"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
"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
"North by East." Using funding from the Libra Foundation, up to 1,300 Bangor st
"North by East." Visitors to the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC,
"North by East." Wing Goodale of the College of the Atlantic has painted Maine'
"North by East." With oil prices twice last years's, firewood is becoming a hot
Options for retiring in Maine, including descriptions of Maine life, charts show
Paris Hill, on the National Register of Historic Places, is an appropriate setti, Bob Roundy
Profile of art collector Bruce Brown, a Freeport High School teacher. He is als, Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of Barbara Feller-Roth's garden in Castine., Richard Grant
Profile of CedarWorks of Maine in Rockland and the children's playsets it makes., Paul Guernsey
Profile of Clarry Hill in Union.
Profile of George Bookataub's Westbrook High School Marching Band, one of Maine', Virginia Wright
Profile of Greens Island in Penobscot Bay., Bob Roundy
Profile of jazz composer Paul Sullivan of Brooklin., Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of Kaja Vellieux's "Antiques Roadshow." Every week in Newcastle and Tho, Meadow Rue Merrill
Profile of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners' Common Ground Country Fair in Un, Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of Morris Farm in Wiscasset, recently reopened. It had been out of serv, Meadow Rue Merrill
Profile of Ogunquit artist Isabel Lewando., Paul Mann