Every morning on WCSH Channel 6, Roger Griswold provides viewers in Portland with the weather forecast. Katie Arrants highlights how Griswold takes pride in his job, and his desire to be as accurate as possible, especially when it comes to winter storms.

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

Striving to do more with his job, Ryan Coulombe is Salty Pete, the mascot for the Portland Pirates hockey team. Brandan Collins documents how Coulombe makes attempts to do more for the organization and the normal routines of his work.

An ardent support of the feminist, anti-Putin, performance art group know as Pussy Riot, Rob Lieber joined their movement after hearing about them on the radio. Margaret Rawsom discusses Lieber's entrance into activism and his support for the group.

For over sixteen years, Jon White struggled with drug and alcohol abuse. Karin Brown documents how White lives out his recovery process through his art.

Creativity can be found in all places, as Robin-Lee Holman discusses regarding Spindleworks, a non-profit artist cooperative made up of artists with developmental disabilities. Holman speaks to artists regarding Spindleworks and their experiences.

Through creating works of art, Robert Saunders is able to find a way to heal himself of his bipolar disorder. Aida Curtis highlights how the art that Saunders creates allows him to relax, and how art allows him to work through his mental condition.

As a sociologist, Peter Rose sees tourism as having a caste system. Rose explains how he views colonists as brahmins and bus tourers near the bottom of the system.

Heidi Sistare highlights the work of Lisa Pixley, a trailblazer in the energetic printmaking community in Portland. Sistare speaks to Pixley about her printing studio, Pickwick Independent Press, and about being an artist.

Keeping the local memory of a community alive is important, and as Merritt Pridgeon discovers, in the small town of Weld, their history brings the community closer. Pridgeon discusses the history of the town, importance of the historical society, and tourism.

For the town of Patten, Maine, the logging industry made a large impact, being considered the lumbering center of the world. Regina Baker and Nancy Noyes document how lumbering became ingrained into the local history, and write about the museum that holds that history.

Keeping the local memory of a community alive is important, and as Merritt Pridgeon discovers, in the small town of Weld, their history brings the community closer. Pridgeon discusses the history of the town, importance of the historical society, and tourism.