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Dunkin or Starbucks? Which coffee shop has better pumpkin this season?

The Pumpkin Wars

MYLEE TOWNE and JESSICA HARVEY October 3, 2025

As the days grow shorter and the summer air turns to a crisp breeze, there are many beautiful changes happening around us, including our go-to coffee orders! Gloucester is home to several Dunkin’s...

A Dot Day poster decorated with GHS students’ handmade dots

Students make their mark for National Dot Day

HOPE CASTELLUCCI, Staff Writer September 22, 2025

Last week, the Gloucester High School community came together to celebrate National Dot Day. During both lunches, the National Art Honor Society, with the help of GHS students, created a bright...

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Dark: One of the best Netflix shows you’ve never heard of

PHOEBE HONE, Staff Writer September 17, 2025

Small town mysteries. Complex plots. Sci-fi thrillers. Atmospheric horror. Does any of this appeal to you? If so, you might like the Netflix show Dark, the first German language TV show to be produced...

Digital art by Mylee Towne

Fun and frightful films for the fall

PHOEBE HONE, Staff Writer September 10, 2025

Picture this: It’s a gloomy autumn day. Grey clouds roll over the sky and dead maple leaves drag across the sidewalk. You curl up on your couch, clicking through endless streaming services, trying to...

A poster concept for Next to Normal written by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt

Next to Normal: Deep Dive

MYLEE TOWNE, Art Director June 24, 2025

A mother grappling with bipolar disorder and the grief of losing her son, a daughter who has been overshadowed by her dead brother her whole life, a father trying to cope with his wife’s health and his...

Official Gloucester Stage Company flyer for the 2025 Summer Teen Intensive

Gloucester Stage announces Teen Theater Intensive

LEXI THOMAS, Staff Writer June 24, 2025

This summer, Gloucester Stage Company invites teens ages 12–16 to take center stage in a week of creativity, confidence-building, and performance magic with the Teen Summer Intensive, running July 28...

Women's Seine Boat Racing Team "Rowgue" wins their fourth championship in 2019

Oars and grit: The women of Saint Peter’s Fiesta seine boat races

ISLA BLACK, Staff Writer June 20, 2025

Early at dawn, Gloucester Harbor hums quietly under a salty mist. Boats knock gently against the docks, as the gulls scream their usual songs, and the people of this tight coastal town stir in anticipation...

Members of "Kicked Off The Bus" after performing for the residents of Oceanside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.

Kicked Off The Bus set to release debut CD and headline at The Cut

ISLA BLACK, Staff Writer May 14, 2025

Gloucester’s own teen rock sensation, Kicked Off The Bus, is making waves this summer with the release of their debut CD and a headlining performance at The Cut, one of the city’s premier live music...

Official poster for the Gloucester Student Arts Festival, sponsored by GEF.

Celebrate creativity with GEF Student Arts Festival!

LEXI THOMAS, Staff Writer May 7, 2025

The Gloucester Student Arts Festival will return on Saturday, May 17, from 11am-3pm at a new venue: O’Maley Innovation Middle School and CAM Green. A free shuttle will transport attendees between the...

The official poster for this year's annual "Jazz for a Cure" event.

Jazz for a Cure: Gloucester musicians take the stage to fight cancer

ISLA BLACK, Staff Writer April 15, 2025

The smooth sound of jazz will fill the Gloucester High Auditorium this Thursday as students and local musicians come together for a powerful cause: raising money to support St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.  St....

Cast of "James and the Giant Peach" performing their finale number at dress rehearsal.

GHS Musical “James and the Giant Peach” opens Thursday

ISLA BLACK, Staff Writer April 9, 2025

This week,  GHS Theater Program brings their production of the popular children’s fantasy tale James and the Giant Peach to life. The story has taken on many forms, originating as a book written...

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