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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

by Anna DesLauriers While things like medication, eating well, and exercising are known for helping to maintain or improve our general health, Eastern practices have been around for many years and have […]

by Krista Nadeau  Breathlessness, racing heart, sweaty palms— it was a heart attack, for sure. After a call to 911, the ambulance came. Dean, the EMT, was very calm. I left my […]

by Krista Nadeau  Life has been perfect. That is something very few, if any, people can say. Life certainly doesn’t always go as planned, but it does equip us with many feelings […]

Story & Photo by Krista Nadeau  One of the keys to good health is good food. The question is whether we have access to this good food—most will say they do if […]