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.

When back-to-landers decided to start their farm, they were faced with a hard choice of switching crops and growing to a market economy or losing their land. Andrew Reiner documents how farmers at Good Earth Farm live a rural lifestyle and the challenges they have faced.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to stories in the April 1976 Salt Magazine related to rum running.

Karen Gelardi and others explore how the islands off Cape Porpoise have retained their gemlike beauty.

Staff, contributors, trustees, and academic board members are listed.

Katy Papacosma documents the work that daycares do to assist parents and their children in Brunswick, Maine.

Guide to help people find important places to eat in Maine.

Crafting a lobster trap requires precision, as demonstrated by Stilly Griffin. Seth Hanson and others speak to Griffin about the proper way to make lobster traps.

In Salt's first guest article, John E. Chaisson writes about his childhood days in the Maine woods.

At the invitation of Down East Magazine, Salt documented Christmas memories from an older generation.

George Lewis and Salt students attempt to uncover why people have the desire to go to shopping malls and spend their money.

Despite growth and new trends in Greenville, it is impossible to take out the frontier. Daniel Bigman documents the town of Greenville through the eyes of somes of its people.