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Sawyer Free Library to celebrate groundbreaking with Lego event

FINN WALL, News Editor September 13, 2023

Lego and library fans, mark your calendars! Our local Sawyer Free Library is going to be holding ‘Lets Build Together’, a Lego event to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new and modern library building. The...

Cyan Clements' artistic rendition of the Fantastic Planet movie poster.

Welcome to the Fantastic Planet

SAWYER TOWNE, Contributor June 2, 2023

The giant, blue, alien-like Draags have created a beautiful, advanced, and innovative society. Their strange meditations and way of life separates them from the natural world they live in, with the exception...

GHS students raise the Pride Flag at Gloucester City Hall.

Why we celebrate pride in June

MICHAEL MERCHANT, Contributor June 1, 2023

Everyone knows Pride month is in June, but why is that? The answer can be explained with a brief history of the Stonewall Riots. The Stonewall Riots were a turning point for gay liberation. The LGBTQ...

Aurelia Harrison's personal copy of "Sounds of Silence" on vinyl.

Old School Album Review: Sounds of Silence

AURELIA HARRISON, Features and Opinions Editor May 31, 2023

The 60s and 70s were a golden age for folk and rock music. Live concerts were taking the nation by storm, radio stations and record labels were rising to power, and there to meet them was an unsuspecting...

Saona Isla is located right next to Yuma, in La Altagracia province

Travel to another island this summer: visit the DR

SHEILA MEDRANO, Staff Writer May 23, 2023

Summer is almost here, and if  you're looking for a reason to go to the Dominican Republic, here are 4 amazing places to spend a week of your summer vacation! Saona Isla is located right next to Yuma,...

Willow Barry reimagines the cover of "five seconds flat".

Fall in love with Lizzy McAlpine’s “five seconds flat”

SCARLETT BERGE, Contributor May 22, 2023

Lizzy McAlpine’s "five seconds flat" (stylized in all lowercase), released April 8, 2022, is a masterfully crafted alternative indie-pop album with an essence of rock cleverly woven in. From nostalgic...

GHS Concert Band returns after 25 years

GHS Concert Band returns after 25 years

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor May 19, 2023

On Wednesday, May 31st, the GHS Concert Band will perform at Stage Fort Park, at 6 pm. This performance marks the first time in 25 years that the GHS Concert Band will be playing music for the public. “Before...

The Greasy Pole walk at St. Peter's Fiesta 2022

How to slay your spring and summer

ARI PRIEST, Staff Writer May 17, 2023

Warm days have sprung upon us. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, and the weather is getting increasingly warmer. Need some help figuring out how to spend this beautiful season? I’ve got you covered.  Sports Here...

GHS Band and Chorus to perform at The Shalin Liu

GHS Band and Chorus to perform at The Shalin Liu

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor May 15, 2023

The GHS Jazz Band will perform on Tuesday, May 16th, at 6:30 pm, at The Shalin Liu, a concert hall in Rockport, Massachusetts. “There’s nothing quite like live music,” saxophone player Elijah...

Eleuthera Pink Sand Harbour Island, Bahamas

The vibrant colors of the coast

EVELYN PORTER, Staff Writer April 24, 2023

As the weather creeps closer to the warmth and sun of summer beach-days, the dreary gray of spring can feel as though it lasts forever. While looking forward to a beach-filled vacation, one may find momentary...

Clements's pen-on-paper depiction of a bag filled with travel necessities.

Top ten travel essentials for spring break

ANNIKA NYBORG, Staff Writer April 11, 2023

Spring break is upon us! Here are 10 products that help you travel smarter. As an avid traveler I have found these products to keep me organized and allow me to have the most efficient vacation. Whether...

(from left) Declan Lessor, Aurelia Harrison, Esme Sarrouf, Cassidy Pontes and Jessica Cote rehearsing "Land of Yesterday".

Take a journey to the past with the spring musical “Anastasia”

FINN WALL, Staff Writer April 4, 2023

This Thursday, the Gloucester High School Theatre Program will open their spring show, “Anastasia,” the hit Broadway musical based on the 1997 Fox animated movie. The show represents a cast of students...

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