"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 2008
"North by East" piece on brothers John and Don Blevin, who opened a drive-in the
"North by East" piece on Camden's restrictive signage ordinance, which makes it
"North by East" piece on Daggett Rock in Phillips, a huge boulder called an "err
"North by East" piece on feral cats that have been attracted to kitty litter use
"North by East" piece on Freeport's approval of a grain silo for Gritty McDuff's
"North by East" piece on Greg Rossel of Troy, a boatbuilder who organized a clas
"North by East" piece on hot-button topics that might appear on town meeting age
"North by East" piece on how Maine's public schools fared during one of the snow
"North by East" piece on how some robins overwinter in Maine, generally gatherin
"North by East" piece on Maine's rank as having the lowest per capita prison pop
"North by East" piece on Portland's Payson Park, known as one of the best sleddi
"North by East" piece on Professor Habib Dagher and a crew at the Advanced Engin
"North by East" piece on Samuel Charles Pennington III, 78, of Waldoboro, "found
"North by East" piece on seed companies in Maine, which have been experiencing a
"North by East" piece on the 2006 Uniform Crime Statistics report released by th
"North by East" piece on the 60-foot-tall brick chimney at the former Brunswick
"North by East" piece on the Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, proposed by the
"North by East" piece on the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Preservation So
"North by East" piece on the Castine Post Office, which has been in the same bui
"North by East" piece on the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's recent 2006 Kauf
"North by East" piece on the fate of Pluto in the Maine Solar System Model, crea
"North by East" piece on the Institute of Feng Shui and Geopathology in Portland
"North by East" piece on the Maine Garden Railway Society, which sets up garden
"North by East" piece on the Megunticook Watershed Association, which built thre
"North by East" piece on the Ready brothers of Cape Elizabeth, whose "Catch a Pi
"North by East" piece on the slogan,"The Friendliest Town in Maine," which is us
"North by East" piece on the Stockton Springs Community Library, founded in 2001
"North by East" piece on the story that French statesman Talleyrand was born as
"North by East" piece on the variety of weather prediction options that Mainers
"North by East" piece on the yellow pollen of the state's white pine, which can
"North by East" piece on Unity Township, which has rejected being absorbed by th
"North by East" piece on Woolwich resident Peter Passano, who received the Cruis
"North by East" piece with statistics on how Maine's declining lobster catch is
Photographer Paula Jean Lunt, who married into the Frenchboro community and live, Paula Jean Lunt
Photos of Maine farmers from the new book, "American Farmer: The Heart of our Co
Portland architect Stephen Blatt designed a house overlooking Quahog Bay in Harp, Meadow Rue Merrill
Portland's Victoria Mansion, which turns 150 this month, is called by its direct, Jeff Clark
Profile of artist Imero Gobbato of Camden, who left Italy after World War II and, Virginia Wright
Profile of photojournalist Samantha Appleton, 33, of Portland, who seven years a, Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of the 30th recipient of the Down East Environmental Award, former gover, Jeff Clark
Special section on the Maine Folk Art Trail, created by Charles Burden and fello
Special section, "Retiring in Maine," with articles on new retirement living opt, East editors Down
Ted Tihansky, 55, and Alison Hill, 57, two portrait artists, are married and liv, Virginia Wright
The all-volunteer Pink Tulip Project raises money for the Women's Cancer Fund of, Aurelia C. Scott
The author has compiled a list of 12 Maine villains. Henry Tufts (1748-1831) wa, Edgar Allen Beem
The author joins a group searching for the elusive Bicknell's thrush on Saddleba, Elizabeth Peavey
The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals is indebted for much of it, Cynthia Anderson
The Penobscot Nation is working to save its language, while fluent speakers dwin, Abby Zimet
The seaside Moose Point State Park in Searsport is located on busy Route 1, but, Andrew Vietze
"The Talk of Maine" piece on fisheries that have been exploited to near or total, Jeff Clark