In the woods of Arundel in southern Maine, seven Salt apprentices took part in a forestry management program. Dottie O'Keefe documents the work that the Salt students performed in the woods, learning about the process of selective cutting.

Pamela Wood offers an introduction to readers for this double issue, that touches on the continuity of work, continuing harvest of land, and making of things.

Matthew Bibeau speaks to three members of the Wells Conservation Commission regarding the use of land in Wells, and efforts they are making to protect the land, along with memories and traditions.

With the rise of UFC fighting in American, many martial arts studios introduced training for a form called grappling. Quinn Witte captures how Seung Choi runs his martial arts studio in Portland.

In Portland, the Italian American Community Center serves as a location for local Italians to gather and share meals. Alexandra Daniello reports on activities and traditions of the Italian community in Portland, focusing on the Italian American Community Center.

Although country music generally finds more popularity in the south, the country music scene in Maine has a large following. From radio to organizations, Elyssa East looks at how country music plays a role in certain communities of Maine.

Developed as a shared living community, Dreamship faces challenges of growing as a movement. Julia Whyel documents how Dreamship residents sometimes find it difficult to fully commit to the movement.

Jennifer Mikulski speaks to individuals about garbage collecting and waste systems.

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Kristin Petersen documents the life of Matthew Heintz, a musician and performer known as the Northwoods Balladeer.

In the town of Biddeford, the contract with the Maine Energy Recovery Center (MERC) is expired, many residents of the town have spoken against renewing the contract due to health concerns of center's emissions. Leslie Bridgers highlights the varying opinions of residents in the town and on the city council.

In order to understand the art of ice fishing, Steve Bragdon visited Don Shaw and his ice shack. Bragdon documents the work Shaw does in his shack in order to ice fish and the methods he uses.