"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 2004
"Inside Maine" piece on Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, who nominated Br, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Bet Finocchario, a Boothbay native who runs Bet's Famous, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on bicycle rides in Acadia, the 126-year-old Black Point In, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Blue Hill's community radio station 89.9 WERU, which is, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Butterfield's Ice Cream in Dover-Foxcroft, which has bee, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on contradances sponsored by the Greater Portland Communit, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Deertrees Theatre in Harrison and its summer offerings., Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Flatlander's, a down-home diner in Greenville known for
"Inside Maine" piece on Greater Portland Landmarks' hosting of the Restoration A, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Great Wass Island, which projects farther out into the s, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on how tourists will be confused this summer by the renumb, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Katahdin Scenic Cruises, which explores Millinocket Lake, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Lil' Piggy's barbecue joint in Rockland., Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Lukas Foods in Biddeford, the only USDA-licensed venison, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Mary and Bill Kerrigan's Billowhouse bed-and-breakfast i, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Mast Landing Sanctuary, a 140-acre wildlife sanctuary ma, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on Monson-based Moosehead Furniture, which opened a factory, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Appalachian Mountain Club's Echo Lake Camp, between, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Appalachian Mountain Club's recent purchase of the L, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the appeal of the Spring Point Shoreline Walkway in Sout, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Be Woodswise site at the Maine Forest Service's Web, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Big Chicken Barn on Route 1 in Ellsworth, which rece, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Blue Skye Farm bed and breakfast in Waldoboro; the O, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Camden Deli and its catering-to-go menu., Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the East Side, West Side, and Loop Trails at East Point, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Higgins Beach Inn, which was built as a summer home
"Inside Maine" piece on the Indian Point-Blagdon reserve on Mount Desert Island., Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Cash Access plan. A consortium of local banks, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Department of Marine Resources' three-hour liv, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Maine Public Advocate Office's Ratewatcher Telecom G
"Inside Maine" piece on the New England Chowder and Soup Company's Chowder and S, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Oakland House in Brooksville, which for more than ha, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Pemaquid Watershed Association, based in Greater Dam, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Pineland Public Reserved Land, which comprises 600 a
"Inside Maine" piece on the Port Clyde General Store, which is a cut above the a, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Portland Museum of Art's See and Do program for pres, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the "Sylvina W. Beal" out of Eastport, which might be th, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Thorndike Creamery, opened last summer by Shelley an
"Inside Maine" piece on the well-appointed Captain Jefferds Inn in Kennebunkport, Andrew Vietze
"Inside Maine" piece on the Yachtsman Lodge and Marina in Kennebunkport, owned b, Andrew Vietze
"I Remember" column on the blizzard of 1962, which closed the roads of Charlotte, Sally Williams
"I Remember" piece on the 1954 U.S. Senate primary between Robert L. Jones of Bi, Raymond J. Blair
"I Remember" piece on the 1964 World's Fair in which the author, Harvey Howells,, Harvey Howells
"I Remember" piece on the author's grandfather, Ed Beem, who helped establish Li, Edgar Allen Beem
List of twelve good ideas, developed or refined by Mainers, which have been embr
"Maine for the New Yorker: A Guide for Urbanites on Vacation Down East," with hu
"Maine for Voyeurs," piece on places where one might spot celebrities, including
Maine's poet laureate Baron Wormser describes why he and his wife live in Hallow, Baron Wormser
"North by East" piece consisting of brief interviews with Mainers on the issue o
"North by East" piece listing ice-out dates on selected Maine lakes and giving