"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 2005
"Dining Down East" piece on Rachel's L'Osteria, a Tuscan restaurant run by husba, Andy King
"Dining Down East" piece on Scales Restaurant and Seafood Market, at the Portlan, Andy King
"Dining Down East" piece on SeaGrass Bistro in Yarmouth, run by chef Stephanie B, Andy King
"Dining Down East" piece on the Chebeague Island Inn and chef Allan Fisher, who, Michael Sanders
"Dining Down East" piece on XYZ, an authentic Mexican restaurant in Southwest Ha, Kim Ridley
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "A Fisherman's Guide to Maine,"a book by Kevin Tr, James R. Babb
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on a new autobiography, "Longfellow: A Rediscovered, Agnes Bushnell
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Any Bitter Thing," by Portland novelist Monica W, Richard Grant
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Changing Members: The Maine Legislature in the E, Al Diamon
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Contemporary Maine Fiction: An Anthology of Shor, Gerry Boyle
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Journalism Matters," by the late Peter W. Cox, w, Jim Brunelle
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "Running the Bulls," by Maine author Cathie Pelle, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on South Portland science writer Hannah Holmes and h, Elizabeth Hand
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on television reporter Christine Ellen Young's disap, Agnes Bushnell
"Down East Bookshelf" piece on "The Encyclopedia of New England," edited by Bert, Rosemary Herbert
"Down East Bookshelf" piece with an e-mail interview with Irish novelist John Co, Agnes Bushnell
"Down East Bookshelf" piece with brief notes on "It Happened in Maine," by Gail, D P
"Down East Traveler" guide to exploring Maine in autumn, including information o
"Down East Traveler" piece listing Maine summer camps, from Acadia Institute of
"Down East Traveler" piece on ten great hikes in Maine, eight scenic foliage dri
"Down East Traveler" piece with information on places to skywatch in Maine; star
"Down East Traveler" section, "Maine from A to Z," with an alphbetical guide to
"Down East Traveler" section with a guide to Maine antiques, including articles, Virginia Wright and Meadow Rue Merrill
"Down East Traveler" section with an annotated list of Maine museums and antique
"Down East Traveler Winter Planner" piece with guides to downhill ski areas, Nor
Economists estimate that the underground economy in Maine amounts to at least 10, Jeff Clark
Elizabeth Peavey, 45, invites her two older brothers, who were mostly out of the, Elizabeth Peavey
"Empire Falls by the Numbers" piece, with statistics on the movie and the actors
First-time fly-caster Elizabeth Peavey and her friend, artist and serious angler, Elizabeth Peavey
For 25 years, Stacy Glassman has run the Lincolnville catering operation Swan's, Michaela Cavallaro
Four tasters, Steve Correy of Portland's Five Fifty-Five restaurant; Tim Wissema
"Getting It Right" piece on architectural photographer Brian Vanden Brink, 53, o, Bruce Snider
"Getting It Right" piece on designer Carol Bass, 56, of Yarmouth, has written tw, Virginia Wright
"Getting It Right" piece on Rebecca Sawyer-Fay, who gives primer for combining c, Lynn Karlin
"Inside Maine" piece on Acadia Mountain Guides' winter ascent of Mount Katahdin, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on a couple of primitive, state-maintained campsites, acces, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on a Maine Audubon-sponsored sea bird-watching boat trip in, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on an "owl prowl" offered at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gra, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on archeologists from Bar Harbor's Abbe Museum, who in Augu, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on artist Marsha Donahue, who recently opened North Light G, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on a September Allagash canoe trip run by Elderhostel and l, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Baxter State Park's new rolling reservation policy, whic, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Belfast's "Museum in the Streets," a self-guided walking, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Bernd Heinrich, who is fast becoming the best-known natu, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Bob Havenstein's "I'm Puzzled" store in Nobleboro, which, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Boston-based Bike Riders Tours and the six-day excursion, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Bouchard Family Farm in Fort Kent, which sells mixes for, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Camden inn-owner and chef Michael Salmon, author of "Har, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on George B. Dorr, who more than anyone else helped make Ac, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on how the combination of the DeLorme "Maine Atlas and Gaze, Andrew Vietze