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Salt, Vol. 9, No. 2, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

The magazine about the really important people of Maine. Special Issue: Rural Poverty in Maine — What Does It Mean? One in every five rural Mainers is poor. Like Monica, struggling to get by. Christmas rubs in the difference between having plenty and little.

Content
• 5 View from Pier Road
• 8 Being Poor in Rural Maine One in every five Mainers is poor. The numbers are growing even in today’s job market. Salt tells the story of the rural poor in Maine through their words and lives.
• 10 Portraits Lauretta Elie and Emily Kinney have two things in common. They …