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Gorham Goodwill: Price by the Pound
By Jessica Spoto In Gorham, Maine, there is this fantastic place called Goodwill Buy the Pound. This Goodwill outlet is where all the items that didn’t sell in other Goodwill stores are sold “by the pound.” There are these bins filled with leftover, unsold Goodwill store items. They are separated by sections, such as clothes,… Read more
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In Totality
Photo by Makala Thibodeau By Jack Gentempo Do you ever have trouble finding just the right lighting? We all know the curse of the horrid fluorescents at the DMV and the resulting mugshots that we carry around on our license for the next five to seven years. But what if there was a lighting so… Read more
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Introductions
By Ben Riggleman Hello, Beacon readers. My name’s Ben, and I have the privilege of being this year’s managing editor of The Beacon. The buck stops on this (metaphorical) desk: if something in this paper grinds your gears, you can let me have it at benjaminsriggleman@smccme.edu. Let me give you a rundown of who I… Read more
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Stuck in the Middle With You
By Dale Rappaneau My best friend is gay. I know he’s gay because he and his wife sat down with my fiancée and me to tell us about his realization of being gay. They had been married for two years, together for just six months before their wedding, and their relationship had been plagued with… Read more
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Putting the ‘Community’ in Community College
By Megan Webster First-day jitters are a real thing. And though about 75 percent of mine are a health-risk harbinger from the six cups of coffee I’ve consumed before 9 a.m., the remaining nerves are a delightful anxious bundle of worry. As new students, and even seasoned classroom veterans, we brood over things like making… Read more
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