"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
"North by East" piece on the Love Maine Lobster Claw Machine, manufactured by Bi
"North by East" piece on the Maine Public Utilities Commission's Efficiency Main
"North by East" piece on the New England Lost Ski Areas Project, whose members s
"North by East" piece on the odd traveler who arrives at the Portland Internatio
"North by East" piece on the pilot for a Dutch reality show about a Dutch couple
"North by East" piece on the response of Hallowell residents to a February fire
"North by East" piece on the town of Gray, whose town council reluctantly and co
"North by East" piece on Toronto-based cartoonist Ted Bastien, who uses memories
"North by East" piece on Trap Day on Monhegan Island, which is usually on Dec. 1
"North by East" piece on UnumProvident, the insurance company formed by the 1999
"North by East" piece with an update on Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz of Buckfie
"North by East" piece with a snapshot of the Maine Turnpike's annual traffic cou
"North by East" piece with details on how moose might be aiding global warming b
Once one of the most polluted rivers in Maine, the Androscoggin's upper reaches, Roberta Scruggs
One key to Chebeague Island's successful secession from Cumberland is the high d, Virginia Wright
Profile of architect Carol Wilson, who designs radically simple glass houses in, Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of Belfast native and artist Dennis Pinette, 55, who paints dynamic imag, Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of painter Charles Wilder Oakes, 50, of Spruce Head. After years of str, Michaela Cavallaro
Profile of Peggy Greenhut Golden, who since 1977 has helped build Portland's Gre, Scott Sutherland
Profile of Stephen Zeh, 54, of Temple, a Pennsylvania native and former fur trap, Ken Textor
Profile of Tom Curry, 49, whose series of paintings over the past decade shows C, Susan Hand Shetterly
Profiles of fifteen Maine companies to watch, including: Portland-based Aging Ex, of Down East Editors
Profiles of Kennebunkport residents who help define the town. Jestena Broughton, Virginia Wright
Profiles of ten notable local musicians, including singer/percussionist Erin Dav, Sam Pfeifle
"Retiring in Maine: A Guide Compiled by the Editors of Down East," with articles, East editors Down
Review of "You Alone in the Maine Woods," an information-packed booklet that the, Andrew Vietze
Russell Libby directs the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA, Jeff Clark
Sara Donnelly of Portland, who describes her natural habitat as metropolitan, at, Sara Donnelly
Since 2001, 3,000 Somalis have settled in Lewiston, an in-migration that receive, Cynthia Anderson
Special section, "Maine for the Holidays: A Guide to Christmas Shopping on the M, of Down East Editors
Statistics for Maine's annual Christmas Bird Count, and details of birds seen, i
The author praises the beauty of trees in the winter, when they no longer provid, Richard Grant
The author revisits some persistent legends of pirates in Maine, verifying some, Colin Woodard
The demand for housesitters in Maine has diminished over the past decade, with h, Joshua F. Moore
The five island town of the Cranberries off Mount Desert Island is the only isla, Letitia Baldwin
The Gulf of Maine Census of Marine Life is unique in focusing on ecosystem-based, Colin Woodard
"The Maine Viewpoint" piece on the possibility that the Portland Public Library, Press Herald Portland
The official program of the Designers' ShowHouse 2007, Sept. 8 - Sept. 30, prese, Meadow Rue Merrill
The Ogunquit Playhouse, founded in 1932, is one of a few dozen of its caliber to, Jeff Clark
The sand on Wells' seven miles of beach is washing away because of two sixties-e, Virginia Wright
The shrimp industry, once the Gulf of Maine's cash cow, has at least temporarily, Joshua F. Moore
The synergy between Maine and its birch trees includes the use of birch for toot, Rebecca Sawyer-Fay
"The Talk of Maine" piece analyzing the role of county governments in Maine, a f, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on a change in snow-removal tactics on Maine roads, da, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on alleged mountain lion sightings in Maine. Keel Kem, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on a proposal by Peter Vigue, president and CEO of Cia, Jeff Clark
"The talk of Maine" piece on changes in the Portland arts scene. Ari Solotoff, e, Michaela Cavallaro
"The Talk of Maine" piece on how Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) h, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on Maine gunmakers like Bushmaster Firearms in Windham, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine" piece on the filming of Steven King's "The Mist" in New Orle, Joshua F. Moore