Attempting to heal from past wounds, Rosemary Erb turned to alternative healing and massage to help people feel better about themselves. Anna Clarke discusses Erb's work as a healer who uses simple human touch to help heal past wounds.

Anna Mackenzie Weaver documents the release of Tricia Binette from Maine Correctional Women's Center after serving a three year sentence.

In the town of Buxton, the Wat Samaki Cambodian Buddhist Temple has found opposition among the neighbors in the area due to public safety concerns. Hannah Dunning-Sharp documents how Navan Leng, the president of Wat Samaki, is trying to keep the temple open and provide the community with an understanding about Cambodian culture.

While most sex ed programs teach about abstinence, the Planned Parenthood program, Real Life, Real Talk, aims to teach parents how to speak to their children about sex. Hannah Dunning-Sharp documents how the program takes on a matter-of-fact approach to teaching parents about parenting teenagers on tough subjects.

The Sudanese Community Association of Maine hosts events geared towards showing their children the importance of education and going to school. Anna Mackenzie Weaver captures the work of Matthew Kongo, president of the Sudanese Community Association of Maine.

A member of the spoken word poetry community called Port Veritas, Wil Gibson discusses his experience as a poet. Gibson speaks about having grown up around gang culture, and how performing slam poetry allows him to be a better version of his former self.

In the summer before moving to Maine, Katherine Moncure finds items from a woman who lived in Portland over a hundred years ago, tucked into a book she had owned for years. Katherine’s determined to find out who that woman was.

Cultural memory is important to retain through generations because it holds the history of a culture and of a people. Patrick Winkelman captures how the Passamaquoddy are working on regenerating their heritage.

Bios of the contributors to the Salt 2005-2006 Magazine.

Sarah Elzas documents the life of Cathy, a teenage mother, who has two children with her boyfriend. Cathy discusses the difficulties being a young mother and the parenting classes she takes.

For nearly 40 years the HOME coop in Orland has attempted to fight against poverty and homelessness, offering emergency shelters, housing, and other social services. Danielle Connor explores how the HOME operates to ensure that the homeless in Maine are protected from the elements.

Cultural memory is important to retain through generations because it holds the history of a culture and of a people. Carol Miles discusses how for the Passamaquoddy, a group of individuals are working on regenerating their heritage from oral histories passed down to them.