"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
"I Remember" piece on the "intimate" but "not intimate" community that forms amo, Michael Paterniti
"I Remember" piece on the time the author spent living on an old 30-foot sloop m, Ken Textor
Joshua F. Moore, a schooner captain, describes various methods to avoid seasickn, Joshua F. Moore
Just off the East Trail of Bangor City Forest is the two-year-old Orono Bog boa, Jennie Pfander
Letter to the editor from the nine-member Commission to Study Maine Hospitals, i, to Study Commission
Magruder "Mac" Passano, 80, "the Bike Man of Chebeague" and a retired zoology pr, James V. Horrigan
"Maine for the Holidays" shopping guide for the regions of Kittery to the Kenneb
Maine is a model for control of its dog population, and the placement rates of M, Joshua F. Moore
Marshall Island, 10 miles southwest of Mount Desert Island and once the largest, Jeff Clark
Master Maine Guide Greg Drummond of Highland Plantation demonstrates four techni
Merryspring Nature Park in Camden is a 66-acre nature preserve tucked behind a s, Rebecca Martin Evarts
New York-based Warren Kremer Paino is designing a 3-year, $9.6-million "It must, Edgar Allen Beem
"North by East" piece comparing the 68 percentage of forest cover in Maine in 18
"North by East" piece containing 2002 crime statistics for Portland.
"North by East" piece noting that Maine, unlike some states, does not require pe
"North by East" piece noting that state tax officials collected $37 million from
"North by East" piece noting that under a new law, veterinarians will be exempt
"North by East" piece on a 450-pound bronze statue of a caribou, created by scul
"North by East" piece on a banner reportedly flown at the Twentieth Maine Regime
"North by East" piece on a bill sponsored by Portland Democratic representative
"North by East" piece on a dozen residents and visitors to Maine who describe th
"North by East" piece on a federal warning in Maine newspapers about an avian vi
"North by East" piece on a group of civil engineering students at the University
"North by East" piece on Al Hawkes, 74, former owner of Hawkes Plaza on Route 30
"North by East" piece on a Maine law that requires drivers to report the acciden
"North by East" piece on Andy Swift of Hope, who owns Swift's Firefly Restoratio
"North by East" piece on a new title to be awarded to the Sts. Peter and Paul Ch
"North by East" piece on a new Washington, D.C.-based CFED study, whcih ranks Ma
"North by East" piece on an unexplained glitch that has dispatchers at the Penob
"North by East" piece on a survey of 150 city flags conducted by the North Ameri
"North by East" piece on a tax revolt catalyzed by the Maine Revenue Services' a
"North by East" piece on birdwatchers who look for unusual gulls at the Portland
"North by East" piece on California rigger Bruce Schwab, who spent a year at Por
"North by East" piece on Chester Morris, who last year took over the organizatio
"North by East" piece on comments from a dozen people about their favorite place
"North by East" piece on comparative prices by the gallon, of gasoline, heating
"North by East" piece on Congress Street's vacancy rate, which has declined from
"North by East" piece on Dennis Cyr of Fort Kent, who hopes to draw fishermen fr
"North by East" piece on efforts to eradicate or control some two dozen non-nati
"North by East" piece on Frank Norman of Lewiston. His company, Future Fuel Tec
"North by East" piece on George Martikke of Starks, president of Boer Goat Breed
"North by East" piece on greater efficiencies in the postal system, which do not
"North by East" piece on Hallowell restoration expert John Kennedy who was tappe
"North by East" piece on how actor Paul Newman has contributed to causes in Wate
"North by East" piece on how a new Portland ordinance was passed that would levy
"North by East" piece on Howard Simonton of Rockport, who was able to persuade a
"North by East" piece on how a Southerner assumed that lobster traps stacked in
"North by East" piece on how fishermen out of Portland are paying fifty to sixty
"North by East" piece on how last year's colder-than-normal winter cooled the Gu
"North by East" piece on how Maine State Police intend to crack down on speeders