaquid peninsula have, Jeff Clark
Dave and Nancy Youland own and operate the Bradford Camp, a mecca for hunters an, Davis Thomas
Deer Isle has long been known for its seamen and fishermen, but is now being rec, Sarah Scott
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on Allan Lockyer, author of "Clamdiggers and Downeas, Jay Davis
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on Cherie Mason and her book "Wild Fox: A True Story, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Our Own Snug Fireplace: Images of the New Englan, Richard Grant
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "The Rusticator's Journal," a collection of sketc, G W. Helfrich
During the 1700s and early 1800s, woodworkers in the Piscataqua region produced, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Ever since renowned operatic and symphony conductor Pierre Monteux founded his s, Sanford Phippen
Every year more than 100,000 people walk the 1.25 miles of Ogunquit's Marginal W, Christine Kukka
For Elizabeth Schuman of Union, being a feltmaker, creating rugs by primitive me, Elizabeth Schuman
Former bush pilot Ray Porter has built a small retirement project into a busy en, Eddie Miles
For those who are seeking a classic Down East clambake, Cabbage Island in Lineki, Amanda Hallowell
For those who may expect that the island of Vinalhaven is bereft of attractions, Margot Brown McWilliams
For those who want to shun Maine's more popular vacation spots, a group of offbe
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