Lee Fearnside documents how the Civil War is remembered through monuments in Maine.

Sara Franklin highlights the life of Occupy Maine participants as they host a potluck supper. Franklin speaks to protests about the community they are building among each other.

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.

Ashley Bailey documents the Southern Maine Rebels women's football team.

In order to help his Somali friends, Henry Hamilton raises goats for them so they can follow their Muslim religious traditions. Laura Trebs highlights how Hamilton supports the Islamic community in Maine during a time when so many people only show them hate.

Heading to Giles Family Farm in Alfred, Mark Baker and others go to learn about cider production. Baker and other Salt students speak to Bruce Gile about the squeezing process and the work that goes into the production.

Table of contents for December 1977 Salt Magazine.

The sardine packing industry supported the town of Gouldsboro for nearly 135 years, until the packing plant was closed down. Thomas Stackpole investigates how the closure of the sardine packing plant directly impacts the town, as well as other seafood industries in Maine.

Aboard the schooner, Bowdoin, Julia Rodriguez captures the expressions of Maine Maritime Academy students.

In an effort to fight against a trend of dental work being done in hospital emergency rooms, Susanne LaVallee uses her mobile clinic for oral health education and prevenative care. Maura Ewing highlights the work that LaVallee does for rural and low-income areas of Maine with her team of dental hygenists.

Coming to Maine as refugees, two Cambodian families experience contrasts from their old lives and new ones in a land with plenty. Tonee Harbert captures how these two families adapt to their new lives in Maine.

Pamela Wood responds to the possibility of Maine having a nuclear dump site.