"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 2007
"Inside Maine" dining piece on El Camino Cantina in Brunswick, owned by twin sis, Michael Sanders
"Inside Maine" dining piece on Ephemere Cafe in Camden, owned by couple Patrick, Michaela Cavallaro
"Inside Maine" dining piece on Five-O Shore Road in Ogunquit, owned by Donato Tr, Michaela Cavallaro
"Inside Maine" dining piece on Pier 77 and The Ramp Bar & Grill in Cape Porpoise, Scott Sutherland
"Inside Maine" dining piece on Portland-based Amato's campaign to expand through, Scott Sutherland
"Inside Maine dining" piece on Suzuki's Sushi Bar in Rockland. Keiko Suzuki-Ste, Christine Parrish
"Inside Maine" dining piece on the Wescott Forge in Blue Hill, owned by propriet, Brooke Dojny
"Inside Maine" dining piece on Vignola restaurant in Portland, a more casual sib, Scott Sutherland and Michaela Cavallaro
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on activities, restaurants, lodging, and shops in C, Ken Textor
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on Bangor, with descriptions of book stores, restau, Jeff Clark
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on Bar Harbor on a budget, with suggestions for foo, Joshua F. Moore
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on Bath, with descriptions of restaurants, shops, l, Michaela Cavallaro
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on Bridgton, with details on dining, lodging, shops, Marty Basch
"Inside Maine getaway" piece on destinations in the villages of Kennebunk and Ke, Joshua F. Moore
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on Farmington, with details on shops, restaurants,, Jennifer Baum
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on Hallowell and its historic brick downtown, with, Hilary Nangle
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on lodging, activities, restaurants, and shops in Y, Kathleen Fleury
"Inside Maine" getaway piece on outdoor recreation, entertainment, lodging, and, Hilary Nangle
"Inside Maine" Getaway piece on the central Aroostook County region, from Presqu, Hilary M. Nangle
"Inside Maine" piece on a launch by the Appalachian Club of camp-to-camp pedalin
"Inside Maine" piece on birdhouses created by the men of Brown's Foster Home, a
"Inside Maine" piece on factory tours that can be taken at Raye's Mustard in Eas, Michaela Cavallaro
"Inside Maine" piece on Medomak Family Camp on Washington Pond in Washington, wh, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Perry Greene Outfitters of Waldoboro, which makes dog ha
"Inside Maine" piece on several producers of Maine-made pickles, including Beth'
"Inside Maine" piece on the Google Maps interface on www.maine.gov, the state's
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Birding Trail (www.mainbirdingtrail.com), spea
"Inside Maine" piece on the miniature art of Don Joslyn of Bangor, whose acrylic
"Inside Maine" piece on the new Grafton Loop Trail, a 42-mile winding wilderness
"Inside Maine" piece on the Rock 'n' Roll Summer Camp at the Portland Conservato
"Inside Maine" piece on the Web site, www.gomoos.org, which carries data from 30
"Inside Maine" piece on unheralded library collections, including one in the Por
"Inside Maine" piece on welder Nate Nicholls, a.k.a. Recyclesculptor, who create
"Inside Maine" piece on www.healthymainewalks.com, a Web site that lists indoor
"Inside Maine" piece with a preview of summer 2007, including music and dance, t
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of "Crowded is the New Lonely" by singer-song
Jean Maginnis of the Maine Center for Creativity hopes that Art All Around, a pu
Landscaper Gregory Moore helped Helen Wisdom create a cottage garden over a peri, Virginia Wright
Maine has only 95 game wardens for an area almost as large as the rest of New En, Cynthia Anderson
Maine's 20-year-old Land for Maine's Future program (LMF) has preserved more tha, Jeff Clark
Maine's 4,342-mile shoreline boasts just 41 publicized surfing breaks, mostly be, Steve Mistler
Maine's first and only wind farm was built in Mars Hill by UPC Wind Inc. Two oth, Jeff Clark
Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, will donate, Joshua F. Moore
"My Maine" humorous piece on the author's father and his method of dispatching a, Monica Wood
"My Maine" piece on the Old Crow Country Band, which plays at Meetinghouse Park, Michael Burke
New York writer Judy Ostrow describes her restoration of a 19th-century Stoningt, Judy Ostrow
"North by East" piece noting that Maine's 5.28 percentage of French-speaking res
"North by East" piece noting the five top pedestrian border crossing stations be
"North by East" piece noting the statistic that in 2001, Maine had some 12,000 m
"North by East" piece on a 1,910-acre property with over four miles of shoreline