At 16, Grady O’Connor runs a card shop inside of Saco’s SOFIVE Soccer facility - buying, selling and connecting generations over cards that still carry more than just value. Read about Grady at BrickTides.com. #hobbyshop #saco #cardshop #maine #biddeford
Maine’s Josh Johnson had a front row seat when Instagram was released in 2010. He downloaded the app when it was 72 hours old and provided helpful tips for better photography. The Instagram founders (@kevin and @mikeyk )noticed, and suggested every new user on the platform follow Josh. We sat down with @joshjohnson in Biddeford to learn more about the photos and videos he’s working on today and the community he built at @jjcommunity . Read more on BRICKTIDES.com #maine #biddeford
At 5 years old, Frank lived through a 1980 earthquake in Italy. At 18, he took his first flight, a one way ticket from Italy to America. Today, Coletti’s Pizza is one of the most talked about slices in the state of Maine. BrickTides.com sat down with Frank on Monday to learn more. Have you been? What’s your favorite pizza? #pizza #biddeford #maine #pizzalover
We sat down with Tori and Abby, co-owners of @birdbonestattoostudio in Biddeford. The two tattoo artists opened their studio in 2024. Read about them on BrickTides.com ! #biddeford #tattoo #business
It was great to interview and photograph Michael Macomber and Katie Pinard this week at @elementsbookscoffeebeer - which they own together. Visit BrickTides.com to see more photos and read how Elements came to be and what it is today. #biddeford #coffeeshop #maine #elementsbookscoffeebeer
Have you read about @sweetcreamdairy on BrickTides.com? Jacqui and Jon have been serving homemade ice cream on Main Street in Biddeford for a decade. Jon attended an ice cream workshop at Penn State and decided to make ice cream exactly how they suggested not to make ice cream - read about it at bricktides.com #biddeford #maine #04005 #icecream #business @jacquidefranca
Our next feature is now live on BrickTides.com. We caught up with Biddeford Pool’s Peter McPheeters. He has spent more than 50 years building, selling and preserving homes in Biddeford Pool, Maine. From OceanView Properties to rowing past lobster bots in winter, his story is inseparable from the land itself. #biddefordpool #maine #rowing #winterrowing @oceanview_properties
We’re interviewing our next subject tomorrow, after this blizzard! We photographed him almost exactly a year ago, on February 22, 2025, before we had a digital home. We found him rowing his boat around Wood Island Lighthouse. I guess you could say he was our first feature! We’ll make an updated portrait and sit down for an interview to share his amazing story. #bricktides @cycyrphoto #Biddeford #biddefordpool
Read about April Laverriere in our current issue of Brick+Tides! Do you think a foot injury sidelined her fitness plans? No - she grabbed a bike and now looks for competitions and has competed on Mount Washington - during the winter! #biking #maine #feature #bricktides
Great to sit down with @randyforciercmg and @mtgguy33 to learn about home loans, their career paths and early beginnings. Full story at BrickTides.com. #homeloans #saco #biddeford #maine #business
Thomas Collier, a graduate of @mci.school and @fullsail has been working as a 3D graphics animator and art director since being hired by Madison Square Garden at the age of 19. If you watch live sports, you’ve seen his work. We sat down with him at his home in Maine. Story at BrickTides.com. #maine #animator #3dgraphics #yorkcountymaine @thomascollier.tv
Before they grew @ruffpinedogtreats , there was a van, two dogs and six month road trip. Read about Nick and Emily Conley at BrickTides.com. #maine #maineentrepreneurs #dogbusiness #mainebusiness
