As his father did for him, John Leach teaches his own son, Jake, to dig for clam

As his father did for him, John Leach teaches his own son, Jake, to dig for clams on Kennebunkport beach. John speaks on techniques of clamming, parenting, and how he was raised

In 1949, there were 676 one-room schoolhouses in Maine. Today only ten remain,

In 1949, there were 676 one-room schoolhouses in Maine. Today only ten remain, most on islands. Eight children attend Cliff Island\u27s one-room school, whose teacher, Earl MacVane, was a student there. Related article profiles Ruth Jackson Pinkham, one-room teacher in Nova Scotia and Fryeburg Harbor in the 1920s. Details

Bert and Maggie McBurnie are the only year-round residents of Chesuncook, in the

Bert and Maggie McBurnie are the only year-round residents of Chesuncook, in the North Woods. The article\u27s authors fly by seaplane from Greenville to meet them, and arrive to find them searching for a lost hunter staying at their lodge. Details. Story continued in Salt Number 32; related letter Salt Number 33

Profile of master plasterer Maurice Gordon of Kennebunkport. Details, technique

Profile of master plasterer Maurice Gordon of Kennebunkport. Details, techniques of plastering explained

The vast growth in mussel harvesting outpaced lobstering by an astounding 1.3 mi

The vast growth in mussel harvesting outpaced lobstering by an astounding 1.3 million pounds of meat last year. A conflict likened to that of cowboys and sodbusters is played out between Tenants Harbor lobstermen and the Great Eastern Mussel Farm offshore, which leases the sea bottom for $15/acre/year. Tenants Harbor\u27s Ad Hoc Committee for Coastal Preservation objects to the mussel culturing, which has overridden the traditional boundaries of the lobstermen. Details; profiles of lobsterman Sherman Hoyt and mussel farmer Ed Myers

Profile of John Gaskill, 92, of Portland. He comments on growing up black and h

Profile of John Gaskill, 92, of Portland. He comments on growing up black and his work at Central Maine Power for forty-seven years

Howard Thomas of Buxton and Michael Palmer of Kennebunk are fighting their towns

Howard Thomas of Buxton and Michael Palmer of Kennebunk are fighting their towns over junk they keep on their property. Details

Part II of a story about Bert and Maggie McBurnie and their hunting lodge on Che

Part II of a story about Bert and Maggie McBurnie and their hunting lodge on Chesuncook Lake. Details, hunting stories

On the mud flats of the Kennebunk River, Salt apprentices learn boatbuilding, co

On the mud flats of the Kennebunk River, Salt apprentices learn boatbuilding, construction, seamanship, truck farming, forest management, and media arts. Details

1985 was a bumper crop for Maine\u27s wild blueberry barrens. Market forces will d

1985 was a bumper crop for Maine\u27s wild blueberry barrens. Market forces will demand a mechanized harvest by 1990, displacing 50 to 75 percent of the men and women who have lived their lives in fealty to the old ways of harvesting. Migrant workers live in company housing camps. Workers profiled include Micmac Indian Jim Knockwood; Burleigh Crane, who invented controlled burns on the barrens, innovated the selective weed killer Valpar, and started using bees for pollination; crew manager Hillman Foss; picker Clarence Bagley; Passamaquoddy tribal housing commissioner Francis Nicholas; and Jasper Wyman & Son president Charles Davis. Three related articles, photoessay