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Top news stories of 2024

Top news stories of 2024

BENJAMIN SECHRIST, Staff Writer December 20, 2024

2024 is almost over. It has been a crazy year, but it’s not over yet. Everytime you turned on the news or looked at your phone, a new story was breaking and everyone was talking about it. Here are a...

Gloucester High School student, Annette Love addresses the crowd during a rally for Gloucester Educators on Thursday.

Dear School Committee: Where are you?

ANNETTE LOVE, Contributor November 14, 2024

School Committee, If you're listening, this is for you.  If not, that's the problem. My name is Annette Love and I am a junior at GHS. I really love to learn but I don’t get to do that right...

Trump wins Mock Election at GHS

Trump wins Mock Election at GHS

BENJAMIN SECHRIST, Staff Writer November 1, 2024

On Tuesday, a week before America votes, Gloucester High School students voted for who they’d vote for if they could. And the results were quite a shocker. The results showed that Republicans Donald...

Why is “Joy” seeping out of the Harris Campaign

BENJAMIN SECHRIST, Staff Writer October 24, 2024

When Vice President Kamala Harris was nominated as the Democratic nominee to challenge former President Donald Trump, she was embraced as a new generation of leaders, a much younger Democrat alternative...

Donald Trump needs a filter

BENJAMIN SECHRIST, Staff Writer October 18, 2024

Donald Trump has been around the block. He has campaigned thrice for political office, and is doing well among all demographics. 1-in-4 black men support him, and about half of Hispanic and Latino voters...

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Howard Blackburn : A hero outside time

Isaac Ramalho, Contributor June 13, 2024

Blackburn's story If you grew up in Gloucester, or maybe even in an East Coast fishing family, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Howard Blackburn. An old story your friends or family might’ve...

Ava Orlando depicts the plight of the Gloucester High School humanities curriculum.

Oh, the humanities!

SOFIA ORLANDO, Editor in Chief June 7, 2024

Throughout my years at GHS, I have had the pleasure of immersing myself in rigorous academic courses. From AP classes to journalism and other creative electives, I have certainly had a successful and entertaining...

Why GHS should have a gardening class

Why GHS should have a gardening class

ALEXIS GEARY, Contributor June 4, 2024

Do you know where the food you eat comes from? Do you know the conditions necessary for a tomato plant to yield the best possible fruit? If you haven’t, don’t feel bad: many people haven’t. The more...

Opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Games dumps balloons on the crowd.

The argument for a permanent Olympic island

FINN WALL, News Editor May 21, 2024

The Olympics - an event so major, it hardly needs introduction. Every two years alternating between Winter and Summer Games, billions of eyes around the planet tune in to watch great feats of strength,...

Pen and marker drawing by Sophia Montello.

Gloucester needs community land trusts

ELEANOR MELVIN, Contributor April 3, 2024

At the forefront of every political debate, article, and petition there seems to be a singular topic of contention in Gloucester. It is the deciding vote for mayor and the focal point of the local newspaper....

Students forced to park on grass curbs in student parking lot

A Predicament with Parking

LEXI THOMAS March 29, 2024

Entering the Student parking lot at 7:17 am you may encounter a plethora of problems: dodging students, making way for CATA buses, and almost spilling your morning Dunkin'. The issue of "claiming" a parking...

Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s SOTU speech shows clear distinction between candidates

HAVEN DOUD, Contributor March 26, 2024

Last Thursday, President Biden delivered his annual State of the Union, as required by the Constitution.  Despite repeated heckling from Republicans, I would argue that the President made an effective...

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