A member of the Green Party, Pat LaMarche shows pride when she mentions that she once ran for Vice-President of the United States. Beatrice Marovich discusses the life of LaMarche, covering her early life and political career.

As the chief agent for alcohol control in charge of the state of Maine, Henry Weaver experienced different situations with rum running. Keith Euler and others from Salt speak to Weaver about his experiences and stories as a federal officer during the prohibition era.

Table of contents for June 1987 Salt Magazine.

Growing up in Maine during the prohibition era, Reid Chapman offers to share his story with Salt about how liquor was bootlegged around his town.

After his taxi business went out of business, Stanley Frautten thought he would never drive a taxi again, after nearly 50 years of driving one. Claire Jeffers documents Frauttern's journey to start another taxi company despite heartbreak and loss.

Phil Grant takes a photograph of Andrew Davis, a back-to-lander, outside his family's farm.

Struggling to save their shoreline and town, Marjorie Sanborn and Lionel Chevalier wait for help from the Army Corps of Engineers. Jeanee Dudley documents how the erosion due to construction of a stone breakwater is moving sand away from the shores of Camp Ellis, the speaks to residents about their concerns.

Pamela Wood responds to the possibility of Maine having a nuclear dump site.

There are two monuments in Maine that celebrate the feats of Maine woodsmen. Bretty Jenks explores how these two statues represent two different cultures.

Located in downtown Biddeford, the Maine Energy Recovery Company destroys waste with its incinerators. Samuel Allison investigates how MERC impacts the communities that surrounds it, and what has been done against MERC.

From his workshop in Caratunk, Walter York creates snowshoes. Anne Gorham covers the steps of filling the bows for snowshoes.

Observing the rituals of the Orthodox church, Slavic immigrants in Richmond, Maine continue a tradition of those who came before them. Kate Jeremiah captures the practices of the Russian community at St. Nicholas Church.