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Senior Assassin: Harmless Fun or Violent Distraction?

Senior Assassin: Harmless Fun or Violent Distraction?

Jasmine Pescarino June 10, 2025

As another school year winds to an end in the upcoming weeks. Students are preparing themselves for the graduation stage with their final essays, quizzes, and senior year traditions. Amongst the age-old...

Bacterial Horrors Found About Hot Air Hand Dryers

Anthony Parkman June 10, 2025

If you’re the kind of person who avoids public bathrooms at all costs, you may feel validated, as well as disturbed, by a new study from researchers at the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University....

Nottoway Plantation Fire

Nottoway Plantation Fire

Normaris Franco Luna June 10, 2025

The nation’s largest antebellum mansion, Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana, burst into flames on the 15th of May, due to an electrical fire.  The mansion was originally built for sugar planter John...

Your Guide to the Best Matcha!

Your Guide to the Best Matcha!

Mariam Diaby June 10, 2025

Over the past few months matcha tea has gained immense popularity due to influencers resulting in many new combinations and flavors of the green tea. However, many of the new consumers of matcha are unaware...

Remembering Our Sunshine: Hannah Forstell’s impact on the Manchester community

Remembering Our Sunshine: Hannah Forstell’s impact on the Manchester community

Meg Douty, Editor in Chief June 5, 2025

Before most people have even begun to shape the community around them, Hannah Forstell had already become its light. She was only 18 when cancer took her life, but in those short years, she became something...

Pope Francis dies at 88

Pope Francis dies at 88

Normaris Franco Luna, Editor in Chief May 1, 2025

Jorge Mario Begolgia, the Bishop of Rome, famously known as Pope Francis died at 88 two weeks ago, leaving everyone shocked and mournful.  Pope Francis was an influential bishop in the Catholic religion....

Mikayla Vazquez: MHS’ powerful voice

Mikayla Vazquez: MHS’ powerful voice

Megan Douty, Editor in Chief January 30, 2025

A voice full of vindication uttered vulnerable words of lived experiences, educating and inspiring the crowd of listeners.  Mikayla Vazquez, a senior at Manchester High School, was selected as the...

Honoring the MHS community: a student athlete’s untimely passing

Honoring the MHS community: a student athlete’s untimely passing

Megan Douty, Editor in Chief December 13, 2024

A student-athlete in Bloomfield passed away after collapsing during football practice on Nov. 27.  This student, who’s name was not shared, played on the Bloomfield Junior Warhawk Football Team.  Town...

Turkey Bowl 2024

Turkey Bowl 2024

Jasmine Pescarino, Writer December 13, 2024

Seniors take the ‘W’ for the 2024 turkey bowl, and the juniors are not happy. The cold change in weather isn’t stopping the annual Manchester High School fall tradition. Fueled by school spirit...

Top 10 ways to stay sustainable this holiday season

Top 10 ways to stay sustainable this holiday season

Jasmine Pescarino, Writer December 13, 2024

The holiday season is notoriously the busiest season of the year. We as humans get so wrapped up in the routine of lights, movies, and music that sometimes we forget to be mindful of how sometimes the...

Pamela Philips’ powerful impact on the Manchester community 

Pamela Philips’ powerful impact on the Manchester community 

Megan Douty, Editor in Chief October 3, 2024

The town is mourning the loss of Pamela Philips, a beloved counselor who grievously passed away on August 16th. She left behind a legacy of empathy, dedication, and an unmatched impact on the Manchester...

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