Monument Square in Portland sits at the center of the city and serves as an ideal location for protests and demonstrations. Victoria Lyon discusses how demonstrators use the downtown area to hold their protests.

In the Kennebunkport area, barns cover large parts of the landscape. Lyman Page speaks to Lester Wildes and other barn owners about their barns and the barns that used to be there.

Kate Dodge explores the lives of Franco-American musicians who play traditional fiddle music.

In Kennebunk, Willis Gowen runs a local drug store. Elizabeth Turner documents the work Gowen has done for his community for over 53 years at his pharmacy.

Dedication page for the June 1976 Bicentennial Salt Magazine.

Table of contents for June 1975 Salt Magazine.

Bios of the contributors to the November 1989 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

Even for a tourist town, there are limits to its appeal for tourists. Sherine Adeli looks at how Kennebunkport deals with tourists.

Roger Price documents the life of Chub Foster, a man who was a guide in the North Woods when everyone there was a woodsman.

Inside front cover for the April 1997 Salt Magazine with an advertisement for the Salt Semester Program.

Advertisement for subscribing to Salt Magazine.

Thomas Brown investigates the controversy regarding the development of the Basin Mills Dam on the Penobscot River. He focuses on topics related to development versus conservation, the life cycle and existence of salmon in the river, and the environmental impact of the dam.