Inside front cover for the July 1990 Salt Magazine, with advertisement for the Bangor Theological Seminary.

Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.

Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.

In the city of Portland, the men and women with the Sanitation Department play a crucial role in keeping the city clean. Workers with the department speak about their experiences at work and dealing with complaints.

Table of contents for August 1987 Salt Magazine.

Having only seen the boundaries of the marsh as a child and wondering could lie within, Emily Wilson journeys into the Scarborough marsh. Wilson learns about the history of the marsh and about those who live there.

Ken Kobre captures an image of tourists relaxing outside of a motel in southern Maine.

Table of contents for August 1979 Salt Magazine.

Table of contents for January 1983 Salt Magazine.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to stories in this issue of Salt magazine related to the wild blueberry barrens of Maine.

After 40 years as a public health nurse, Alice Gibson shares her experiences. Ruth Kadra speaks to Gibson about working in public health and being involved in Kennebunk.

Table of contents for June 1980 Salt Magazine.