Jess Winter highlights how the Jewish Burial Society of Portland fights to keep traditional rituals alive. Winter speaks to members of the community about rituals being altered to assimilate to American customs and how this impacts their religious practices.

Information regarding Salt's Center for Field Studies and how the work is being produced.

Bios of the contributors to the December 1990 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

The state of Maine has over a thousand licensed foster parents, with Dan Boucher being just one of those parents. Kate Drake explores the culture around fostering children by discussing Boucher's daily life.

Jenna Lane discusses the history of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad, and how tourism plays a large factor in Belfast.

Robin Lea highlights the life of Sister Joanne Roy, covering topics regarding Roy's social work, spiritual beliefs, and ecology.

Table of contents for December 1978 Salt Magazine.

Bios of the contributors to the November 1991 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

Stephen Dismore speaks to Billy Beckwith, a boy who tends a vegetable stand, about tourists.

Bios of the contributors to the August 1993 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

As a way to bridge the medical world and the spiritual world, serveral women became involved with a concept known as parish nursing. Margaret Conti highlights the lives of several women who perform duties as a parish nurse, showing their importance within their church community.

Background information on Eastport, Maine.