"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 1999
"North by East." Four Maine retirees built the bleachers at Biddeford's Waterho
"North by East." Four statistics, with detailed descriptions of state and feder
"North by East." Gary Eckmann's McDonald's restaurant in Greenville, subject of
"North by East." Generated to publicize the Winterfest, the four-million-pound
"North by East." Harmony residents remain upset by their missing bridge, which
"North by East." Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth, using 20 volunteer
"North by East." Maine has the largest stand of European linden trees in New En
"North by East." Maine loons, already suffering from mercury contamination, are
"North by East." Maine shipped fifteen osprey to Ohio to help that state rebuil
"North by East." Monticello voted overwhelmingly to retain its status as one of
"North by East." Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park have started the
"North by East." Obituary of South Berwick writer Gladys Hasty Carroll, author
"North by East." Profile of Elizabeth Johnson of Scarborough. She and her sons,
"North by East." Profile of Heather Blease's EnvisioNet Computer Services in Br
"North by East." Profiles of ship chandleries in Portland harbor. Only two rem
"North by East." Propane-powered buses on Mount Acadia Island have had astonish
"North by East." Scientists at the University of Maine's Quarternary Institute
"North by East." Six statistics, with lengthy descriptions, on rest rooms in Po
"North by East." Story of a black bear attempting to enter a kitchen in Ellswor
"North by East." Students at Dirigo High School in Dixfield learn community ser
"North by East." Sunday River Ski Area has gone to Australia to fill job openin
"North by East." Taxes in Moscow, Maine, are increasing as a result of the remo
"North by East." Ten statistics, with detailed descriptions, on the Portland Se
"North by East." The Eastgate Christian Fellowship's billboard, which is grandf
"North by East." The film industry had a $32.3 million impact on the Maine econ
"North by East." The Lewiston Police Department is in search of residents willi
"North by East." The MidCoast Council for Business Development of Bath, Brunswi
"North by East." The Milbridge Theater in Milbridge, managed by Dave Parsons, i
"North by East." The University of Maine at Fort Kent offers a seminar in Frang
"North by East." The very successful University of Maine engineering students w
"North by East." Thirteen statistics, with detailed captions, on the deer habit
"North by East." Thomas College in Waterville has given its students a money-ba
Painter Eric Hudson, whose work featured Monhegan Island, was also a skilled pho, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Photograph of artist Marsden Hartley and excepts from his poem, "Lewiston Is a P
Profile of Belfast display-maker Marilyn Moss. Her company, Moss, Inc., is the, Jeff Clark
Profile of Bill Kirkland's rose garden in Edgecomb., Jane Lamb
Profile of Cindy Lang and the Martinsville house she built in 1992., Frank Andrews
Profile of Kathy Finnegan and Tim Harrison's Lighthouse Depot in Wells, which se, Christine Carson
Profile of mountain guide Jon Tierney, an authority in the still-young disciplin, Frank Andrews
Profile of Oakhurst Dairy in Portland and owner Stan Bennett., Jeff Clark
Profile of Priscilla and Dick Larose's "Porcupine House" near Bridgton; John Sch, Ken Textor
Profile of Sara Porter's garden in Brunswick, one of Maine's finest., Jane Lamb
Profile of Somes Sound off Mount Desert Island., Sarah Goodyear
Profile of the "Maine Leaf Lady:" Susan Benson, director of information for the, Elizabeth Peavey
Profile of the outdoor work of Baxter State Park chief naturalist Jean Hoekwater, Andrew Vietze
Profile of the paintings of Maine scenes by Belfast artist Jerri Finch., Meadow Rue Merrill
Profile of the Portland Public Market, used by 25,000 people a week for fresh fo, Meadow Rue Merrill
Profile of the Smithfield water lily pond farm of Warren Balgooyen., Jane Lamb
Profile of the town of Whitefield and residents Barry Tibbetts, Austin Moore, Bi, Edgar Allen Beem
Profile of the town of York Harbor, which is fancier than its neighbors., Andrew Vietze