The SMCC Beacon

by Connie Clarkson        My dad surprised my mom with a puppy when my mom was pregnant with my second older brother, Robin. Then I was born, Hondo was a golden labrador retriever.  Hondo was like many other dogs, he barked at the mailman, ran all over the house, peed in places he wasn’t supposed… Read more

by Clayton Hoyle Dunn’s Camps in the early summer. The glistening, glassy still water of Whitney and Hogan Ponds. The sandy, western Maine beach, and the scaly, Norway pines that provided shade from the sunny weather. This family getaway stays with me in vivid images, even when I am not there. My family visits this… Read more

by Alexandra Griffin  Daniel Andrews built the church that people were accusing people of being witches. This is a painting of the church. Cited by: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/reverend-samuel-parris I have been called a witch before but I never actually thought I was related to one. Let me explain. I just recently found out that my cousin, Susan… Read more

By Connie Clarkson, Sam Jacobs and Clayton Hoyle    Southern Maine Community College is known to be the cheapest college in Maine, with the ocean right next to it, but the campus actually is filled with historical landmarks such as The Old Settler’s Cemetery, also known as the Thrasher Cemetery; the oldest public known burial ground… Read more

by Connie Clarkson Let’s talk about death. You’ve probably heard that death is not the end or is the beginning of something larger than ourselves, in some form most of us believe that. Given that we’ve just come off the month of October, a month we dedicate to the notion of death, pumpkins, candy, scary… Read more

By Sam Jacobs The current health crisis has taken lives, strained relationships, and even challenged our beliefs. In addition, the Coronavirus has taken a toll on our wallets and pocketbooks. Many american bank accounts are struggling to stay alive.   Alexis Reynolds, a former student at Southern Maine Community College, was working at Smitty’s, the… Read more