"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 2006
"Inside Maine" piece on the Center for Classic Aircraft Skills in Millinocket, a
"Inside Maine" piece on the Chesuncook Lake House, which is only accessible by b, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Machias-based Maine Blackfly Breeder's Association,, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Department of Transportation's Web site on alt, Andrew. Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) in Watervil, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Tourism Office's Web site--visitmaine.com--whi, Andrew. Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the recently improved Birch Point State Park in Owls Hea, Andrew. Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Schooner Head Road, the locally-known winter entranc, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the state Department of Environmental Protection's new g
"Inside Maine" piece on the Toy Library Center in Rockland, based at St. Peter's, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Web site, www.gomaine.org, co-sponsored by several g, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the York-based nonprofit, White Pine Programs, founded b, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on things to see and do in Millinocket, including restauran, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on two Mainers who have become opera sensations: Kate Aldri, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on vacationing in Ogunquit with children, with details on l, Joshua F. Moore
"Inside Maine" piece on Wiscasset-based Chewonki, which will lead an expedition
"Inside Maine" piece on www.mainetakeout.com, where one can find takeout menus f, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece with a profile of Bates College economics professor Anne D., Nancy Comiskey
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of "Black Bangor: African Americans in a Main, Richard Grant
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of Cafe This Way in Bar Harbor, an eclectic e, Kim Ridley
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of Darcy Wakefield's memoir, "I Remember Runn, Debra Spark
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of "Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Ma, Elizabeth Hand
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of MC Perkins Cove. Mark Gaier and Clark Fra, Michael Sanders
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of "The Birthdays," by Heidi Pitlor, a novel, Jane Ciabattari
"Inside Maine" piece with a review of "The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet's M, Agnes Bushnell
Interviews with Camden-based architectural photographer Brian Venden Brink on ho, Andrew Vietze
In the North Woods, Seattle-based Plum Creek Timber Co. is proposing the largest, Jeff Clark
Irv and Cynthia's 1828 house in Hallowell is surrounded by 48 lilacs planted by, Rebecca Sawyer-Fay
Jon Cahill, 59, a former physical-education teacher, started the Gym Dandies Chi, Michaela Cavallaro
Knox Mill in Camden was once a woolen mill, then a corporate call center for MBN, Michaela Cavallaro
Last spring a new electrical cable was laid between Rockport and the island of V, Joshua F. Moore
Maine experienced its last major hurricane 15 years ago and has been hit with on, Jeff Clark
Maine is an avid Red Sox state, with numerous connections to the Boston baseball, Rob Sneddon
Mainers have traditionally suffered more on-the-job injuries than the national a, Rob Sneddon
Maine's new poet laureate, Betsy Sholl of Portland, teaches at the University of, Michaela Cavallaro
"Making It In Maine," piece on commercial photography in Portland, a niche some, Edgar Allen Beem
"My Maine" piece on the gentrification and condoization of Portland, with a tong, Agnes Bushnell
"My Maine" piece on why a national journalist would choose the strenuous and gra, Max Alexander
New York Supreme Court Justice Joe Crater, who summered in Belgrade Lakes, vanis, Andrew Vietze
"North by East" piece describing how gray squirrels are the third most-common ca
"North by East" piece looking at the matter-of-fact way people in Northern Maine
"North by East" piece noting that Maine is one of ten states that have an implie
"North by East" piece on a controversy about the city of Portland accepting a gi
"North by East" piece on a missing 700-lb. bronze bell that formerly hung in Win
"North by East" piece on a new expeditionary learning school in Portland, Casco
"North by East" piece on an exhibit of 238 silhouettes, all cut by Galen Jerome
"North by East" piece on an experimental catch-and-release salmon season from Se
"North by East" piece on an observation that high gas prices are not keeping tou
"North by East" piece on a survey taken of Route 1 traffic in midcoast Maine tha
"North by East" piece on a unique grocery delivery service for Matinicus Island,