by Bretton Niles Harris Above: “Old Port Alleyway” I stowed the Polaroids I’d just taken down by Casco Ferry and decided to cruise down Commercial Street looking for an inviting establishment to […]

By Clayton Hoyle It’s hard to think that there could be any good in what our world and communities have been so unexpectedly faced with in the past six months. Even though […]

Photo taken by Samantha Jacobs, showing how Jenny, preschool teacher, practices COVID protocols, six feet apart and wearing masks. By Samantha Jacobs It was seven in the morning, when I walked through […]

By Connie Clarkson “With our thoughts; we make the world.” Buddha  I remember thinking to myself, “This year is gonna be a rough one.”  When the pandemic first started, the lines at […]

By Anna Lise  When I first started college, I discovered my passion for American Sign Language. During my first class, I met my friend Nicole who has Cerebral Palsy. She uses Lofstrand […]

by Ayreal Ziegler Only a friend on social media? We’ve all done it. Added someone whom we didn’t know well or followed some celebrity we had little chance of actually connecting with. […]

by Celina Simmons It’s crazy to think that my last semester at SMCC is coming to an end and even crazier to think of when the next time will be that I […]

by Jody Goodman When I hear the names Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, Meg Ryan, or Tom Hanks, my heart immediately warms and my mind goes to a happy place full of beautiful […]

by Morgan Dyer It’s with sadness and pride that I’m going into our last week of production with the SMCC Beacon! This is it! In the fall the Beacon will become a […]