Courtney Stein discusses the work that Biff Brady performs at Forensic Polygraph Services, where he conducts lie detection tests. Brady speaks about the process of the interrogation and trying to get the truth.

Lisa Merlini highlights the lives of Mira Cua and Cong Ba Nguyen, a couple who have different nationalities, but were able to mix and meld them into the family they started.

Bios of the contributors to the Salt 2004-2005 Magazine.

The clues of Maine’s ceramic past are hiding in plain sight. Molly Saunders and Professor Bonnie Newsom have taken the time to uncover its history and leave a record for future potters.

Conceived to counteract the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church, a church that protests military funerals, the Patriot Guard Riders are comprised of veterans and people who have family serving in the military. Charla Hudlow highlights the work of the Patriot Guard Riders in Maine and their experiences with attending funerals and coping with death.

Laurel Cox discusses the experience and struggles of the Amerasian community, as experienced in Vietnam in the United States.

For three generations, a colony of Swedish farmers have raised potatoes and families in rural Aroostook County. Tonee Harbert captures how these farmers are close knit and hard working.

Guide to help people find important places to eat in Maine.

A refugee from Sudan, Nyapeni Chou Doul lives an entirely different life than she did in her native country. Kody Steffy captures the life of Doul, who lives in Portland.

Coming to Maine as refugees, two Cambodian families experience contrasts from their old lives and new ones in a land with plenty. Marianne Ciampi highlights how these two families adapt to their new lives in Maine.

Sally Steindorf speaks with members of varying Indian tribes to learn about basketmaking and the brown ash.

Heather Hay captures a photograph of Chris Patles holding a brown ash log near Fred Moore Jr.