As the rate of students who are homeschooled increases, Regina McCarthy investigates the reasons why parents elect to home school their children. Despite varying reasons, the common thread is that these parents find public school as the wrong place for their children.

As the lighthouse keeper at Goat Island, Martin Cain has to live a secluded life. Jeffrey Bonney documents Cain's daily problems, routines, and experiences in running a lighthouse.

Making soap all of her life, Mrs. Joseph Sullivan shows Salt students how her craft is performed. Mrs. Sullivan guides Lorraine Kingsbury and others through the process from the start.

Jeff Herbst takes readers on a journey to Airline Road, to show the people, tales, and landscape.

After learning that fraternities would be shut down at Bowdoin College, Chris Kendig set out to document that part of Maine's history, with his own bias regarding fraternities.

Table of contents for December 1988 Salt Magazine.

Jennifer Raitt documents the lives of the Sanipass family.

Charlies McCormick covers the personal histories of people who live and work in the small community of Ocean Park.

Posey Gruener highlights the story of Rick and Barbara Spiegel, two dwarfs who live in Scarborough. The Spiegel's speak about their experiences with dwarfism, their relationship, and having a child.

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

In the town of Searsport, one of the country's largest natural gas companies intends to build an expansive propane storage facility. Diane Sterberg investigates how the local residents gave enough support due to promises of economic prosperity, despite opponents of the project feeling deceived about the integrity of the process.

David Welch documents the life of Keith Perry, an inmate at the Central Maine Pre-Release Center. Welch discusses the Perry's incarceration and learns about his personal life.