In the hayday of the granite industry, thousands of Maine quarrymen and stone cutters worker in over a hundred quarries. Amy Potokar documents the work that a few determined artisans continue to do with granite on Crotch Island.

Maryanne Mott captures images of the landscape on Hurricane Island.

Inside back cover for the September 1992 Salt Magazine, with an advertisement for the Salt Semester Program.

Back cover for the September 1992 Salt Magazine, with an advertisment for the Eastman Kodak Company.

Inside front cover for the August 1993 Salt Magazine, with advertisement for Admiral Farragut Academy.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

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

Table of contents for August 1993 Salt Magazine.

Jacob Kowalski documents the life of working the night shift and radio broadcasting.

The idea of recycling is nothing new, and for people in Maine they have been finding ways to reuse old items for generations. Elka Uchman documents how Mainers salvage and repurpose second hand items.

In Lewiston, Bates Fabrics and the L.L. Bean Telemarketing Center are only a few hundred yards from each other. Dan Stewart explores how these industries marks Lewiston as changing from an industrialized textile town to a service-based city.

R. Todd Hoffman captures the hard work that people do at Bates Mill in Lewiston.