Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

Erin Campbell speaks to Alberta Redmond about her Christmas experiences growing up.

Getting involved with the wrong crowd at a young age, Liz Leddy found boxing as a way to fix her life. Christine Heintz offers a profile on Leddy and how boxing has allowed her to stay sober.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

Even at old age, Elizabeth Shames continues to dance with the Perennial Effects dance group. Sarah Merrill highlights the life of Shames, discussing her history with dancing and her personal life.

Heading to Arundel to hear old time democracy, Valerie Gould and Anne Pierter go to a town meeting. Gould and Pierter document the meeting and the issues that were discussed.

After being threated with being sent to prison, Amy Cobb decided to enter a drug abuse recovery program at Wellspring, Inc.'s Halfway House for women. Amanda Waldroupe discusses how Cobb has to overcome her desire to leave the home, in order to fully recovery.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

Introduction to readers for Eastport For Pride, a Salt double issue publication, on the topic of the village of Eastport, .

Kait Stokes documents the work of tattooists at Sanctuary Tattoo in Portland.

In order to understand how gill netting works, Keith Euler took a trip with Herbert Hutchins out to sea. Euler documents the work Hutchins does with gill nets and how he sticks with netting year round.

Paul Sargent covers the personal histories and experiences of Youth Corps members, and discusses the skills that they learned in the program.