"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 2000
Maine Chance Farm, a beauty spa where some of the nation's famous and glamorous, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"Maine on $25 a Day." Descriptions of ten inexpensive Maine hotels., Robert Post
"Maine's most complete and up-to-date list of marinas and boating facilities," w, James P. Brown
"North by East." Aroostook County is growing rare apples. Many are distibuted
"North by East." As Amtrak is approaching a Portland station, state transportat
"North by East." Chart showing the arrival times of all Portland Jetport flight
"North by East." Comments on Maine's blue law prohibiting car sales on Sunday;
"North by East." Comments on the new Maine license plate.
"North by East." Description of specialty potato chip flavors once made by Hump
"North by East." Description of the distribution of keys to the city of Portlan
"North by East." Every Memorial Day, an honor guard visits the Gray town cemete
"North by East." Fourteen statistics and comments on liquor consumption in Main
"North by East." Fourteen statistics, with detailed captions, on Maine surf.
"North by East." Fourteen statistics, with detailed captions, on Portland's Old, Jeff Clark
"North by East." Goose Creek Farm in Winterport has Maine's largest herd of lon
"North by East." Gov. Angus King tours Maine on his motorcycle.
"North by East." Hugh Durgin of Blue Hill has spent two years searching for a M
"North by East." In 1988, Southern Maine Technical College (SMTC) instructor Pe
"North by East." In a partnership unique in America, Thomas College in Watervil
"North by East." Janet Roberts directs the Maine State Library's Maine Newspape
"North by East." Lewiston and Auburn have recently developed quickly, and mayor
"North by East." Lewiston boxer Joey Gamache is retiring.
"North by East." Mail carriers have difficulty with the five residents of Sidne
"North by East." Maine is losing one-room schoolhouses on Great Cranberry Islan
"North by East." Maine's deer population is estimated at 331,000, and 12,173 Ma
"North by East." Mark and Sylvia Katz of Hallowell make Voicekins, recording st
"North by East." Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta's annual rummage sale
"North by East." Monterey (California) Bay Aquarium's warning against consuming
"North by East." Nancy Smith's General Store on Swans Island is now for sale.
"North by East." On the last full day of this school year, all students at Lewi
"North by East." Portland has created a new slogan: "Discover Portland Maine."
"North by East." Pride Manufacturing in Guilford builds houses and hotels for P
"North by East." Profile of Bob Hamilton from Greenville, who cuts his hair onl
"North by East." Profile of children's book author Barbara Cooney. She summere
"North by East." Profile of Gary Sukeforth's new grocery store in Union, Common
"North by East." Profile of Jane Pride's Wild Valley Butterfly Ranch in Parkman
"North by East." Profile of "Maine Creditor Update," published by the state Off
"North by East." Profile of pedal car collector Ed Weirick.
"North by East." Profile of turkey hunter William Flaherty III of Waterville, w
"North by East." Profiles of Neila Smith 's clothing shop in Portland, Well Su
"North by East." Quiz showing the old and modern names of ten Maine towns.
"North by East." Rangers at Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth are mak
"North by East." State forestry officials expect a half-dozen applications for
"North by East." State Senator Leo Kieffer (R-Caribou) has filed a bill that wo
"North by East." The granite used in the renovation of the State House came fro
"North by East." The Maine Blackfly Breeders Association fears any new prohibit
"North by East." The Maine Women's Fund now seeks donations of fine but unwante
"North by East." The new Maine drivers' licenses look like they come from a dif
"North by East." The purchase of Blue Rock ski area on Mars Hill by the Maine W
"North by East." There is dispute in Salsbury Cove about whether its name is ac