Around the Saco area, people are familiar with stories regarding the Saco River and a curse. Anne Pierter and others speak to Marion Banks to confirm whether or not the curse is real.

Around the Saco area, people are familiar with stories regarding the Saco River and a curse. Anne Harrison and Pat Shrader speak to Marion Banks to confirm whether or not the curse is real.

Katrina Herzog documents the culture at 442 St. John Street, a home used to house young transients and people visiting Boothbay Harbor.

Sharon Mayer documents the life of John Welch.

Valerie Haynes documents the work John Beckwith does with horses in Scarborough.

Dropped as a child, John Lee was left blind. Marshall Clarke documents how Lee does not let his blindness stand in his way to enjoy his life to the fullest.

On John Bunker's farm in Palermo, Bunker grows hybrid peppers and livestock. Lisa Mattingly documents the life of Bunker, writing about being a cancer survivor, homesteading, and apples.

For half a century, John Foster has been a bellman. Heather Lane captures images of Foster as he recounts a time when trained bellmen would come up from the South to work the summer season in Kennebunkport.

Georgeia Smith highlights the life of John Martovich, a piano and violin repairman in Portland.

Dropped as a child, John Lee was left blind. Marshall Clarke captures how Lee does not let his blindness stand in his way to enjoy his life to the fullest.

In Salt's first guest article, John E. Chaisson writes about his childhood days in the Maine woods.

Dropped as a child, John Lee was left blind. Marshall Clarke documents how Lee does not let his blindness stand in his way to enjoy his life to the fullest.