Salt informs readers that this View From Pier Road will be the last time this column is published.

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.

After his taxi business went out of business, Stanley Frautten thought he would never drive a taxi again, after nearly 50 years of driving one. Claire Jeffers documents Frauttern's journey to start another taxi company despite heartbreak and loss.

Table of contents for October 1986 Salt Magazine.

Since many people do not own a piano at home, the Portland Public Library provides a piano on site that patrons can use for an hour to practice. Patrons and library staff discuss the convenience of having a free public piano at the library.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

James C. Curtis writes on the documentary tradition, comparing the work of Salt and the Farm Security Administration in Maine.

Peter Millard speaks to Amy, a waitress, about her experiences working the tourist trade as a waitress.

Luke Snyder highlights the life of Jordan Kratz, a Jewish punk rocker. Snyder discusses Kratz's punk rock lifestyle, interest in science fiction, and living with Hepatitis C.

Table of contents for December 1993 Salt Magazine.

Testimonials page for The Salt Book on the inside back cover of the December 1977 Salt Magazine.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to the second issue of the Salt Magazine from April 1974.