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

Having worked for Stinson's Seafood in Gouldsboro for 54 years, Lela Anderson has to cope with the closure of the cannery. Macon Reed highlights Anderson's work at the plant and speaks to Anderson about the community that the workers created among each other.

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.

Five years after losing her grandmother, Ariana Nedelman traces that beloved grandmother’s footsteps in Prouts Neck, Maine.

Kristin Petersen documents the life of Matthew Heintz, a musician and performer known as the Northwoods Balladeer.

Introduction to three articles on how young Mainers feel about working in the tourist trade.

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At Peabody House in Portland, Cynthia Cushing is able to receive care from nurses and volunteers to ensure she takes her AIDS medication, and also have a place to sleep. Renee Nemmers discusses the life of Cushing, recounting her life with drug abuse, being tested positive for HIV/AIDS, and changing her life.

Amanda Venable and Caitlin Corrigan speak to Brigitte Paulus about a show she is the choreographing, Nutcracker Burlesque.

Julia Beck Hoggson captures the services and programs offered at the Maine Children's Home, and how these programs give teenage mothers an opportunity to get an education.

Bios of the contributors to the December 1993 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

Jean Sexton sets out to uncover how families fit into the pattern of life in Madawaska, yet finds out that these patterns are not based on sterotypes but rather the choices people make for their way of life. She discusses family histories, dynamics and life in Madawaska.