Tom Riva and his custom made sauna at Fortunes Rocks in Biddeford, Maine on Monday, October 12, 2026. Photo by Cy Cyr. By Cy Cyr | Brick+Tides On a chilly October morning at Fortunes Rocks Beach in Biddeford, two women arrived separately for a little warmth. Neither knew the other, but both had come for the same reason: a wood-fired sauna overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Sherri had traveled from Old Orchard Beach and quite literally jumped for joy when she learned she could en

Nick Blunier stands atop his Community Art Bus in Biddeford, Maine — a former 1981 school bus transformed into a mobile studio designed to bring art directly into the community. Photo by Cy Cyr / BrickTides.com It is an old four-window school bus covered in paint and graffiti, with sea creatures swimming across its exterior, business names worked into the artwork, solar power on top and a rooftop deck. Children have painted it. Adults have painted it. A graffiti artist has pa