As one of the best known men in Old Orchard Beach, Clarence Roberts is a city council member who represents a white constituency as a black man. Roger Champagne documents how Roberts does not let the color of his skin hold him back from being involved in the community.

Richard Sitler photographs the Central Beauty School, where students study to be cosmetologists.

List of back issues and books from Salt.

Back cover for the October 1986 Salt Magazine.

When James Siragusa returned to his family's property on the shore of Annabessacook Lake in Winthrop to raise his family, he discovered his doorstep was on one of America's most toxic landfills. Emma Nobel documents how 30 years later, the dump still weighs heavily on Siragusa's mind.

Bios of the contributors to the December 1995 Salt Magazine.

The idea of recycling is nothing new, and for people in Maine they have been finding ways to reuse old items for generations. Joshua Gallant captures how Mainers salvage and repurpose second hand items.

Living in Kennebunkport most of his life, Albert Hutchins is a Maine lobsterman. Fran Ober visits Hutchins to learn how to knit a lobster trap head.

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.

For half a century, John Foster has been a bellman. Foster recounts a time when trained bellmen would come up from the South to work the summer season in Kennebunkport.

Table of contents for December 1993 Salt Magazine.