Pamela Wood introduces readers to the first issue of the Salt Magazine from January 1974.

Twilight Greenaway highlights the lives of caregivers and volunteers at Peabody House in Portland. These individuals offer support and services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Maine.

Living on Mount Desert Island for nearly 66 years, Draper Liscomb has spent his whole life making a living in Maine. Bethany Aronow documents how Liscomb left Maine for work, but came back because he knew he could make it in Maine.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

With a curiosity on how to build boats in bottles. Howard Doane and Bill Shook speak to Richard Nickerson about his craft. Doane and Shook document Nickerson's process of building the boats and placing them in the bottles.

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.

There was a time when Maine was marketed as a landscape for escape, known as vacationland. Brett Jenks explores how Maine is now marketed as "The Way Life Should Be."

Salt speaks to river drivers about how machines have altered the way the woods are harvested.

Daniel Cohoon captures images of individuals who believe in the possibility, or have experiences with UFO contact.

Jennifer Leahy documents how one family from Augusta copes with their children having autism.

Jeff Jordan captures the lives of individuals who live in Portland, that have their lives impacted by AIDS.

Kirk Torregrossa documents the life of Maggie Neilson as she prepares to have gastric bypass surgery.