Ready for retirement, Janice Sage decided to start an essay competition to give away the rights to Center Lovell Inn. Mette Lutzhoft highlights how people from all over are submitting essays to be considered the new owner of the inn, and how the trend of giving away property through essay competitions is growing.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

Chris Balzer is a horologist who restores antique timepieces of all sizes. Balzer highlights his work as a clock restorer and the importance of always learning more about clocks.

Laura Burden explores the lives of women who are ministers in Maine, in both city and rural ministries.

Inside back cover of March 1979 Salt Magazine with mission statement and information.

Introduction to articles in this issue of Salt magazine on the topic of what it means to be a Mainer, and the displacement of Maine people.

In Maine, it is common for one person's trash to become a treasure to someone else. Edite Pedrosa visits the Montsweag Flea Market to learn about the flea market business functions.

Salt offers thanks to individuals and organizations that have supported the 1985 Salt Development Fund.

Former guide and member of the Micmac Indian tribe shares stories straight from the Maine woods.

Written as the first chapter to her own book, Ida Allen shares her childhood story about growing up in the woods of Maine.

Janet Culbert documents the history of Flynn's News, a diner in South Berwick. Culbert speaks with the owners to learn about the role their diner plays in the community.

At Cappy's Chowder House in Camden, many taxidermied animals are hanging on the wall, but owning one particular bird caused David Robichaud to break the law. Kala Hoke documents the regulations regarding wildlife protection and how people in Camden rallied behind Alexander, the bird at Cappy's.