Salt editor Samuel A. Eliot speaks to readers about this current issue of Salt Magazine.

Melissa Hale speaks to war veterans about their lives and experiences in combat.

Seeking a sense of community and with a desire to not live alone, Kaler-Vaill offers widowed women a place to live and convene together. Ellington Miller speaks to women at Jaler-Vaill about their experiences and their lives.

In Lewiston, Bates Fabrics and the L.L. Bean Telemarketing Center are only a few hundred yards from each other. Dan Stewart explores how these industries marks Lewiston as changing from an industrialized textile town to a service-based city.

Juniper Lesnik explores how the Amistad social club in Portland offers individuals who suffer from mental health issues a place to convene and socialize.

Short entries with Salt updates.

Cate Tynan documents the experiences of women trying to find the perfect wedding dress, and how getting prepared for their wedding made them realize more about themselves than they realized.

For generations, Bessie Swain has taught individuals in New England how to weave. Heather Walker speaks to Swain about her craft.

Table of contents for April 1974 Salt Magazine.

Mandy Morrish documents the life of Jude Norgaard, a preschooler who's parents are divorced. Morrish speaks to Norgaard's parents, highlighting his mothers artwork and her relationship with her girlfriend.

At the only sardine factory in operation in Eastport, workers speak about their experiences. Pamela Wood documents work and life at the sardine plant.

Pamela Wood highlights Fred Soderstrom's stance against the Pittston Company.