"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 2015
Maine’s Best New Restaurants, [Editorial staff writers] and Adam DeTour, photographer
Maine's retirement communities, [Editorial staff writers]
Maine’s top docs : Physician survey 2015, [Editorial staff writers]
Maine Suds, Brian Kevin and Mark Fleming, photographer
Maine summer camps, [Editorial staff writers]
Make a Decent Middle-Class Living Doing What You Love or Die Tryin’, Brian Kevin and Andrew Foster, photographer
Making it in Maine. In Harmony with the Past, Kim Brawn and Cait Bourgault, photographer
Mr. CMP, Virginia M. Wright
My Intractable, Gun-loving, Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin (Who I Like a Lot), Ron Currie Jr. and Tristan Spinski, photographer
My Maine. Heirlooms, Carrie Braman
My Maine. Waiting for Ice-Out, Jane Corsen
North by east : 20 questions about Maine charter schools, Edgar Allen Beem
North by East. 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about the Portland Sea Dogs, B. K. [Brian King]
North by East. All Buzz, No Sting?, Jennifer Mitchell
North by East. Aloha from Hawaii 2!, Brian Kevin
North by East. Appalachian Trials, Brian Kevin
North by East. Blurred Lines, Brian Kevin
North by East. Buggin’ Out, B.K. [Brian King]
North by East. Dread and Breakfast: Is Lewiston’s Hotel Crypt a trick or a treat?, Rob Sneddon
North by East. End of the Trail, Brian Kevin
North by East. Fitting the Fiddles, Tom Porter and Adapted from Down East content partner, Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
North by East. Frapper’s Delight, [Editorial staff writers]
North by East. He’s history, Virginia M. Wright
North by East. Ice Road Junkers, Brian Kevin
North by East. In Memoriam: Leon Gorman, 1934-2015, Mark Swann
North by East. It’s Showtime, Virginia M. Wright
North by East. Jeb’s Crib, Jesse Ellison
North by East. Last Call for Catamounts, B.K. [Brian King]
North by east : Last child in the (Maine) Woods, Brian Kevin
North by East. Lost at Sea, Murray Carpenter
North by East. Medication Land?: High-dollar Tourism Comes to Auburn, Patty Wright
North by East. Of Shocks and Chakras, B.K. [Brian Kevin]
North by East. Oh Captain, My Captain, J.E. [Jesse Ellison]
North by East. Oil Gear Agitator, Brian Kevin
North by east : Other views, [Editorial staff writers]
North by east : Other views, [Editorial staff writers]
North by East. Peavey Wonder, Ron Joseph
North by East. Pyro Maine-iac, J.E. [Jesse Ellison]
North by east : Ranked-choice voting, Rob Sneddon
North by East. Reflection: End of Story, a Eulogy for the Salt Writing Program, Joshua Bodwell
North by East. Rotor heads, Jesse Ellison
North by east : Shaky foundations, Ed Morin and Brian Kevin
North by East. Ships Ahoy, J.E. [Jesse Ellison]
North by East. Slinging Mud, Virginia M. Wright
North by East. Small World, Virginia M. Wright
North by East. Sole Man, Edgar Allen Beem
North by East. Space Race, Jennifer Mitchell
North by East. Spirituality at Sea, Jennifer Mitchell
North by East. Talk of Maine: Dear Millinocket, [Brian Kevin]
North by East. Talk of Maine: War of Secession, Edgar Allen Beem