"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 2013
Trattoria Athena., Elizabeth Peavey
Up and at 'Em, Will Bleakley
Urban Safari, Elizabeth Peavey
What's in a Picture?, Will Bleakley
What's In a Picture?, Will Bleakley
What's in a Picture?, Will Bleakley
What's in a Picture?, Will Bleakley
When Pigs Fly., Kathy Gunst
Where's the Fire?, Robert Sneddon
Where the Wild Things Are., Kim Ridley
Submissions from 2012
Account of the writer May Sarton during the time she lived at Wild Knoll in York, Deborah McDermott
A description of the author's 40-mile journey along the Sebago Lake Canoe Trail,, Donnie Mullen
A guide to historic sites along the coast from Kittery to Eastport that were of, Larry Glatz
Although laws prohibiting home beer brewing and wine making were abolished quite, Al Diamon
An account of the War of 1812 and its impact on the District of Maine. Although, Joshua M. Smith
Article about Nathaniel Gordon, a Portland native and the only person to be exec, Ron Soodalter
Articles describing the history and development of Route 1 in Maine that can be, Edgar Allen Beem
Author's account of a dinner party that she unexpectedly held for Hilton Kramer, Sharon L. Hobson
Brad Wright and his seven co-workers at Shaw & Tenney, a factory in downtown Oro, Virginia M. Wright
Brief book review of Van Reid's Moss Farm, the sixth book in his comic series fe, Virginia M. Wright
Brief profile of Don McLean, the singer and songwriter whose "American Pie" topp, Michael D. Burke
Brief profile of Lost Valley in Auburn. Includes longtime visitors' fond memorie, Will Bleakley
Description of the author's experiences visiting several sugarhouses on Maine Ma, Elizabeth Peavey
E.B. White's granddaughter, Martha White, is preparing a new edition of the writ, Charlotte Albright
Excerpt from Little's new book about the artist Francis Hamabe. Hamabe moved to, Carl Little
Excerpt from the recently published Fairy House Handbook, in which the author su, Liza Gardner Walsh
Excerpt from The Wicked Good Book: A Guide to Maine Living on how to split firew, Stephen Gleasner
Excerpts from the author's book "Moxie: Maine in a Bottle", about Moxie soda, cr, Jim Baumer
Facts about the blackfly, including how she finds her human victims and what you, Virginia M. Wright
Food vendors at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity manage to use locally so, Will Bleakley
Fred and Hope Angier have built a house in Hope where everything appears old. Th, Edgar Allen Beem
Highlights from the trip taken along all of Route 1 in Maine between Kittery and, Virginia M. Wright
Humorous essay about the author's first-time purchase of a boat with an old, and, Mark Gartside
In 1959, Bowdoin College professor Lawrence Sargent Hall wrote a short story cal, Edgar Allen Beem
"Inside Maine" book piece on "Somalis in Maine: Crossing Cultural Currents", edi, Agnes Bushell
"Inside Maine" dining piece on the Portland restaurant, David's, located on Monu, Michaela Cavallaro
"Inside Maine" dining piece on two Portland restaurants owned by chef Masa Miyak, Kathy Gunst
Kyle Murdock, now 22, was the subject, at age 10, of Jamie Wyeth's painting, Dea, Diane Sternberg
Maine's 10 prettiest villages, in the words of Down East readers. From Camden, v
,Maine's once active eel fishery is now limited to 400 licenses per year, partly, Susan Hand Shetterly
"Making it in Maine" piece about Cuddledown, manufacturers of down comforters. T, Cindy Michaels
"Making it in Maine" piece about mason Pat Manley. Manley has designed and built, Michaela Cavallaro
"My Maine" piece by author Ted Gup who describes with tenderness and humor his m, Ted Gup
"Newsmaker" piece features the transcript of an interview with Jim Gerritsen, an, Virginia M. Wright
Overview of the oyster farming industry in Maine and the opening of new raw bars, Virginia M. Wright
Photographs and a brief essay about the spectacular views of Acadia's mountains, Will Bleakley
Piece about Winslow Homer and the newly restored Prouts Neck studio where he cre, Deborah Weisgall
Piece on a 1903 Peaks Island cottage, owned by Liz and Tim Williams, that was r, Meadow Rue Merrill
Piece on the organizations in Maine that work together to rescue and rehabilitat, Cynthia Anderson