Table of contents for December 1978 Salt Magazine.

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Pamela Green explores the culture of the Passamaquoddy by talking to students at Lee Academy. Green discusses with the students how their school understands their culture and traditions, allowing them to keep with their identity.

Six nights out of the week boxers of all skill levels come to the Portland Boxing Club to train and fight. Ethan Anderson speaks with the fighters to learn about their boxing careers and aspirations.

In Presque Isle, Cluny McPherson collects the heritage of potato growing people. Tanya Solomon and Parise White speak to McPherson about his collection of old farm tools.

A Company of Girls, located in Portland, is a touring company of of girls who put on one play a year. Talia Gibas highlights the work of the company and uncovers how girls of all ages and backgrounds are able to come together as one group.

Short write ups on the lawyer George Willard, the Custom House Wharf in Portland, and the Colony Inn.

In Portland, the Italian American Community Center serves as a location for local Italians to gather and share meals. Alexandra Daniello reports on activities and traditions of the Italian community in Portland, focusing on the Italian American Community Center.

Within one of his lobster traps, Larence Seavey once caught a mitten. Seavey recounts his story about finding the mitten.

In East Lebanon, Col. George Martin puts on a lively performance at his weekly country auctions. Anne Harrison and Pat Shrader document the work that Martin does at the auction.

With no work to do for the day at the fish plant, Frances Miller shares her story about living in Eastport and working at the plant.

Kristin Atwell documents the lives of migrant workers from Mexico to the Philippines who come to Maine to harvest acres of broccoli. She explores how these newcomers to the Aroostook community brought forth interest, as well as some difficulties.