"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
"The Maine Viewpoint." Bangor Daily News editorial on Maine representation in t
"The Maine Viewpoint." Bangor Daily News editorial on Maine's low infant-mortal
"The Maine Viewpoint." Bangor Daily News editorial on the northward expansion o
"The Maine Viewpoint." Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial criticizing municipa
"The Maine Viewpoint." Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial on Bob Boilard's vie
"The Maine Viewpoint." Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial on Maine winters.
"The Maine Viewpoint." Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial on the Mousam Way wa
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record cartoon, with detailed caption, o, Thomas Wilson
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial commending the new Main
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial on the Bowdoin Mill in
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial on the competition betw
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial on the competition betwe
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial on the development and
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial opposing the limitation
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial praising Maine's bottle
"The Maine Viewpoint." Descriptions of Charles Richard Steedman Nature Preserve, Andrew Vietze
"The Maine Viewpoint." Ellsworth American editorial praising Life Christian Acad
"The Maine Viewpoint." Greenville Moosehead Messenger editorial on gate fees in
"The Maine Viewpoint." Kennebec Journal editorial on the proposal to allocate t
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial commending the success of
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial on agricultural odors in
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial on the loophole in state
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial on the loss of a Maine se
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial on the Maine Education As
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial on the smell generated by
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lewiston Sun Journal editorial on the state court decisio
"The Maine Viewpoint." L. L. Bean, working with the Maine Audobon Society, will, Andrew Vietze
"The Maine Viewpoint." Rockland Courier-Gazette editorial on lobster conservati
"The Talk of Lewiston-Auburn." Kaileigh Tara of Lewiston and Lee Young of Aubur, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." A large number of Maine companies, like UNUM, Shop 'n Save, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Augusta Kennebec Journal editorial on the state deal with
"The Talk of Maine." Bangor Daily News editorial calling for legislative plans
"The Talk of Maine." Brunswick Times Record editorial commending Daphne Izer of
"The Talk of Maine." Cathy McBrearity of Caribou is working to prevent moose-ca, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Detailed article on state taxes in Maine. Four related "N, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Detailed profile of Maine tourism director Dann Lewis., Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Universities and colleges in Maine are growing at record r, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of the North Woods." Great Northern Paper Company's sale of 625,000 a, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Wiscasset." Description of the closure of Maine Yankee. Though or, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Wiscasset." Detailed article on the history and closing of Central, Jeff Clark
The TubaChristmas concert in Freeport attracts a large assembly of players and i
"Tippers" like Red and George Hesseltine, who harvest short fir branches, are cr, Bob Noonan
Tips on "how to do" Lewiston and Auburn and what can be found there of interest.
Today, some of the best shopping in the state is in Maine museum stores. Becaus, Paul Doiron
Twenty paragraph-long facts about Haven's Candies, Maine's only maker of candy c, Robert Post
Volunteer firefighters in Shapleigh have not forgotten the Great Fire of 1943 or, Paul Mann
"What's in a Picture?" 1860 photograph, with detailed caption, of English King E, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" 1877 photo, with detailed caption, of the Edward O'Brien, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" 1911 photograph, with detailed caption, of Gertrude Sorw, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" 1911 photo, with detailed caption, of the recovery from, Ellen MacDonald Ward