• Poetic License

    By Patrick Doyle Do you ever notice yr mind working freely without you coming in & saying, “Hey now, stop that. Think about this thing,” & for a second you may, but then yr mind wanders off again, free-associating as it damn well pleases? Welp, that is the story behind this little prose piece; if… Read more

  • Pro Active Advice with Kora O. Han

    Hey there everyone! Kora, at your service. As of this issue of The Beacon, I will be taking over this wonderful pro-active advice column from Miss Tiffany Crockett, who has graciously passed the baton over to me. So please, do direct your emails to me at kora.o.han@gmail.com, and I will try to answer any questions,… Read more

  • Sabering Hollywood: American Hustle (2013)

    By Sabra Schirm Christian Bale and Amy Adams deliver stunning performances in David O. Russell’s American Hustle. Conman Irving Rosenfield and his brilliant girlfriend and partner, Sydney Prosser, find themselves in a sticky situation that ends with them taking orders from F.B.I. hot-head, Richie DiMaso. Desperate to prove himself, DiMaso pushes his unwilling co-conspirators into… Read more

  • Low Temperatures & Tickets

    Low Temperatures and Tickets By A.S. Kinsman It turns out that even the mighty Super Bowl is vulnerable to the weather of the wild Northeast. The chosen venue to host the annual mega-football game this year is the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey; a state, like many others in the country, that is currently plagued… Read more

  • Lady Seawolves Host Spaghetti Dinner

    By Beacon Staff Local patrons, friends & families were treated to healthy portions of tossed salad, spaghetti, with or without meatballs in tomato sauce, garlic bread and carrot cake. The dinner raised approximately $300-$400 in an effort to support the Lady Seawolves basketball.Alumni weekend for the SMCC basketball program kicked off their weekend festivities with a… Read more

  • Athletic Spot Lights: Jose Nouchanthavong

    By Sineah McGrady Four hours north of South Portland, sits the University of Maine – Machias gym, a few Saturdays ago it filled with the SMCC Seawolves basketball teams ready to square off against the Clippers. The women played first and finished with a win. The men followed hustling onto the court and ready to… Read more