Jay Bickford is one of the many employees working for the support services at SMCC. He likes his job there, especially as an SMCC alumni. He’s been employed with SMCC’s facility departments […]
Maine nurses are backing the Maine Quality Care Act, which is on its way to the House awaiting approval. The bill (LD 1639), passed on March 27th by the Maine Senate, will […]
SMCC has long enrolled students from various backgrounds; this includes individuals with families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), or who are from the DRC themselves, who watch the crisis […]
The harrowing tragedy that took place in Lewiston on October 25th left every Mainer in shock. Eighteen innocent lives were lost and 13 people were injured. Maine is a small, close-knit state, […]
The words mass shootings have become far too common in the average American’s vocabulary. In the past three years, the U.S. has had over 1,800 mass shootings; defined as an incident where […]
On October 7th, Hamas terrorists crossed the border from Gaza into Israel and mounted an offensive against both civilians and the Israeli military. At the end of the first day, the death […]
Colonel Thomas Westbrook, after whom the city of Westbrook is named, is credited with installing the first dam on the Presumpscot River in the early 1730s. While he’s gone down in the […]
A local demonstration drew attention to the unfolding tragedy in and around Gaza and tested perceptions of what constitutes legitimate means of resistance and self-protection for nation states
George Rheault is a write-in candidate for Mayor of Portland. He’s lived in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood for almost a decade and works remotely as a transactional attorney with active law licenses in […]
Five candidates for Mayor of Portland convened Tuesday, September 26th, for the first televised debate ahead of the upcoming ranked-choice election in November, with the hot-button issue of homelessness taking center stage. […]
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