"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 2010
Stories of strange events said to have happened in Maine, including ball lighten, Rob Sneddon
Terrie and Wanda Pinkham, a mother-daughter team from Steuben, run DownEast Whel, Brooke Dojny
Thanks to the recently-built Route 112 bypass, Gorham has a chance to overcome i, Virginia Wright
The former Pine Tree State Arboretum in Augusta, a 28-year-old, 224-acre park, w, Virginia Wright
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust has preserved 1,738 acres from Bowdoinham to Geo, Joshua F. Moore
The Landing School in Arundel offers five programs tailored to the marine indust, Joshua F. Moore
The "Nottingham Galley," a British merchant vessel sailing from Ireland to Bosto, Andrew Vietze
"The Talk of Maine" piece on a project involving 30 amateur naturalists who will, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on a two-year campaign by certain Portland officials t, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on Cobscook Bay, where much of eastern Washington Coun, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on controversy over the Maine Turnpike Authority's pla, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on how a group that worked successfully to repeal Main, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on Maine's medical marijuana law and the issues it rai, Michaela Cavallaro
"The Talk of Maine" piece on Malaga Island, where a century ago, some 40 black,, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the future of passenger rail in Maine, touching on, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, wh, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the results of Maine's Republican gubernatorial pri, Colin Woodard
"The Talk of Maine" piece on "Tracing the Fore," a tax-payer-funded $100,000 ins, Edgar Allen Beem
"The Talk of Maine" piece with a profile of Roxanne Quimby, founder of Burt's Be, Michaela Cavallaro
The U.S. National Toboggan Championships weekend at the Camden Snow Bowl is a fu, Elizabeth Peavey
"Trips" section, featuring 45 autumn adventures in Maine and a selection of cult, of Down East Editors
Until the turn of the 20th century, woodland caribou or American reindeer roamed, Virginia M. Wright
Wayne Newell, Passamaquoddy elder and director of bilingual education at the Ind, Susan Hand Shetterly
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a 1927 photo of Leonhard Seppala and his prized, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a paparazzi photo snapped of John F. Kennedy Jr., Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a photo by Charles R. Coombs of Belfast, of his, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a photograph by Charles E. Moody of Saco, showin, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a photo of a bread man standing in front of his, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a photo of nine members of the Coastal Air Patro, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on a "radome" built in 1962 in Andover, by AT&T, Be, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on chicks being weighed at the Poultry Sciences Dep, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on Peter Jongeleen tattooing his wife Yvonne Jongel, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on the Mount Zircon House just south of Rumford whi, Joshua F. Moore
"What's in a Picture?" piece on the wreck of the "Oakey L. Alexander," which ran, Joshua F. Moore
Wiscasset's location on the Sheepscot River once made it a gateway to Maine, but, Virginia Wright
Submissions from 2009
A brief history of the Casella Waste System's Maine Energy Recovery Co. trash in, Sara Donnelly
A brief overview of the Maine Women Writers Collection, housed in a wing of the, Kathleen Fleury
A cancer diagnosis impelled John Tynan and Bettina Doulton to leave executive po, Kathleen Fleury
Across Frenchman's Bay from Bar Harbor lies Schoodic Peninsula, a 2,366-acre sec, Virginia Wright
A description of the Wabanaki food year, detailing what was eaten in what months, Kerry Hardy
A list of eight outstanding seafood markets along the Maine coast., Kathleen Fleury
A look at several green houses in Maine, with information on the energy-saving d, Virginia Wright
A look at some of the stores along Portland's rev, Ellen London
A look at the Endless Summer Flower Farm in Camden, where Karen and Phil Clark h, Rebecca Martin Evarts
A look through time at the enduring appeal of Paris Hill, birthplace of four Mai, Edgar Allen Beem
An article on the Carver Hill Gallery in Rockport, co-owned by Jana Halwick and, Joshua F. Moore
An in-depth look at Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill, on the bicentennial of his bi, Matthew Simmons
An interview with Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the
A photo essay on Maine's ten prettiest harbors, including, in descending order:, of Down East Editors
A primer on whales that swim in the Gulf of Maine and details on whale-watching, Joshua F. Moore