Schools that offer ESL programs are able to support members of varying communities in significant ways. Patricia Zalamea discusses how the Reiche School ESL Program assists with the academic, language, and social emotional growth and development for students at the school.

Crafting a lobster trap requires precision, as demonstrated by Stilly Griffin. Elizabeth Tanner speaks to Griffin about the proper way to make lobster traps.

Crafting a lobster trap requires precision, as demonstrated by Stilly Griffin. Elizabeth Tanner speaks to Griffin about the proper way to make lobster traps.

When Lodie Jeglosky went to visit Cecil Benson to do a story on blacksmithing, she found another story. Jeglosky speaks to Benson's wife about growing up without heat.

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In the small town of Strong, the Strong Wood Products, Inc. toothpick and dowel mill begins manufacturing early each morning. Suzanne Grossman speaks to employees at the factory to learn about their jobs and the work produced at the mill.

During his 52 year career in the logging business, Grover Morrison experienced many things in the forests of Maine. Terry Whitney and Mike Stinson document Morrison's lumbering operations in Maine.

For an island 12 miles off the mainland, there is only one store on North Haven, Waterman & Co. Tina Waterman documents the story of the store, as told by its current owner, Frank Waterman.

Attempting to teach her deaf son to listen and speak, Tonya Ng is putting all her effort towards ensuring her son can live like a normal hearing child. Sharon Mashihi speaks to Tonya about going to Hear Me Now, and the progress that has been made with her son.

At 21 years old, Matthew Lajoie is running for the school board seat at-large in Brunswick. Rebecca Cohen speaks to Lajoie about the trouble he has had with the law and his experience running for the school board.

For individuals in Maine that suffer from any kind of disability, the STRIVE program offers them a chance to be a part of a community of teens and young adults. Keren Rosenfeld discovers how the STRIVE program, located in the Project for Supported Living drop-in center came to be, and highlights the experiences of members.

Inside front cover for the September 1992 Salt Magazine, with advertisement for Admiral Farragut Academy.