Dropped as a child, John Lee was left blind. Marshall Clarke documents how Lee does not let his blindness stand in his way to enjoy his life to the fullest.

Considered the Don Quixote of Eastport, John Pike Grady has a fierce loyalty to his town. Pamela Wood highlights how Grady is a man of many causes that are not so popular in Eastport.

In Salt's first guest article, John E. Chaisson writes about his childhood days in the Maine woods.

Paul Sargent covers the personal histories and experiences of Youth Corps members, and discusses the skills that they learned in the program.

Katrina Herzog documents the culture at 442 St. John Street, a home used to house young transients and people visiting Boothbay Harbor.

Sharon Mayer documents the life of John Welch.

Valerie Haynes documents the work John Beckwith does with horses in Scarborough.

Jennifer Acker discusses the lives of locomotive maintainers for the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.

For half a century, John Foster has been a bellman. Foster recounts a time when trained bellmen would come up from the South to work the summer season in Kennebunkport.

On John Bunker's farm in Palermo, Bunker grows hybrid peppers and livestock. Lisa Mattingly documents the life of Bunker, writing about being a cancer survivor, homesteading, and apples.

For half a century, John Foster has been a bellman. Heather Lane captures images of Foster as he recounts a time when trained bellmen would come up from the South to work the summer season in Kennebunkport.

Georgeia Smith highlights the life of John Martovich, a piano and violin repairman in Portland.