By Alex Griffin The United States has always relied on voting to elect officials. There have been changes over the years as to who is eligible to vote, but today all citizens […]
Dangerous Discussions
So Many Decisions to be Made
By Clayton Hoyle “We have the spirit of the nation basically on the line, the character of the next president also on the line. People who don’t vote now— I can’t even […]
CMP Corridor won’t be on the November ballot
“The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC)” by Tim Randall What would be undeniably fatal to many miles of undeveloped forests and countless ecosystems in Maine? Central Maine Power’s “The New England […]
A Photographers Perspective: Street Art
Story & photographs by Tamiya Joseph, contributor I have been doing photography for the last two and a half years. I have always been a curious person. Photography for me is a […]
Artist of the Month: Jerry Uelsmann
By Connie Clarkson As many artists know, the world is always changing, there are so many different forms of artbeing created, photography, graphic design, film, and painting are just a few of […]
The Reach of Ruth
By Krista Nadeau By Supreme Court of the United States – Supreme Court of the United States (Source 2), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55329542 My mother showed me how to never back down—she had […]
Mind over Matter: An introduction from the Managing Editor
by Managing Editor, Tim Randall The Southern Maine Community College newspaper, The Beacon has been in operation for more than 35 years before becoming a college credit course. The Beacon began as […]
Lessons from Grief
By Krista Nadeau “We feel the world has changed and it has. We know this is temporary, but it doesn’t feel that way, and we realize things will be different… This is […]
Pandemic Positives
By Alexandra Griffin Photo by Alayna Baldwin Dagnese. A lesson with kids and horses Right now the pandemic is a subject that no one wants to bring up, and we might […]
Superstars of the Streets
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 […]
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