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Magnolia Sunshine a mural by Emily Grace outside of Bravo on Main Street.

In conversation with local artist Emily Grace

AURELIA HARRISON, Features and Opinion Editor February 28, 2023

Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Emily Grace, an artist from Gloucester who has been working locally, with dreams to base her career in her hometown. She is a GHS alum and attended MassArt...

Mofongo, prepared and plated by Julia Medrano, is a traditional Caribbean dish featuring plantains and shrimp.

Celebrate black history month with Mofongo

SHEILA MEDRANO, Staff Writer February 10, 2023

  Happy Black History Month! I am back with another delicious dish from my culture to start off this month! Mofongo is a traditional Caribbean dish that has Dominican and Puerto Rican...

Artistic representation of a standard moth and butterfly structures

What are the differences between moths and butterflies?

EVELYN PORTER, Staff Writer February 9, 2023

During these bitter, cold, and dreary winter months it can be easy to miss the bright summer seasons. One of the many contributions to a summer scene being fauna, one might find themselves pondering some...

Aurelia Harrisons personal copy of Fleetwood Macs  Rumours on vinyl,

Old School Album Review: “Rumours”

AURELIA HARRISON, Staff Writer February 8, 2023

If there is an album more successful and more essential to the genre of 70s pop rock than "Rumours", by Fleetwood Mac, I have yet to encounter it. In my own childhood, and in many of my friends’, "Rumours"...

How to stay on track after college applications

How to stay on track after college applications

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor January 31, 2023

As January comes to an end, most college application deadlines have passed, and applicants are left with the looming question of what to do now that the process is over. Many would like to think their...

GHS library runs blind date with a book in anticipation of Valentines Day

GHS library runs “blind date with a book” in anticipation of Valentine’s Day

FINN WALL and BEN CARPENTER January 30, 2023

Love is in the air as the GHS library starts up a new “blind date with a book” program for students looking for a good read. Participants select books to check out without knowing exactly what...

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Kanye West remarries to Yeezy’s head of architecture

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor January 17, 2023

Well, so much for a year without Ye.  After being “missing” for a month, Ye and “Yeezy” Head of Architecture, Bianca Censori, were revealed to have been married on January 13th. As previously...

Cyan Clements depicts headphones blaring with the music that defined 2022.

The Gillnetter’s top five albums of 2022

BEN CARPENTER, Arts & Culture Editor December 29, 2022

2022 will be remembered as the year many of us emerged from the pandemic, in some cases unrecognizable from the people we were at its onset. As society settles into a new normal, the music of this year...

The history of gingerbread

The history of gingerbread

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor December 21, 2022

Everyone knows the smell of cinnamon and nutmeg, and the iconic people-shaped cookies producing it, are inherently linked with the holidays; but why? Gingerbread has roots in Greece and ancient Egypt,...

Artist Willow Barry depicts the logo and visuals of new Knives Out film, Glass Onion.

Why “Glass Onion” and the “Knives Out” movies work

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor December 20, 2022

Amidst the countless bastardizations of the mystery genre that have blemished the big screen in past years, “Knives Out” (2019) provided a refresher as to what mystery movies should be: a mystery....

Shop local this holiday season

Shop local this holiday season

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor December 19, 2022

As the holidays approach, the stress to buy last minute presents always increases. With it perhaps being too late to order presents online, and it always being better to shop locally rather than order...

6 cookies recipes to fill you with holiday cheer

6 cookies recipes to fill you with holiday cheer

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor December 16, 2022

It’s that wonderful time of year again. Snow falling on the ground, pretty Christmas lights adorning houses all around town, and the spirit of family filling the air. But what just might be the most...

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