A practitioner of alternative healing, Dana Roffler runs a healing business for animals and people. Melissa Matsubara discusses how Roffler uses Shamanism as a form of healing.

Table of contents for June 1977 Salt Magazine.

COVID-19 has brought death closer than ever- but social distancing rules keeps loved ones apart during their final moments. Elissa Mardiney talks to death experts about how the pandemic is changing dying, and how thinking about death can change the way we live. Please Note: This piece discusses death and contains some profanity.

As one of the last voices that can speak about the history of Eastport and sardine industry, Hugh French highlights Babe Baine's experiences living and working in Eastport and at the sardine factory.

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.

Coming to Maine with his family in the late 19th century, David Breggia has seen both joy and sorrow in the history of Little Italy in Portland. Hugh French visits Breggia to learn about Portland's Italian community.

While growth or decline may affect a community, the local residents remember the history of a community. Lindsay Larson interviews individuals in the town of Belfast to gather their opinions about the town, and discusses it's history and the MBNA.

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

Laura Neale investigates the activities and programs for students at School Around Us. Neale speaks with teachers, students, and parents to understand how this form of alternative schooling works.

Project on the perceptions of Northern and Southern Maine, as seen by individuals who live on the opposite half.

In order to combat food waste at his school, Andrew Constantine started to collect discarded fruits to use on his family farm. Frederica Lipmann highlights how Constantine saw the waste of his fellow students as a way to support his farm.

There are two monuments in Maine that celebrate the feats of Maine woodsmen. Bretty Jenks explores how these two statues represent two different cultures.