"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 1998
"The Maine Viewpoint." Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial praising Maine for r
"The Maine Viewpoint." Blue Hill Weekly Packet editorial. Can "Life As It Shou
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial calling for improved Fr
"The Maine Viewpoint." Brunswick Times Record editorial the Agriculture, Conser
"The Maine Viewpoint." Kennebec Journal editorial. Computers should be introdu
"The Maine Viewpoint." Kennebec Journal editorial opposing new "halfway" polici
"The Maine Viewpoint." Lincoln News editorial on Bowater, Inc., which closed i
"The Maine Viewpoint." Maine has the highest rate in the country of 18- to 30-y, Jeff Clark
"The Maine Viewpoint." Maine Sportsman editorial calling for the return of anad
The Moses Mason House in Bethel contains nineteenth-century forest murals attrib, Ellen MacDonald Ward
The Musical Wonder House, open to the public and filled with antiques, is one of, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"The Talk of Kittery." Detailed history of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, or Ki, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Lengthy article on the benefits of two natural gas pipelin, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Lincoln News editorial on the successful "people's veto,"
"The Talk of Maine." Maine business and political leaders have revived an old i, Jeff Clark
"The Talk of Maine." Mainers own more guns per capita than anyone else in the n, Jeff Clark
The telecommunications system of Maine, the first state in the country to instal, Jeff Clark
The three-day Atlantic Coast Sea Kayak Symposium attracts hundreds of paddlers t
The Wingwood House, Bar Harbor home of Eva Stotesbury, was perhaps the largest C, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Two letters to the editor on food made in Maine, including discussions of B&M's, Richard F. Foss and Bob Bennett
Various ideas for autumn tourism within Maine.
"What's in a Picture?" 1874 photo, with lengthy caption, of Maine's first opera, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" 1895 photograph of the battleship Maine in Portland Harb, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" 1898 photo, with lengthy caption, of the steamer Joseph, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" 1950 photo, with detailed caption, of the so-called "dou, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Photo from 1903, with lengthy caption, of shipbuilder Wi, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Photo, from the 1880s or 1890s, with lengthy caption of, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Photo from the early 1900s of the Sanford Canoe Club on, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Photo, with extensive caption, of Castine on Memorial Da, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Photo, with lengthy caption, of an early-twentieth-centu, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Photo, with long caption, from the first decade of the 2, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"What's in a Picture?" Staged photo from 1920, with a lengthy caption, of a liq, Ellen MacDonald Ward
"Where in Maine?" Photo, with lengthy caption, of the international, covered Un, Kevin Shields
Wilton residents have been brave in the wake of the loss of shoemaking giant G., Sarah Goodyear
With increased automobile traffic, Ron Roy, director of the Department of Transp, Jeff Clark
Submissions from 1997
A brief article on Castine in the late 1800s, which never had the cachet of Bar, Ellen MacDonald Ward
Allan and Candi Stoll are among the east coast's preeminent antique leaded-glass, Christine Carson
"Along the Waterfront." Cape Porpoise has revived the tradition of racing scale, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about Bob Vaughan, the owner of the Seal Cove Boaty, Andrew Vietze
"Along the Waterfront" piece about Captain Bill Cowan, who, with his wife Jody,, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece about John Correa, the sales manager of Morris Yach, Andrew Vietze
"Along the Waterfront" piece about Todd French and Peter Webb, have opened a new, Andrew Vietze
"Along the Waterfront" piece about traditional wooden lobsterboat and lobster ya, Andrew Vietze
"Along the Waterfront" piece David Lyman, 56, a photographer and sailor who is p, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Alex Hadden, who has replaced the entire backbon, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on a reenactment of Leif Eriksson's 1,900-mile voya, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Bar Harbor cruise operator, Steve Pagels, who ho, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Brion Rieff, a long-time boatbuilder/ repairer f, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Charles Legris of Lubec, who builds houses and r, James P. Brown
"Along the Waterfront" piece on Kathy and Chris Beebe, of South Portland, who te, James P. Brown